Blog Posts
The Retail Forecasting Playbook
Bob Clements introduces The Retail Labor Forecasting Playbook, to be followed by a series of posts discussing different elements of labor forecasting.
3 Ways to Fractionalize Labor Costs to Drive Profit
Recently, I was speaking with an Australian client who introduced the term “fractionalization” to me. The concept is pretty simple: how do you maintain or decrease costs while increasing volume. While Australian retailers like Woolworths (grocery) and Myer...
Strategies Take Flight to Address the Rising Wages at the Axsium WFM Forum
Last week, I attended the Axsium Workforce Management Forum in the United Kingdom. This is an annual workforce management conference convening each spring and hosted by Axsium Group. This year’s Axsium WFM Forum was held at the Imperial War Museum...
What Will Future Staffing Offices Look Like?
The centralized staffing office is facing a continual evolution over the next few years. Where else will the staffing office impact a hospital and it's operations? Chris Flanders discusses.
Why WorkJam is Buzzworthy
In my NRF 16 wrap-up, I said that WorkJam had the biggest buzz of any workforce-related vendor. Every retailer that I talked about had either said how cool WorkJam was or were on their way to get a demo (and then said how cool it was when I saw them later). I...
Five Fast Takeaways from NRF Big Show 2016
The National Retail Federation’s Big Show 2016 has just wrapped up and as I unpack my bag from New York, here are the top five things that have stuck with me: The biggest buzz? WorkJam. WorkJam was the most talked about workforce-related solution at NRF. Retailers...
