Ken Litke's guest appearances

Ken Litke

Engineering & Construction by MarketScale

MarketScale Manufacturing

Jim Smith

Ben Cohen

Jeff Miller

Bob Phillips

Kim Spradlin

Bob Borson

Paul Doherty

Gerald Morgan

Chris Wilson

Bryce Stuckenschneider

John deRosa

Andrew Norman

Mark Dorsey

Tony DeStefano

Cole Butcher

OwlTail

Frank Pereira

"Every plant has a different DNA for overtime, where some places despise it, and some places love it," Litke said. Litke is a retired supply chain and manufacturing VP who has lead operations for Diageo, Land O'Lakes, Miller Coors, and Pillsbury and has turned to Coleman Consulting for help with overtime issues. Pereira is a US Naval Academy Grad, Gulf War veteran, and UC Berkeley MBA who is managing partner of Coleman Consulting Group. He's worked with numerous Global 1000 companies to help them solve scheduling and productivity issues. Pereira said overusing overtime can be a vicious cycle where employees come to rely on extra overtime income as almost an "addiction" but risk burning out employees because of long hours and unpredictable schedules. But when used correctly, overtime is essential to a productive, optimally-functioning shift. "Overtime is your best way to match your workforce to your workload," Pereira said. The key is using data to discover where the optimal balance is, they both said. On this episode, Pereira and Litke discussed how they found the overtime "sweet spot" at MillerCoors, the importance of ascertaining an individual's tolerance for overtime, and dispel the notion that no overtime is good for business.

"Every plant has a different DNA for overtime, where some places despise it, and some places love it," Litke said. Litke is a retired supply chain and manufacturing VP who has lead operations for Diageo, Land O'Lakes, Miller Coors, and Pillsbury and has turned to Coleman Consulting for help with overtime issues. Pereira is a US Naval Academy Grad, Gulf War veteran, and UC Berkeley MBA who is managing partner of Coleman Consulting Group. He's worked with numerous Global 1000 companies to help them solve scheduling and productivity issues. Pereira said overusing overtime can be a vicious cycle where employees come to rely on extra overtime income as almost an "addiction" but risk burning out employees because of long hours and unpredictable schedules. But when used correctly, overtime is essential to a productive, optimally-functioning shift. "Overtime is your best way to match your workforce to your workload," Pereira said. The key is using data to discover where the optimal balance is, they both said. On this episode, Pereira and Litke discussed how they found the overtime "sweet spot" at <a href="https://www.millercoors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MillerCoors</a>, the importance of ascertaining an individual's tolerance for overtime, and dispel the notion that no overtime is good for business.

Finding the Overtime Sweet Spot in Manufacturing with Frank Pereira and Ken Litke of Coleman Consulting