How Can I Get Employees to Embrace New Monitoring Formats in Our Small Manufacturing Unit?

Dear All,

Presently, I am working on monitoring mechanisms/checkpoints for a small manufacturing unit to streamline and optimize resource usage. I have introduced several formats for the same. However, after a few days, the employees are considering all these formats unnecessary.

Please suggest any solutions.

Thanks & Regards,
Sambit

Hi Sambit,

Are you new to the company? Did you involve the users of these formats during the design phase?

To increase buy-in from stakeholders, a team- or participative approach is preferred. Because staff are involved in the process, the program or solution derived is more likely to achieve the intended objectives. Staff will also feel valued by the company because their inputs were sought after.

If staff involvement is not needed, there must at least be some form of communications during pre- and post-introduction.

Since effort has already been put in, you might like to organize a focus group or feedback session with staff to find out why the resistance, which could be a lack of understanding about the formats or the new formats actually increasing staff workload or paperwork, etc. You must have these talks in order to move forward.

Autumn Jane