A multi-national food and beverage company revamped its workforce and attendance systems across its manufacturing sites to curb absenteeism and attrition, increase production utilization, and enhance employee self-service scheduling capabilities. By deploying advanced scheduling tools, the company also improved labor force management, including contingent workers, minimized time fraud, and introduced the "Flex"workforce, leveraging the gig-economy workforce. 
 
Advanced Scheduling Implementation Key Takeaways:


Advanced scheduling: Facilitates staff planning to meet production demands while effectively managing labor, costs, and regulatory compliance
Shift marketplace: Allows employees to swap or pick up shifts, enhancing flexibility and fairness in shift allocation
Automation: Advanced scheduling automation to fill open shifts with available workers swiftly
Gig-style model: Employs qualified “Flex” workers to cover shifts during peak demand periods
Improved Financial Controls: Reduced risk and improved labor cost visibility and analysis