Employee Scheduling Insights Blog Featured 4 Proactive Strategies to Manage Absenteeism: A Best Practices Guide Absenteeism—generally defined as the repeated pattern of habitual absence from work—has been a decades-long challenge for many companies. More recently, absenteeism has been especially acute in in... Read More ›
Shiftboard and Randstad In-House Services Partner to Address Labor Shortages The joint initiative empowers companies to achieve a retention-based approach to securing contingent talent in today’s competitive labor market. SEATTLE – Aug.17, 2021 – Shiftboard, a leading provider of enterprise workforce scheduling software for organizations with 24/7 operations, and Rands... Read More › Top 3 Chemical Industry Challenges: How Employee Scheduling Automation Helps Digitalization is a buzzword that resonates with all industries, but it’s an especially hot topic for chemical manufacturers today. So much so that analysts expect to see a surge of digitalization initiatives get underway in the short term. Workforce scheduling is one such initiative that is gaini... Read More › 4 Proactive Strategies to Manage Absenteeism: A Best Practices Guide Absenteeism—generally defined as the repeated pattern of habitual absence from work—has been a decades-long challenge for many companies. More recently, absenteeism has been especially acute in industries with frontline workers. It is understandable, to be sure. According to statistics from the ... Read More › Shiftboard Appoints Travis Shipley as Chief Revenue Officer SEATTLE – June 1, 2021 – Shiftboard, a leading provider of enterprise workforce scheduling software for organizations with 24/7 operations, today announced the appointment of Travis Shipley as chief revenue officer (CRO). As Shiftboard’s CRO, Shipley is responsible for driving worldwide revenu... Read More › How to Improve Labor Utilization During Peak Demand Even with today’s high unemployment, manufacturers and other 24/7 industries such as healthcare and energy are facing an ongoing labor shortage. U.S. manufacturing activity reached its highest level in 37 years in March 2021, and the sector has more than half a million job openings. By 2025, some ... Read More › API RP 755: The Why, What, and How of This Fatigue Standard Why Was API RP 755 Created? If you think safety program management is expensive for an oil and gas company, an accident involving employees and others can be even more costly to the company long term. In petroleum industries in particular, having clear safety rules and regulations for the workplace ... Read More ›
Insights by Industry Manufacturing Launching a Workforce Flexibility Initiative? Here’s What You Need to Know Combat Labor Shortages Through Workforce Flexibility – Part 2 We recently completed another installment of our Manufacturing Leaders Roundtable Series with four manufacturing experts from HR, supply chain, and labor consultancy disciplines, focusing on the role of workforce flexibility in helping ... Read More › Energy API RP 755: The Why, What, and How of This Fatigue Standard Why Was API RP 755 Created? If you think safety program management is expensive for an oil and gas company, an accident involving employees and others can be even more costly to the company long term. In petroleum industries in particular, having clear safety rules and regulations for the workplace ... Read More › Healthcare The 5 Myths of Overtime Management: How to Make OT Work For, Not Against, Your Business The concept of overtime is a familiar one, especially in the United States. It’s woven into many companies and work cultures, and it’s an especially important aspect of front-line operations in always-on industries like oil and gas, manufacturing, healthcare, and public safety. In fact, in the o... Read More ›
Manufacturing Launching a Workforce Flexibility Initiative? Here’s What You Need to Know Combat Labor Shortages Through Workforce Flexibility – Part 2 We recently completed another installment of our Manufacturing Leaders Roundtable Series with four manufacturing experts from HR, supply chain, and labor consultancy disciplines, focusing on the role of workforce flexibility in helping ... Read More › Energy API RP 755: The Why, What, and How of This Fatigue Standard Why Was API RP 755 Created? If you think safety program management is expensive for an oil and gas company, an accident involving employees and others can be even more costly to the company long term. In petroleum industries in particular, having clear safety rules and regulations for the workplace ... Read More › Healthcare The 5 Myths of Overtime Management: How to Make OT Work For, Not Against, Your Business The concept of overtime is a familiar one, especially in the United States. It’s woven into many companies and work cultures, and it’s an especially important aspect of front-line operations in always-on industries like oil and gas, manufacturing, healthcare, and public safety. In fact, in the o... Read More ›
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