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How a Single Policy Cut Overtime Costs 15 Percent
In this episode of The Operator's Manual, Lucas and Luna drill into a specific operational win: how a 500-person manufacturing plant in Ohio cut overtime spending by 15 percent — roughly $420,000 a year — with one policy change. Instead of capping overtime or mandating approvals, the plant manager shifted the schedule from weekly to biweekly overtime tracking, aligning pay periods with production cycles. Lucas breaks down the math: why weekly overtime creates a perverse incentive to stretch hours, how the biweekly system smoothed labor costs, and the surprisingly quick employee buy-in…
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