Operational Assessment

Productivity Improvement Program

Labor Management System

Best Practices

Engineered Labor Standards

Product Intelligence

Time Studies and Work Sampling

Facility Layout

Data Collection and Analysis

Lean and Six Sigma

Management Services

Performance Coaching

A Labor Management System (LMS) is critical to the success of effectively managing labor through a Productivity Improvement, Workforce Optimization or Labor Management Program. An LMS can help management address the need associates have to know how they are being evaluated, provide a way to make them consistently aware of how they are doing and ensure they are coached to help them learn and improve their performance.

A reliable LMS captures, tracks, analyzes and reports key operational data that management can use to monitor progress against established performance measurements. The system provides business analytics to improve associate utilization and productivity. It can also be used to identify and eliminate inefficient work processes and waste. Typical LMS data sources are:

• Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Tim & Attendance/Payroll System
• HR System
• Manually entered data

Productivity reports objectively measure associate performance, utilization and efficiency by comparing actual and expected performance, as determined by fair and accurate standards, preferably established through time and motion studies.

Some of the potential benefits from a LMS are:

• Quick access to performance information (who is doing well and who needs help)
• Improved utilization of associate time
• Increased productivity (identify processes that need improvement)
• Maximized workforce potential
• A culture of continuous improvement
• Improved forecasting/labor planning/staffing requirements
• Reduced labor cost (5% – 10%)

An effective tool to optimize performance and workforce utilization. Argent has developed VantageRPM, a best-in-class Labor Management System. Meaningful reports can be mailed right to your inbox.

This comprehensive labor management software has been designed for ease of implementation and ease of use and provides optimal flexibility in tracking workforce performance metrics specific to each operation. It is system agnostic and can be interfaced with any system (WMS, timeclock/payroll, HR) and has easy to use and versatile interfaces that provide powerful tools and data exports.  

When implemented in conjunction with the other components of Argent’s Productivity Improvement Program (Best Practices, Engineered Standards and Performance Coaching), VantageRPM provides a dynamic reporting functionality that is essential to establishing a highly effective labor management solution that can reduce labor costs by 30% – 40%.