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Productivity Plus- Changing the Way You Work to Reduce Waste and Improve Safety and Productivity

Session Type: Management
Track Number: M-2
Room: E353c
Speaker: Matthew Pierce

Date: Sunday, October 05, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

Description:

 

Many contractors are unaware of the true burden of accidents and accident costs on their bottom line, or the impact and risks of changing workforce demographics. This presentation explains the practical use and benefit of proven quality management techniques, leaving field leaders with several simple tools to use to identify and act on the small opportunities all around them everyday -  resulting in dramatic productivity, quality and safety improvements. 

Speaker Bio:

 

 Matthew Pierce is Director of Productivity & Quality Management at EMCOR Group, Inc., the nation’s largest specialty contractor.  Matt has more than 12 years of experience helping contractors in nearly every major US market implement practical processes to improve productivity, safety, business continuity and quality.  Matt graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in International Business from Westminster College in Salt Lake City.  He also has an MBA from the University of Utah.  Matthew speaks fluent Spanish.

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