Three Innovative Ways to Increase Shift Coverage

Three Innovative Ways to Increase Shift Coverage

We are more than a year on from the first wave of Covid-related shutdowns and the global economy is surging ahead. Retail is back with a vengeance and the hospitality industry’s recovery is gaining momentum by the day. This boom has left large employers facing a...
What is Workforce Management?

What is Workforce Management?

Workforce management (WFM) is, at its core, a mechanism for optimizing employee productivity. A well-configured workforce management system will also reduce labor costs and improve both operational efficiency and employee performance while improving customer service,...
3 Ways to Fix Your Labor Shortage

3 Ways to Fix Your Labor Shortage

This blog post was written by Bob Clements, President of Axsium Group, and was originally published by the independent think-tank, The Workforce Institute (https://workforceinstitute.org/3-ways-to-fix-your-labor-shortage/) Here are three ways to fix your...
What you missed at the 2021 Axsium WFM Forums

What you missed at the 2021 Axsium WFM Forums

The events I look forward to the most each year are Axsium’s annual WFM Forums. Over the last decade, we’ve worked to develop a community of cross-functional workforce management leaders who take the time to come together to build expertise by exchanging experiences...
The Robots are Coming! (To Save Your Job)

The Robots are Coming! (To Save Your Job)

If you’ve read a business journal in the last few years, you’ll have heard that robots are coming to steal your job more than a handful of times. An Oxford University study in 2013 predicted that close to 50% of jobs will be replaced by automation by 2033[i]. PwC...
2021 Workforce Predictions

2021 Workforce Predictions

The coronavirus pandemic has forever changed the workplace. Even as a vaccine becomes available, a return to “normal” will not take us back to what life was like prior to COVID-19. Instead, 2021 will be marked by a series of “new nows” that society will navigate as...