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 ›
How to Manage the Complexity of Fair Overtime Distribution The concept of “overtime” in the U.S. has been around long before the term originated. As far back as 1890, average weekly hours for full-time manufacturing workers could be tracked as high as 100 hours. Although overtime scheduling remains mission-critical, it has since taken a seat as one of s... Read More › Fatigue Risk Management in 24/7 Industries: What You Need to Know Contrary to widely-held opinion, fatigue is not the same as feeling tired or drowsy. Fatigue scientists describe it as a state of impairment, compromising a person’s physical, mental, and emotional tolerances. On a worksite, fatigue affects a worker’s alertness and ability to perform even routin... 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, which is generally defined as the repeated pattern of habitual absence from work, has been a decades-long challenge for many companies. However, the problems stemming from absenteeism have skyrocketed in recent years, especially in industries with frontline workers, thanks to the global... 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 ›
Insights by Industry Manufacturing The Role of Flexibility in Boosting Job Satisfaction and Retention in the Manufacturing Industry It’s no secret the manufacturing industry has long been known for rigid work schedules. A big part of the reason is because of the demands of geo-locked work environments like manufacturing plants. To keep production lines — and businesses — running properly, organizations need shifts fill... Read More › Energy How to Navigate Today’s Labor Landscape in Complex Industries: A Roundtable Discussion The end of a year and the start of a new one is an ideal time for contemplation, reflection, and change, both on the personal level and for organizations as a whole. In 2023, even with the labor shortage easing, workforce managers will continue to contend with many of the same challenges that emerge... 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 The Role of Flexibility in Boosting Job Satisfaction and Retention in the Manufacturing Industry It’s no secret the manufacturing industry has long been known for rigid work schedules. A big part of the reason is because of the demands of geo-locked work environments like manufacturing plants. To keep production lines — and businesses — running properly, organizations need shifts fill... Read More › Energy How to Navigate Today’s Labor Landscape in Complex Industries: A Roundtable Discussion The end of a year and the start of a new one is an ideal time for contemplation, reflection, and change, both on the personal level and for organizations as a whole. In 2023, even with the labor shortage easing, workforce managers will continue to contend with many of the same challenges that emerge... 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 ›
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