Employee Scheduling Insights Blog Featured 5 Ways to Increase Workforce Agility to Meet Your Production Targets By its nature, manufacturing workforce management is multi-faceted and highly dynamic. Especially now, when the new world of work is a massive jigsaw puzzle that changes daily but must be finished at ... Read More ›
Launching a Workforce Flexibility Initiative? Here’s What You Need to Know Workforce Flexibility Series – 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 combat the labor shortag... Read More › The Role of Workforce Flexibility in Manufacturing Workforce Flexibility Series – Part 1 We recently completed another segment of our Manufacturing Leaders Roundtable Series with HR and operations experts from industries with high-volume staffing requirements. With continued labor stressors on operations leaders and frontline workers remaining hig... Read More › Shiftboard Wins Gold at 2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards SEATTLE – January 19, 2022 – Shiftboard, a global leader in enterprise workforce scheduling, today announced that it won a coveted gold Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Award for “best advance in time and labor management.” “We’re thrilled to be recognized by the Brandon Hall ... Read More › Strategies to Bolster Employee Recruitment in the New World of Work Attracting and Retaining Manufacturing Talent Today – Part 3 We recently invited four HR and operations leaders to join us for a roundtable discussion about attracting and retaining manufacturing talent amid the current labor shortage. Our blog series has examined the drivers of labor scarcity... Read More › Recruitment and Retention Strategies in Today’s Tight Labor Market Attracting and Retaining Manufacturing Talent Today – Part 2 Attracting and retaining quality workers is top of mind for anyone in the manufacturing industry today. To dig deep into how to tackle this critical subject, Shiftboard tapped the insights of four HR and operations leaders in manufac... Read More › The Drivers of Today’s Labor Shortage and the Impact on Recruitment Attracting and Retaining Manufacturing Talent Today – Part 1 Why is it so hard to attract and retain employees in the manufacturing industry? What’s driving the labor shortage — and why is it so pervasive? What can companies do to overcome these challenges? To answer these pressing questio... Read More ›
Insights by Industry Manufacturing Top 3 Trends Shaping Employee Scheduling Today and How Employers Can Adapt To describe global events over the last few years as disruptive is a gross understatement. Between the pandemic and its vast ongoing impacts, rising inflation, a highly publicized war, and myriad other crises, hundreds of millions of people are navigating unprecedented challenges in daily life. Work... 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 (OT) 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 energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and public safety. In fact, in the o... Read More ›
Manufacturing Top 3 Trends Shaping Employee Scheduling Today and How Employers Can Adapt To describe global events over the last few years as disruptive is a gross understatement. Between the pandemic and its vast ongoing impacts, rising inflation, a highly publicized war, and myriad other crises, hundreds of millions of people are navigating unprecedented challenges in daily life. Work... 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 (OT) 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 energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and public safety. In fact, in the o... Read More ›