Stop overtime, it's a culture, you'll soon have overtime as a pre requisite in any manpower plan. I'm only talking about the overtime for workers, it's a wrong practise of pushing for overtime instead of getting task done during shift hrs. You'll lose man-hrs during shift hours, as your staff/team would get used to the extra pay. Hence overtime doesn't need to be planned it can only be ad hoc or incidental if really required to manage an exigency. If you really think its required on a daily basis, try either of these - plan on increasing the manpower - better division of work - staggered shift

In SME Tier2 and 3 Auto ancillary industries, Overtime itself is motivation for Blue collar employees. Because the wage paid is very less and they cannot survive without OT. If they paid well they will be motivated and productive. No overtime needed.

The overtime planned in Manufacturing based on increase of sudden customer need for blue collars, the point is we can't say no to customer then we will fail but we will give our efforts to the company to increase the efficiency... Definitely we need to ensure member Encouragement and appreciation for Blue collars sustain the morale 1. Spot Appreciation Awards 2. Best supporter Award 3. Efficiency improver award 4. Quality assurance award 5. More presence on the month award 6. Gift coupons 7. Healthy snacks 8. Overtime amount 9. Team building activities (include: they have to understand the customer demands) * The Managers has to handle the members cool and encouraging mode with support of Employee Relation executives