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How Automated Employee Scheduling Strengthens Union Relations in Shift-Based Industries

Key Takeaways: Employee scheduling automation in unionized workplaces significantly improves operational efficiency and reduces compliance-related costs. Intelligent scheduling solutions, such as Shiftboard’s workforce scheduling software, are designed to handle complex union agreements, reducing ...

2023 Labor Laws – What Should You Expect?

We update this article every year. You can find our posts on 2022 laws and 2021 laws here. Last year, manufacturers and other industries with hourly and shift-based workforce operations saw the continued passage of various labor and employment laws — most notably surrounding COVID-19. With the Bid...

Shiftboard Announces Record-Breaking Growth and Momentum Among Manufacturers in North America

SEATTLE – April 20, 2022 – Shiftboard, announced record-breaking growth and momentum among manufacturers...

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...

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...

How to Improve Labor Utilization During Peak Demand

Even with today’s high unemployment, manufacturers and other 24/7 industries such as healthcare and energy are facing an ongoing labor shortage. U.S. manufacturing activity reached its highest level in 37 years in March 2021, and the sector has more than half a million job openings. By 2025, some ...

API RP 755: The Why, What, and How of This Fatigue Standard

Why Was API RP 755 Created? If you think safety program management is expensive for an oil and gas company, an accident involving employees and others can be even more costly to the company long term. In petroleum industries in particular, having clear safety rules and regulations for the workplace ...

How Food Manufacturers Are Increasing Staffing Flexibility to Meet Production Goals

Food manufacturers continue to scramble to figure out how to adapt to lingering staff shortages and production volatility. Managing labor needs to meet production goals is poised to be an enduring challenge well into 2022 and beyond. Building flexibility into your plant’s scheduling strategy can h...

3 Workforce Strategies to Improve Warehouse Productivity and Reduce Labor Costs

Warehouses and distribution centers rely on specialized warehouse management software to support and optimize inventory and fulfillment processes. This sophisticated technology makes it easy for warehouse operations managers to closely monitor inventory, shipments, and orders – right down to an in...

Workplace Fatigue in Manufacturing: Best Practices for Minimizing Risk

According to the National Safety Council, fatigue costs U.S. employers more than $130 billion — that’s billion — a year in health-related lost productivity. A typical U.S. company with 1,000 employees can expect to lose more than $1 million each year to fatigue, which can often increase the wo...

API RP 755: Are You Compliant?

In addition to advancements in protective gear and industry-specific PPE to safeguard oil and gas workers on the job, the science around human factors engineering continues to evolve and influence regulations designed to protect workers from fatigue-related incidents. The American Petrochemical Inst...

How Automated Workforce Scheduling Helps Reduce Hidden Costs

The situation: A production line that is dependent on a specific number of workers, each with specialized skill sets, has a worker callout last-minute –– while the scheduling manager is not on site. What does the shift supervisor do? With manual scheduling processes in play, the supervisor may s...

3 Key Benefits of Automating Workforce Scheduling in Complex Industries

In today’s evolving world of work and industry, front-line managers are feeling additional pressure to keep up with the sophisticated demands of the workforce, unions, executives, and regulatory bodies. While investment into an organization’s tech stack continues to grow at a staggering rate, au...

Shiftboard and SchedulePro Join Forces Through Merger: Q&A with Sterling Wilson and Sachin Agrawal

Following the exciting news of the Shiftboard and SchedulePro merger, Sterling Wilson, CEO of Shiftboard and Sachin Agrawal, former CEO of SchedulePro and now CTO of Shiftboard, sat down to address questions about the deal and its significance. 1. Why did Shiftboard and SchedulePro decide to merge? ...

Shiftboard and SchedulePro Join Forces to Offer Enhanced Workforce Scheduling Capabilities

SEATTLE – March 31, 2020 – Shiftboard, a leading provider of enterprise workforce scheduling software, and EDP Software Inc., makers of SchedulePro, a workforce scheduling technology specializing in complex workforce scheduling environments, today announced that they will merge to become one com...