Management Seminars

There are considerable business advantages to operating your plants and businesses non-stop, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are also significant downsides because of increased fatigue, higher operating risks and the negative social impact on your people.

Many round-the-clock companies aren’t fully aware of their subsequent losses in performance, profitability and employee relations. Even more troublesome is the reduced performance, poor morale and high absenteeism that results from an antiquated or inappropriate shift schedule. While working with hundreds of round-the-clock companies, we’ve seen that these costs are not necessary, and they no longer have to be accepted as a cost of doing business.

If this is your situation:

Shift Scheduling - At numerous 24-hour operations, shift workers are labouring with antiquated or poorly designed shift schedules that lead to production problems, poor morale, health and safety concerns, worker fatigue, absenteeism and high turnover.
Fatigued Employees – The cumulative effect of night work and extended hours can lead to fatigue-impaired employees unless proactive steps are taken to reduce the risk.
Night Shift Errors – People are most likely to make mistakes and cause production errors in the pre-dawn “window of Circadian low”. Errors of inattention can be costly or even deadly.
Fitness for Duty – Impaired workers cause preventable accidents. Increased substance abuse co-exists with fatigue in 24/7 operations, often as an inappropriate attempt to self medicate the effects of chronic fatigue.
Reduced Productivity and Quality – A fatigued workforce will cost a company significant amount of money in lost productivity, scrap and re work.
Accidents, Injuries and Fatalities - An underlying cause of many accidents is human error which is directly related to fatigue, and is preventable.
Medical Costs - Shift workers have higher worker compensation and medical costs than straight day workers.
Increased liability and litigation: Courts are now holding companies liable for accidents caused by fatigue if management fails to provide appropriate countermeasures.

This is how CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA can help you:

CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA offers seminars to help managers and their task teams successfully address the challenges of operating 24/7.

Achieving Shift Work Excellence - The most comprehensive and up-to-date seminar available on the subject of shift work and scheduling. Covers innovative scheduling techniques and improvements that can significantly enhance the performance and health of shift workers while maximising operational efficiency.
Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) – In the last five years, FRMS have become the international standard for mitigating risk in shift work and 24/7 operations. Learn how to develop an effective Fatigue Risk Management System that will drive down the costs and risks of employee fatigue in your company.
Converting to 7 Days Operations – Provides proven techniques for managing the complex change to a 7-day continuous operation.
How to Improve Shift/Rota Patterns and Shift Work Practices (AUSTRALIA): Our Australia series takes a closer look at how excess costs are generated by specific extended hour’s challenges—and how CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA solutions can improve your bottom line. Innovative scheduling techniques and improvements are discussed that can significantly enhance the performance and health of shift workers while maximising operational efficiency.
On-Site Seminars – Some companies prefer to have customised seminars presented on-site and CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA is available for that.