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Drive Business Continuity in Manufacturing: Enable Operational Agility
Facing operational disruption and market uncertainty, manufacturers must focus on what’s in their span of control.
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Will K-12 Students Experience a Learning Loss due to Virtual Learning?
Delayed reopening plans bring about a new fear: are students going to experience significant learning loss?
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Logistics: Improving Workforce Engagement and Driving Performance in Uncertain Times
The logistics industry is in a time of rapid and unprecedented transformation, and to do nothing is to be left behind. Using advanced workforce management and human capital management technologies can help improve employee engagement and productivity.
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So what is workforce management anyway, and how has it changed?
If you're wondering what workforce management is all about, we have a spoiler alert: it's more than you think. We'll help you see how this key piece of HCM has evolved.
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No More Silos: Best Practices for Aligning Workforce Management Processes
When it comes to workforce management, many retail and hospitality organizations struggle with functional siloes. As these businesses have been forced to pivot operations during closures and phased re-openings, the need for alignment has never been more critical to keep labor costs and productivity on track.
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Cross-Training: An Effective Strategy for Building a Leaner, More Flexible Retail & Hospitality Workforce
Retail and hospitality providers need to find a way to run lean while still delivering an exceptional customer service experience. Cross-training ensures greater flexibility in managing the workforce to get the job done.
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How contact tracing connects to your workforce management strategy
Contact tracing and workforce management data are a natural fit - see how your organization can take advantage.
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Returning to School: The relentless dedication of our educators
Educators are in the process of planning what returning to school will look like. What does the future of education hold? No matter what the individual state or school districts’ return to learn plan looks like, we can all rest assured that our educator
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Retail Responds: Lessons Learned from European and UK Retail Customers
To further understand how the recent crisis has impacted - and continues to impact – our customers, UKG has run several industry-specific virtual roundtables to learn more about their experiences.
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Industry Insights Digital Summit: Replay your favorite sessions on-demand
Last month, Kronos hosted professionals from around the world for our first ever industry-focused virtual event, Industry Insights Digital Summit. All sessions and resources, including thought-leadership and industry trends content, are available free on-demand.
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Amazon Go: Boy Was I Wrong
Amazon Go’s touchless commerce isn’t ahead of its time, it’s on time, and as we emerge out of this pandemic and try to figure out what “normal” will mean, traditional ideas of an ideal shopping experience will continue to change.
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Guiding Practices for Driving Performance Improvement in the Manufacturing Workforce
While technology is the foundation of digital transformation, people are the driving force. It's the intersection of the workforce with technology that will foster a more powerful future of work.
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Retail Forecasting Best Practices: Staffing to Demand in the New Normal
As retail and hospitality begin reopening in phases, here’s how to approach forecasting and staffing challenges that are likely to occur.
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Industry Insights Digital Summit June 23rd
Don’t miss this content-rich event designed specifically to help you manage the most critical workforce issues you’re facing today.
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What does workplace efficiency look like now?
If this crisis has taught us anything, it's that efficiency has more of a human element than many thought. See our tips on deepening your thinking about workplace efficiency.
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5 benefits of benchmarking data for restaurants post-COVID 19
Black Box Intelligence, a company created to simplify the lives of restaurant operators, reacted to COVID-19 by analyzing data they've collected and provide valuable insights to restaurant operators.
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Come Together: Sharing Labor to Optimize Retail Scheduling
Reopening retail presents new challenges in staffing. Consider whether labor sharing can help your organization adapt and how technology can be used to implement this strategy effectively.
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Rethinking Retail Labor Standards in Uncertain Times
Drastic shifts in traffic require retailers to rethink labor standards. Learn more about how retailers are addressing the latest challenges in labor planning.
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The reopening reset: 6 ways to balance safety and productivity
Reopening is a time to reset our operational perspective. See how to achieve balance between safety and productivity as we search for the next normal.
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Bringing Back the Fun: Flexible Staffing Strategies for Reopening Destinations
Resort destinations are reopening and that means satisfying new requirements with fewer hands to help. Here are some strategies on how to bring back the fun responsibly.
