How to Manage Air Quality in Work Premises
by Mocktail Club Premium Non-Alcoholic CocltailsSummary: Indoor Air Quality has a
massive impact on employee health and productivity. To perform effectively in
their roles, the air circulation, extraction and ventilation should be
optimised to ensure the health and comfort of employees.
Fears of the impact to businesses
due to the import and export changes are prevalent across the British food
manufacturing and processing industry. As further challenges are placed on food
manufacturers, producers and processors from the UK Brexit strategies,
companies are quickly looking for improvements to strengthen their position.
Strategies that will positively impact their food production process.
Business
Retention Strategies
Many business's retention
strategies target unnecessary expenditure, as well as short term investments.
Investments that will offer long term financial benefits. Typically machinery
and automation are at the forefront of business retention. However, since more
than 90% of the costs associated with a building are related to the people in
the workplace, for the majority, the initial focus for consideration is Labour
Productivity.
Labour
productivity
Air
quality litigation reviews
the company employee organisation, the level of employee numbers, and the final
output of production in relation to labour costs. Sometimes drastic changes are
made to a company's employee resources as a result of analysing the LP.
Consequently, businesses opt for the redundancy route to eliminate a large
proportion of labour costs.
It is becoming far too common to
see announcements in relation to staff cuts across the food manufacturing and
food processing industries. And for consumers, suppliers and processors alike,
it has become somewhat a cause for concern. Even though the long term financial
benefits of employee redundancy are fairly minimal, it seems as though rather
than being a last resort, staff cuts are becoming a 'go to' resolve for initial
cost saving and business retention. - we shudder to think!
Staff
cuts are not the answer
Although staff cuts require
minimal or no investment and provide a reliable, short term answer to cost
saving; making redundancies does have its clauses. Quite often, the main cause
for concern of redundancy; particularly in larger, well established
manufacturing businesses, centres around negative publicity and the influence
it leaves on a 'brand'. It is proven that consumers build a level of trust and
in some respects an individual relationship with their preferred and reputable
brands. And when negative attention is brought upon these brands it is
commonplace for this relationship to be intervened. And so the downward
financial spiral begins.
Aermod modeling
New York serves
to benefit not only the consumers, suppliers and processors, but the manufacturer
and company themselves, if all alternative cost saving opportunities are
contemplated before taking any drastic redundancy action.
Unable
to afford investment
We understand that investment in
automation equipment and machinery; that can rapidly increase productivity in a
food manufacturing environment doesn't come cheap. And if it does, you need to
take into consideration how much 'value added maintenance time' is likely to be
required for servicing and repairs to ensure the smooth running of the equipment.
Overnight
Changes are Possible
When investment in production
equipment is not an option, it is time to look at Labour Productivity
improvements. However without reducing staff numbers or making radical changes
to employment contracts. Instead, turning heads to minimal investment and long
term changes that can be made almost overnight. Changes that not only have the
potential to increase labour productivity by almost 20%, but also guarantees to
provide engineers and maintenance teams with additional 'value added
maintenance time'. Which in turn adds to the increased productivity percentage!
It is not unheard of for a
company to overlook the physical environment around their employees. It's also
not unusual for them to underestimate the relationship between the quality of
this environment and its employee productivity. Considerable evidence shows
that a poor quality workplace environment, particularly in manufacturing
industries, can majorly impact on staff performance. This is emulated by the
correlation between the state of employees' health and the level of sick
related absences. There are ways in which companies can improve the state of
health across their workforce without enforcing healthy routines, diet and of
course, exercise.
Environmental
quality impact
Improvements to the physical
workplace environment have proven to better employees' health and considerably
boost labour productivity. Which indirectly reduces labour costs and allows for
employee retention.
One of the main environmental
impacts to employee health within a food manufacturing facility is the indoor
air quality. When talking about 'air quality' most people only concentrate on
outdoor air, with its concoction of smog, smoke, dust and other types of air
pollution. What people fail to think about is Indoor Air Quality (IAQ).
Indoor
Air Quality Impact on Employees
The health repercussions from
poor IAQ are extensive and links have been made to headaches, rashes,
respiratory difficulties, asthma, heart and liver damage and even cancers. A
series of studies and experiments have been performed and evidence has shown
significant improvements in employee performance by efficiently removing
airborne pollutants through extraction. And providing fresh air supply and
circulation offers a positive effect on comfort and health. However, in low or
nontoxic environments like food factories, processing facilities, and
administration offices, it is hard to recognise just how much airborne
pollution could actually be in circulation.
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