Johnson Controls who saved her company $ 80,000 a year when she noticed some items sticking out of the trash that shouldn’t have been there.
She realized that employees on the assembly line were putting parts in their pockets for convenience as they worked and were throwing them away when they discovered them as they left work.
Her idea was to place special recovery bins by the exit to the facility, with signs reminding people to check their pockets on their way out.
Whenever we meet employees who are unusually prolific suggesters, we like to ask them how they come up with so many ideas. They discipline themselves to notice “exceptions” – things that seem odd or out of place. Second, they record their thoughts and observations and generate ideas.
