The Productivity Drain

Wednesday, 08. 26. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity

In our most recent survey conducted in conjunction with Harris Interactive, we asked over 1000 US workers how they are faring as the recession reaches the one year mark.  Although there are some glimmers of hope being expressed that we’ve seen the worst of the recession, many of our respondents have already felt the impact in [...]

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Labor Expense Management – Start with the Basics

Wednesday, 07. 29. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management

Even as we hope that we’ve seen the bottom of the recession, many of us are still watching our expenses closely.  While economic output may have stopped contracting according to economists, it doesn’t feel like the recession is over.  Most families are  saving more, paying down their debt and cutting back on discretionary expenses like [...]

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Gaming the Clock

Monday, 06. 15. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity, Workforce Development, Workforce Software

In a recent survey we conducted with Harris Interactive, we asked over 700 hourly paid employees if they had ever cheated in reporting their hours in order to increase their paycheck.  Twenty-one percent indicated that they had.  Not surprisingly, of the 21% of respondents who admitted to cheating on their time reporting, the highest percentage [...]

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Discussion with David Caruso: Reducing Costs and Boosting Productivity in a Challenging Economy

Wednesday, 05. 6. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity, Workforce Software

I recently had the opportunity to talk about the importance of labor cost management in manufacturing with David Caruso, the founder and Principal of David Caruso & Associates, Inc.  David’s consulting firm specializes in manufacturing, supply chain, and technology strategy.  We talked about how manufacturing organizations are increasingly focusing on labor cost management in the [...]

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