Scheduling
The right tools
Juggling staffing decisions based on demand, union rules, government regulations and employee preferences can be a daunting task. Throw in the need to track and reward performance and it’s just about impossible without the right tools. RedPrairie offers an outstanding set of tools to forecast and schedule labor resources, track their performance, and reward their achievements on a local and enterprise basis.
| Forecasting |
Right-sizing results
Today’s highly competitive economic environment requires a careful balancing of revenue and costs. Inventory and workforce must be “right-sized” to exactly meet demand – too much raises costs, too little decreases revenue. But what is the right size? That depends on an accurate forecast of demand. More |
| Optimized Scheduling |
Maximizing efficiency and compliance
How can supervisors adequately evaluate demand signals, corporate tasks, governmental and union regulations, and employee skills and preferences to create an optimal workforce schedule? What is more, why would you want them to waste their valuable time trying? More |
| Performance Tracking |
Maximizing productivity
A lot more goes into maximizing productivity than just tracking results. Employees must be doing the right tasks in the most efficient, safe and accurate manner. This requires proper training, on-going coaching, and the removal of barriers to productivity. Performance tracking is the window into how well this all comes together. More |
| Incentive Calculation & Payment |
Raising performance without the headaches
Incentives invariably raise productivity, reduce labor costs and improve workforce morale and retention. So why don’t more companies use them? More |
Better information means better decisions
We believe you can’t make good decisions without accurate, timely information. That philosophy permeates our systems design and thought-provoking materials below.
| Thought Pieces |
Benefit from what we’ve learned in 35 years of helping the world’s best companies improve their business. More |
| Case Studies |
Learn how leading companies have solved problems similar to yours. More |
| Industry Reports |
Insights from thought leading analysts and media on what’s happening, and is going to happen, in the industry. More |
| Videos |
If seeing is believing, then you’ll learn a lot from the industry experts covering a wide range of topics on these videos. More |
"We were able to reduce our workforce by 20 percent, but actually increase throughput. We estimate that’s saved us about a million dollars."
John Guy,
Vice President of Supply Chain and Distribution, Briggs & Stratton Corporation
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"Overall we were looking for more optimum schedules, more accurate & timely transmission of hours to the payroll department, better compliance with labor rules, and better insight into information about employee utilization."
Steve Krumholz,
Senior VP for Franchise & Development, Blockbuster Inc.
"Atlanta was one of our best sites before we implemented Woforce Management, yet we were able to achieve as much as 20 percent improvement in our labor utilization."
JoAnn Lilek, CFO, DSC Logistics
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"Workforce Management is a competitive advantage for us, helping us gain additional business. It brings credibility to our claims of reduced customer costs."
Steve Sargunaraj,
Global Contract Logistics Process Manager, UTi