In many companies, when people talk about productivity, they usually think about machinery, systems, sales, or processes. But very few talk about one of the issues that impacts daily operations and real business costs the most: absenteeism. And no, we are not only talking about the employee who “didn’t show up today.” Absenteeism is far more complex than that. It leads to production delays, overloads other employees, causes late deliveries, increases mistakes, raises accident