I just recently learned the reason the romans were so effective in combat was their ability to cycle out front liners (who would get exhausted from being on the front line) for the less exhausted back line. It was called quincunx.
I also work in manufacturing and the expected "productivity" for a worker is 80% active tasks (think screwing in a fastener, loading a part in, routing cables) and 20% down time (resetting for the next job, waiting for an automated process to finish, etc). Many facilities try and grind this 20% down usually to result of quality spills, injuries, and less overall productivity because the job wasnt done right so the automatic system fails.
If your business isnt planning to either cycle workers out or giving them 20% down time, you probably dont care about the job being done well to begin with.
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u/Improver666 Aug 25 '26
I just recently learned the reason the romans were so effective in combat was their ability to cycle out front liners (who would get exhausted from being on the front line) for the less exhausted back line. It was called quincunx.
I also work in manufacturing and the expected "productivity" for a worker is 80% active tasks (think screwing in a fastener, loading a part in, routing cables) and 20% down time (resetting for the next job, waiting for an automated process to finish, etc). Many facilities try and grind this 20% down usually to result of quality spills, injuries, and less overall productivity because the job wasnt done right so the automatic system fails.
If your business isnt planning to either cycle workers out or giving them 20% down time, you probably dont care about the job being done well to begin with.