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Why One Factory Changed Its Entire Incentive System
How does a factory get workers to care about quality, not just speed? This episode looks at a real case: a mid-sized automotive parts plant in Ohio that switched from piece-rate pay to a team-based bonus tied to defect rates and on-time delivery. Within 18 months, defects dropped 60 percent and turnover halved. But the transition nearly caused a walkout. Lucas and Luna walk through the numbers, the pushback from veteran machinists, and why the plant's HR director says the hardest part wasn't the math — it was the culture. They also touch on broader lessons: which types of…
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