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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 ...

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The Role of Workforce Flexibility in Manufacturing

Combat the Labor Shortage Through Workforce Flexibility – 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 fron...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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4 Proactive Strategies to Manage Absenteeism: A Best Practices Guide

There are several ongoing challenges in the current workforce landscape. Amid a competitive labor market, employers now recognize that laborers’, are demanding a better work-life balance as well as engagement, fairness, and flexibility. These new worker expectations are more disparate now, too, co...

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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...

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