Whitepapers

Productivity and the Flexible Workforce – The Future of Work: Is your Manager an Algorithm?

Neville Henderson, Senior Consultant, Pasfield Curran

There was a time when people went to school, some went on to university, and when they managed to find employment they remained with their employer for many years. Some got promotions and stayed until receiving their gold watch and pension.

This concept of a job for life now seems an anachronism. It is questionable whether in the future, if things continue in the same direction, whether jobs as we know them will exist at all. Zero hours contracts, part-time work, agency work and the so called ‘gig economy’ are blurring the definition.

Productivity and the Flexible Workforce – do you rely on overtime?

Neville Henderson, Senior Consultant, Pasfield Curran

The hidden cost of overtime is examined in a new report which outlines how better planning could help organisations save money and be more productive.

Author, Neville Henderson, looks at the pros and cons of overtime, why certain sectors use it as a fall-back position and outlines alternative ways of managing requirements can meet demand while eliminating its impact.
In the guide, alternative solutions to allow business to do more with their core workforce and boost productivity are examined.

These include smart approaches to defining work patterns, matching short term peaks and troughs with shift working, the application of banked hours schemes and using flexible working to create more even working processes.

Productivity and the Flexible Workforce – Is now the time for a rethink about Annualised Hours?

Neville Henderson, Senior Consultant, Pasfield Curran

Could annualised hours help lift us out of the UK’s productivity plateau? That’s the question posed by flexible working expert Neville Henderson of Pasfield Curran, consultants to Crown Workforce Management.

Historically, UK labour productivity has grown by around two per cent annually but in recent years something has gone wrong… despite ambitious government strategy and £23 billion investment.

Since the 2007 crash, this ‘productivity puzzle’ has baffled economists with low investment, reducing in the quality of equipment and a lack of lending being cited as possible causes.

Workforce Intelligence – Turning Workforce Data into Workforce Efficiency

Martin Butler Research.

The Workforce in most organisations can account for upwards of 70-80% of total operating costs, the workforce is critical in delivering the organisations capability. Even the most modest improvements in workforce efficiency could have a significant impact on an organisations bottom line.

Workforce Intelligence can provide management with valuable employee related information it previously didn’t have. Using data mining and predictive analysis technologies; patterns and trends can start to emerge that were previously unknown, delivering a real competitive advantage that enables more effective decision making.

Business Execution and Workforce Management – The key to enhanced efficiency & agility

Martin Butler Research.

Martin Butler the highly respected business and IT industry analyst, in conjunction with Crown Computing, has produced a white paper on the areas of Business Execution and Workforce Management, it explains how it can help organisations become more productive, efficient and agile.

The paper includes a comprehensive management summary written by Martin Butler, along with contributions from David Hughes of Crown Computing and Neville Henderson of Pasfield Curran. The paper examines how Workforce Management is an essential and integral part of a successful Business Execution strategy, it also offers advice on what to look for when selecting a software solution.

The Business Value of Workforce Management Solutions

Martin Butler Research.

Martin Butler the highly respected business and IT industry analyst, in conjunction with Crown Computing, has produced a white paper on The “Business Value of Workforce Management Solutions”.

The paper is written from a business perspective and includes a comprehensive management summary written by Martin Butler, along with contributions from Neville Henderson of Pasfield Curran who examines the issues around underlying business processes and their effectiveness and Crown Computing look at the benefits of automating the workforce management process and offer advice on what to look for when selecting a software solution.

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