#threecircles #businessneeds #employeedesires #overtime #schedules #workforcemanagement

#threecircles #businessneeds #employeedesires #overtime #Workforce #schedules

There has been a lot of press lately about Industry 4.0. According to the experts, we are in the midst of the next wave of the industrial revolution, where automation and data exchange are bringing an even more connected factory closer to its suppliers and customers. Information visibility will allow executives to react more quickly to changes and trends in their supply chain and the marketplace. Unfortunately, there is one key component of the modern organization that is o

We often say at Coleman Consulting Group that a schedule is not about your day on and day off pattern or your shift length. Schedules are about understanding the impact of the entire system on process and people. #shiftschedule #shiftlength #businessneeds #employeedesires #DisruptHR #HR #Workforce #HRonPurpose #Business #turnover #schedules

I love it when we make a real difference for both the employee and the company! This story starts out like so many others in manufacturing plants all over the world. Demand for the product being produced grows, so a facility that might traditionally run Monday through Friday starts doing work on Saturdays. Demand grows further and suddenly production is happening seven days a week. This was the situation at Keystone Foods’ processing facility in Eufaula, Alabama. Growth was g

Our bodies body’s Circadian Rhythm, or biological clock, is controlled by a bundle of cells (the hypothalamus) atop the bridge of the nose in your head. It tells a person when to wake up, when to go to sleep, and when to use the bathroom among other things. Circa means “about”, and dian means “daily,” so these are daily rhythms and they are the products of the biological clock. When the biological clock is in sync with the clock on the wall, everything works smoothly. Whe

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Is scheduling having an impact on workplace fatigue and accident rates?

There are a number of time and attendance systems in use around the world, with only a handful of major players. Every one of the major players is capable of ensuring companies comply with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). So why are so many software packages implemented in such a way that companies continually violate the work week provision of the FLSA? When employees are not paid correctly (the way outlined in the FLSA), the employer may be required to

#worklifebalance #shiftwork #businessneeds #threecircles #employeedesires #shiftlength

A few years ago we worked with a large employer with several locations in and around Detroit. They had missed customer service goals and labor goals the previous two years and were heading into one of their busiest seasons. It was a constantly changing environment and we really had to show them how to break down the process of scheduling their employees. It simply boiled down to looking at it as three phases: Long, Medium, and Short range planning. Some managers struggled to

Whether you work in the mining industry or the service industry one thing is certain, you work on a schedule. One of the defining characteristics about every schedule is shift length. Eight’s, ten’s, twelve’s, is one really better than the other? Is there a “best” shift length? The answer is it depends. The only way to achieve the most ideal shift schedule is to consider Business Needs, Employee Desires, and Health & Safety equally, as portrayed in Coleman Consulting Group’s