Workforce Management Blog

For many businesses, variable production quotas are a reality. Particularly in the manufacturing industries, but in other industries as well, demand is subject to seasonal variance. Your business may require flexible staffing to meet flexible production targets. 

Does your company utilize a contingent workforce? There are several types of contingent employees, but, essentially, they are all on-demand employees used to meet rapid changes in staffing requirements. They may be used for a short time or, in some cases, they may become permanent employees of your organization. It can be difficult to motivate your contingent workforce. 

At the most basic level, all businesses are very similar.  All businesses take in some kind of raw material, whether it is iron ore, ingredients or information, processes it in some way, and outputs finished products.  These business processes are always subject to restrictions that limit the maximum production capacity.  When one of these restrictions severely limits production, it is often referred to as a bottleneck.  One of the primary challenges of business process management is to find and eliminate bottlenecks in production.