by Jeff Johnson | Mar 23, 2020 | Food Manufacturing, HR, Industrial Manufacturing, Industrial Sanitation, Managed Labor, Pharmaceuticals, Procurement, Service Management, Site Operations
At LACOSTA, we are fully operational around the country and here to support you, particularly with cleaning and sanitization services and supplemental labor to help you maintain business continuity. Face masks, social distancing and toilet paper shortages have become...
by seanparnell | Mar 21, 2020 | Featured, HR, Industrial Manufacturing, Managed Labor, Procurement, Service Management, Site Operations
A tight labor market with high demand for skilled workers has manufacturers constantly searching for labor. As a traditional method for filling gaps in your workforce, temporary agencies are a familiar option for filling a variety of skilled and unskilled positions....
by seanparnell | Feb 14, 2020 | Featured, HR, Industrial Manufacturing, Managed Labor, Procurement, Service Management, Site Operations
Who would you trust more to help fill your labor needs on the production floor, in the warehouse, on the dock, and throughout your plant: a business partner or a vendor? With unemployment at a record-low, the labor market has become increasingly competitive and...
by seanparnell | Dec 10, 2019 | HR, Industrial Manufacturing, Managed Labor, Procurement, Service Management, Site Operations
As part of our managed labor staffing service for manufacturers, we provide a wide variety of services across multiple skill levels. Here’s a sampling of the services we provided this year to our customers: Material Handling & Forklift Driver We use our...
by seanparnell | Dec 4, 2019 | Featured, HR, Industrial Manufacturing, Managed Labor, Procurement, Service Management, Site Operations
We recently conducted a market research study focused on the use of temp staffing in large manufacturing plants. Here is what the plant managers we interviewed described as the top five drawbacks of using temps: Inconsistent attendance and performance Attitude can be...