According to Paul Akers, author of 2 Second Lean, the 8 Deadly Sins of Waste are over-production, transportation, excess inventory, defects, over-process, wasted motion, customers waiting time, and unused employee potential. How is your team actively producing waste today? Read more.
Regardless of our career paths, we all seek personal development, fulfillment, and yearn for continuous learning and growth in our fields of expertise. In the wise words of John C. Maxwell, “If you want to lead, you need to grow. Good leaders are always good learners.” Did you know that online training and boosted workplace morale go hand in hand and have a direct correlation to your team member’s happiness and your bottom line?
Remember those days when restoration contractors were using pen & paper to capture everything into manila folder and the rest was kept in memory and travelled through word of mouth? In the early 2000s, the industry exploded with a plethora of different software solutions such as claims intake, file management, moisture tracking, content inventory, job costing, mobile apps, CRM etc. But here comes another issue… change resistance.
Are you also afraid of the obstacles you might potentially face when implementing new technologies? Have you ever thought the issues may not lie with the new tool itself? Here we listed out the 7 common reasons why new technology implementation fails for restoration contractors.
Many property restoration contractors seek new technologies because they have identified deficiencies in the current processes and behaviors of their company to drive growth. Understanding what is required of your organization makes this technological transition beneficial and profitable. Ask these 5 questions before the transition kicks off:
