When you break down automated time and attendance it’s really just a way to take analog information and make it digital so you can smoothly transfer the data and easily apply it to other processes.  Where it can often get more complicated is when the analysis of the information is applied to a business context [...]

At least as of late, Madison, WI has been experiencing some unseasonably warm, sunny and Spring-like weather even though it’s unusually premature for the middle of March. However, the extra vitamin D from the sun’s warm rays is a welcomed change of pace from our typical overcast chilly norm for this time of year. So [...]

If you’ve read The Coming Jobs War, by Jim Clifton, you know that what everyone in the world is currently interested in is a good job. Here’s a quick quote from the book: “Humans used to desire love, money, food, shelter, safety, peace, and freedom more than anything else. The last 30 years have changed us. [...]

Recently, I read Investing In Workforce Management Tech Is Not Just Smart. You Get An $8 Return Per $1 Invested by Ramon Ray.  The article highlighted a Nucleus Research study that suggested an average company investing in a workforce management system – time and attendance, scheduling, hr, payroll technology solutions creating process workflow efficiencies via automation and data [...]

It’s no secret that raising and managing operating funds is one of the greatest challenges non-profit organizations face. However, squandering the funds and resources a non-profit does have due to inefficient processes is almost worse, in my opinion. If your organization’s workflow processes aren’t efficient you’re never going to squeeze as much productivity dollars out [...]

LeadingAge, a national long-term care association, recently had an article on their website titled, 10 Aging Services Technologies that Belong in Your Organization.  The article listed 10 technology solutions an aging services organization should be equipped with in our modern times. Here’s the brief version of their list (you can follow the link above to [...]

Number 1 on Gartner’s Top Ten Technologies of 2012 list is Cloud Computing.  This is because of the Cloud’s scalability and flexibility.  Using Internet technologies a client gains a flexible IT infrastructure, meaning, a client company no longer has to maintain their own IT resources to help maintain any particular software product – that is [...]

Non-profit organizations are pretty use to stretching their resources beyond their current means.  Given the state of the current economy, even their for-profit counterparts are scrambling for innovative ways to extend their resources. For non-profits, it may seem like the price of doing non-profit work.  Regardless, of your opinion on that statement it’s safe to [...]

So you have a time and attendance software that your enterprise has been using for quite a while.  The software has worked well enough for your needs – a few annoyances you’ve had to deal with, but nothing too terrible that would make you consider going through the process of completely changing to a new [...]

Workforce Management is such a necessary, yet often a more-complex-than-one-thinks set of business processes. On this blog I’ve often referred to workforce management solutions as ‘infrastructure solutions.’  By this I mean, if your workforce management solution/processes are in place and they’re optimized appropriately for your business’ needs, you don’t think about it much on a [...]