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Part 6: Strategic Planning – The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization Blog Contents Why Discuss Strategic Workforce Planning Last? What Exactly is Strategic Workforce Planning / Capacity Planning? What Specific Questions are Answered by Strategic Workforce Planning? How to Achieve Strategic Workforce Optimization Welcome to our 6th and final post in our series on Workforce Optimization. In our prior posts… Continue Reading Part 6: Strategic Planning – The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization

Part 5: Tactical Planning – The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization Blog Contents What is Tactical Workforce Planning? Planned Activity Distribution Planning Time Off, Training & Contractor Utilization Reacting to the Unexpected with Tactical Planning Anticipating Disruption with Preventative Measures Tactical Planning and Scheduling Go Hand-in-Hand Scenario Testing for Resilience & Risk Management Example: Earthquake Disrupts Electrical Grid Provider’s Operations… Continue Reading Part 5: Tactical Planning – The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization

The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization – Part 2: Benchmarking Performance Metrics. Performance benchmarking is about quantifying the normal expected amount of manpower to satisfy a given type and unit of demand. Continue Reading Part 4: Operational Scheduling – The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization

The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization – Part 2: Benchmarking Performance Metrics. Performance benchmarking is about quantifying the normal expected amount of manpower to satisfy a given type and unit of demand. Continue Reading Part 3: Handling Uncertainty with Forecasting and Capacity Planning – The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization

The Complete Guide To Workforce Optimization – Part 2: Benchmarking Performance Metrics. Performance benchmarking is about quantifying the normal expected amount of manpower to satisfy a given type and unit of demand. Continue Reading Part 2: Benchmarking Performance Metrics – The Complete Guide To Workforce…

The Complete Guide to Workforce Optimization – Part 1: Cataloging Employee Skills and Work Activities. How to use advanced planning and scheduling techniques to keep employees and customers happy while operating efficiently and profitably. Continue Reading Part 1: Cataloging Employee Skills and Work Activities – The Complete Guide to Workforce Optimization

Welcome to our blog series, The Complete Guide to Workforce Optimization. We developed this guide for business leaders who are considering or have already begun leveraging advanced decision support software to make better workforce planning and scheduling decisions. Continue Reading Introduction to The Complete Guide to Workforce Optimization

Why you should do a migration to IBM DOC 4.x? The maintenance of a DOC (Decision Optimization Center) 3.x application has become complex mostly because the technology/products used have become obsolete and make it hard to find fixes as well as knowledgeable resources. Continue Reading IBM DOC 3.x Migration to IBM DOC 4.x

In this paper, we discuss how to work around a number of workforce challenges companies face today and optimize workforce planning and scheduling at a strategic, tactical, and operational level.
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Industry analysts were recently predicting that it would take at least until the end of 2023 for the semiconductor chip shortage to subside. That was before Russia invaded Ukraine. This has only made the outlook more dire because, for instance, the semiconductor industry relies on Russia and Ukraine to supply Continue Reading 3 Case Studies of the Semiconductor Industry