Innovating the Frontline Employee Experience, With Bill Good, VP of Supply Chain, GE Appliances

Amid an ongoing labor shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and massive manufacturing demand for appliances and other consumer goods, GE Appliances, a Haier company, needed to find new ways to attract and retain frontline supply chain workers.

Bill Good, GE Appliances’ vice president of supply chain, talks to host Thomas O’Connor about how the business reevaluated and innovated upon their employee value proposition, as well as its successful hiring initiatives in underserved employee populations, such as with refugees and working parents.

Bill Good is vice president of supply chain at GE Appliances, a Haier company. With 34 years of experience in manufacturing, he places a high value on employee engagement, building relationships, and leading transformational change. Currently, Bill and his team are focusing on expanding plant capacity, increasing automation in the supply chain, and implementing new digital tools to create a “zero distance” approach with consumers. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, with expertise in Theory of Constraints, Hoshin Planning, and the Toyota Production System.