The first conference in The Manufacturer’s Future Factory Series took place yesterday, Thursday 5 July, at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham. Over 120 people attended the ‘Flex for the Future’ conference which explored ways of improving workforce flexibility and reducing avoidable costs and provided insights into the area of workforce management from industrial experts, academics and legal professionals.
With labour costs often singled out as the largest outlay for many businesses, the ‘Flex for the Future’ conference looked at the various issues involved in developing a flexible workforce including employment law and dealing with trade unions as well as the benefits of annualised hours and successful workforce scheduling and forecasting. BAE Systems Case…
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