Environmental impact, trade disputes, and fluctuating business conditions are posing great challenges to food manufacturing companies worldwide. Will the hybrid workplace work in food manufacturers?
With the world seemingly returning to normal after the pandemic, most businesses are now asking their employees to return. However, some offer the flexibility of a hybrid working model.
For most companies, the journey to move from being 100% in-office to 100% virtual was reasonably smooth. The fact that this lasted for a long time, had many believing work could forever be in this model. However, it would become chaos for many industries, especially the food manufacturing organizations that need to run with 100% employees.
Technology that facilitates easier collaboration, quicker help when needed, support in the line of work, and most importantly the ability to take their life back into their hands will be the key to empowering workers to do their best work.
That technology is a successful and most proven ERP model – SAP Business One!
For food and integrated agriculture companies utilizing SAP software as their ERP system, there are a wealth of features that help ensure food safety. This includes batch control, source traceability, inventory management, warehouse management, CRM, full accounting and financial features, recall process, and quality controls.
Along with the help of technology-powered workstations, simple things like the ability to swap shifts do wonders. This is where most food manufacturing leaders should focus. Alowing them to unlock the true potential of their greatest assets – Employees.
However, Food Manufacturers need to consider the following few changes to have a successful hybrid workplace model:
- Provide equality of work experience to all employees: Whether employees are working from home or the office, they need to have access to the right tools and technology to work efficiently from anywhere.
- Re-Evaluate Workspaces – This means re-evaluating how the physicals spaces are used in a hybrid arrangement.
- Shift Focus from Office Benefits to People Benefits - To ensure employee wellbeing is protected, companies should focus on creating employee-friendly policies and budgets that suit the hybrid workforce.
Consultare firmly believes that hybrid workplace will work out in the food manufacturing industry as well. With the right choice of an ERP model!
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