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Finding the Silver Lining: 5 Ways Technology Has Helped Manufacturers Adapt in 2020
With a year as tumultuous as 2020, it’s important to find the silver linings. For many of us, that silver lining is technology. Here are 5 ways that technology proved to be a silver lining for manufacturers.
Workforce Management
What Happens when a WFM Platform-as-a-Service meets a Field Services Platform-as-a-Service
Solutions with the ability to interact seamlessly help you solve your business problems more completely than ever before. Because of their flexibility, a solution that seems focused on a single use case can deliver benefits to other industries quickly!
Workforce Management
Building a Safety Culture Drives Business Continuity in Manufacturing
Manufacturers can build a safer, more inclusive workplace for their employees by streamlining the flow of information from management to the frontline.
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A Key Component to Economic Recovery is Understanding Shift Growth
Business leaders need reliable sources of information to prepare for the future ahead. Learn which resources are trusted by HR consultant, Sharlyn Lauby.
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Holiday Break: The Perfect Time to Catch-Up
There is no complete rest for the weary, but this winter break is the perfect opportunity for educators to take stock of the year and catch up.
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5 Items on the Frontline Manufacturing Workforce’s Holiday Wish List
Want to make sure you’re keeping your manufacturing workforce engaged and retaining top talent? Get them everything on their workplace wish list this year.
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Banking in the Time of COVID-19: The End of Lines?
Waiting in lines may be a thing of the past. That’s one silver lining of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Although lines, aka queues, have always been considered a necessary evil, there’s hope for them to be non-existent in our near future. The need to avoid them has been expedited due to the concern over social distancing.
Workforce Management
Unions and Manufacturing: A Team Effort
When it comes to unions in manufacturing, working together and using the right workforce technology can improve collaboration and compliance.
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3 Workforce Challenges That Haunt Manufacturing Organizations
Discover common workforce challenges encountered by manufacturing organizations and learn how you can address these issues immediately.
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Organizational Readiness – 5 Keys to Implementation Success
Organizational readiness is critical to the success of the implementation of any new technology. Follow these five interconnected key focus areas to make sure your organization is ready to realize that transformational success.
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The COVID Generation - A Strong, Resilient Workforce
Students that had to manage remote schooling amidst the COVID-19 pandemic developed skills that will foster a strong and resilient workforce. How can employers ensure they retain those skills?
Workforce Management
Retail Store Manager: The Real Holiday Hero
The 2020 holiday shopping season will be unlike any other due to the pandemic. Retailers are expecting the holiday shopping season to be long and drawn out and are focusing on making every day count.
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Taking Your Operational Performance to New Heights
What do flying an airplane and running a manufacturing operation have in common? Visibility and real-time data make the job a lot easier.
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Centralized Staffing and Scheduling in Healthcare: The Journey is Worth the Reward
Centralized staffing and scheduling enable organizations to streamline processes, improve accuracy of data and reporting, and reduce administrative burdens. It is more important than ever to have enterprise-wide labor resource visibility to quickly and cost-effectively respond to unexpected fluctuations in volume.
Workforce Management
Understanding the Worth of a Value Assessment - The Cost of doing Nothing
What if changing just 2 or 3 things about your current labor management software or process could help you manage overtime costs, reduce turnover, and provide insight into unplanned absences?
Workforce Management
Wrapping Up Your Summer Reading List? Don’t Forget These Must-See Healthcare Webinars
Learn from some must-see healthcare webinars on topics ranging from building an agile workforce to optimizing scheduling and the digital health transformation.
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Life Sciences Rises to the Challenge
The dedicated people working in the life sciences industry are focused on driving rapid innovation in the face of a public health crisis – they deserve our recognition and appreciation.
Workforce Management
Drive Business Continuity in Manufacturing: Fuel Lasting Financial Resiliency
Fueling lasting financial resiliency is paramount and manufacturers must safeguard revenue continuity through creative labor strategies to effectively manage their overall cost to serve.
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Frontline Tools for the Frontline Workforce
An employee self-service revolution has taken place for desk-based employees. Now, employers are equipping frontline workers with the same capabilities.
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Integrated Absence Management – a Game Changer for HR
Application programming interface (API) technology is poised to revolutionize HR as it has already done for other sectors of the economy.
