Caregiver Stress Accounts for 27% Increase in Health Insurance Benefits by South Florida Employees

Written by Thomas Cutler


The impact of Elder Care issues on corporate America will continue to grow as our elderly population increases: • Employees juggling job responsibilities with care giving are a reality inrepparttar workplace of today andrepparttar 142838 future. Workers are torn betweenrepparttar 142839 demands of their job andrepparttar 142840 ability to provide quality care to their relative. • One out of three American workers is also managingrepparttar 142841 care of an older relative. • Loss of productivity resulting from time off to care for an aging relative is estimated at $6100 per employee per year. • Caregiver stress accounts for a 27% increase in use of company health insurance benefits.

Seventeen percent (17%) of caregivers quit their jobs to provide care for aging family members, and another 15% reduce their work hours to assist their loved ones. This shocking loss of employee productivity is hitting South Florida businesses very hard as more Boomers have senior parents who require caregiving.

To stop this workforce hemorrhaging South Florida companies are looking for methods to provide assistance in caregiving to employees to keep them onrepparttar 142842 job and productive, while being sensitive torepparttar 142843 needs ofrepparttar 142844 employee.

Kanban Provider Datacraft Solutions Grows 1000% in 12 months

Written by Thomas Cutler


1000% growth in e-kanban services inrepparttar past twelve months has North Carolina-based Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com) poised to capture significant percentage of lean manufacturing organizations business.

According to Sam Bayer, President of Datacraft Solutions, “We have seen explosive growth from major manufacturing enterprises with Lean initiatives. From Wiremold to dj Orthopedics to KOYO to Outokumpu, our e-kanban system, Signum, is being used throughout North America.”

Fax Kanban is not Efficient and not Lean

At ten minutes per fax, someone is spending 3.5 hours per day in administration time. That inefficiency results in less time to utilize more suppliers or improverepparttar 142827 relationships with existing suppliers.

Furthermore, even if 99% of those faxes are trouble free procurement signals, four faxes per month are going to be problematic and diluterepparttar 142828 entire rationale for a lean manufacturing operation. Suppliers claim they did not receiverepparttar 142829 fax kanban; suppliers cannot makerepparttar 142830 shipment date requested and expedited shipping fees are incurred, or worse, there will be a stockout which will negatively impact customer service levels.

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