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Representative illustration: A waste-to-energy producer needed to cut overtime that averaged 20%, and reached 35% at some plants, across its U.S. sites.

Case Study · Energy

A waste-to-energy producer needed to cut overtime that averaged 20%, and reached 35% at some plants, across its U.S. sites.

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1Challenge

Plants run 24/7, and holiday and sick coverage, outages, upgrades and installations all pushed overtime up.

2Approach

  • Piloted a new MOS at four facilities to tighten how work is assigned internally and externally
  • Staggered maintenance schedules around peak periods and moved training to quieter times
  • Added a relief operator for PTO coverage and installed USC's LINCS™ reporting module

3Results

$3M

Annual savings

93,000

Labor hours saved annually

28

Facilities covered

A practical audit of work practices that introduced new best practices.

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