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Data Domain Case Study: Labor Ready
Labor Ready is an international provider of temporary employees for manual labor, light industrial and skilled trades. Backups and restores were slow and often failed. The company needed a more cost-effective, reliable disk-based solution that would enable it to back up at least two weeks worth of data and easily...
Tags: Labor Ready, Business Structures, Pricing, Backups, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing
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Contactual Helps Labor Ready Respond Around the Clock, Around the World
The international staffing company Labor Ready had 94 different answering services—each with varying levels of customer service and cost—when related business problems prompted its search for a central call center solution. Chief among the company's key requirements for its new call center was a Web-based system that would: Be...
Tags: Contactual Inc., Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
True Labor Cost (zip)
Knowing the true cost of labor is critical to managing your business. You must know what labor really costs you to best determine how to price your products and services. The largest determining factor in business profits is the management of labor costs. Most business owners know the cost of...
Tags: Cost, Benefits, Strategy, Human Resources, Management
Software downloads 2005-11-08
Reducing Distribution Costs: The Value of RedPrairie's Productivity Management Solution - Customer Survey
For many companies, distribution costs as a percentage of sales continue to rise. Labor costs generally represent the greatest single component of distribution costs, ranging from 40 percent to as much as 70 percent of the total. In this context, ARC conducted a user survey of RedPrairie's labor Productivity Management...
Tags: RedPrairie, Customer Survey, ARC Advisory Group, Distribution Cost, Labor Relations, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Marketing, Sales
White papers 2003-03-01
Labor Standards, Human Capital, and Economic Development
This paper will discuss the nature and importance of human capital, present an overview of human capital-labor standards linkages, and the rationale for making core international labor standards a part of the rules governing the global economy, and evaluate some of the criticisms of those rationales; the paper concludes with...
Tags: Labor Standards, Labor Relations, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2005-02-01
Mexican Migrants and Other Latinos in the US Labor Market Since NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement did not have a dampening effect on Mexican migration to the US as was expected. Deteriorating employment conditions in Mexico have coincided with a continuing demand for cheap Latino labor in the US over the past several years, thus bolstering the migratory process. This...
Tags: NAFTA, Mexico, Free Trade, Finance
White papers 2005-04-22
Labor Superior Court Achieves More Robustness With Oracle
The Labor Superior Court of Brazil evaluates employment issues and labor relations action in accordance with Brazilian Labor Laws. The institution wanted to provide data integration between the Labor Superior Court and its 24 regional labor courts and standardize legacy database platforms in those courts. They wanted to develop an...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Labor Relations, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Software, Data Management, Hardware
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Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Take the Guesswork Out of Complex Labor and Time Collection With Microsoft Dynamics SL (Level 100)
The presenter of this webcast discusses how the Microsoft Dynamics SL solution can help a person to calculate true labor costs, meet time-sensitive government reporting requirements, provide flexible deductions and benefits, and, most importantly, pay the employees accurately and on-time. This webcast provides insight into how to take control of...
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
Webcasts
Converged Messaging Threats: Are You Ready?
The Internet is bringing everyone closer together. And every day the world is getting a little smaller. A new reality is approaching as one stands on the edge of converging technology and converging threats. Existing messaging security solutions can't get it done. They can be labor-intensive, complex, and costly.
Tags: Internet, Accela Communications, Messaging, Reality, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
Webcasts
Slovenian Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Affairs Meets EU Employment Policies With SAS Software
Implementation of the newly adopted European employment policy and indicators is a demanding task for all European Union EU member states. It is especially difficult for new members of the EU, which may be still adapting to dramatic changes that encompass almost every aspect of life as they make the...
Tags: SAS Institute, European Union, Employment Policy
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Selection of the Fittest?: How Human Capital Affects High-Potential Entrepreneurship
The engagement in entrepreneurship by the science and technology labor force is essential to economic development, but has not been assessed in previous research. Within the framework of occupational choice, utilizing human capital theory, this paper argues that entrepreneurship is associated with an opportunity cost in terms of foregone income...
Tags: Science, Human Capital, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2004-09-14
Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Systems Management Server
This paper examines the relationship between IT labor costs and best practices for Microsoft Systems Management Server SMS. SMS is a server-based management software product for change and configuration management of PCs. SMS is designed to reduce labor costs through automation by eliminating the need to visit individual PCs to...
Tags: Software, PC, Information Technology, Server, SMS, Best Practice, Microsoft Systems Management Server, International Data Group, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Tools & Techniques, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Management
White papers 2007-01-01
Sodexho: Reducing Time, Labor & Energy Costs
Sodexho, provider of catering and support services, uses the HP BladeSystem with HP services and management tools to consolidate, reduce power & cooling costs, as well as save time and labor.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., It Services
Webcasts 2007-01-01
PrevGes (Spanish) (exe)
Program for management of labor risks, PrevGes, a complete application to administer the information of labor risks of a company. Compound of the connected modules agenda, insole staff, consultation, risk evaluation, incidents, statistics, preventive maintenance, management of documentation of a subcontract, management of dangerous products and image.
Tags: Management
Software downloads 2006-10-24
Estimator (exe)
Estimation, Rate Analysis and Project Management Software for architects, builders, engineers and construction companies. With Estimator you can prepare detailed, abstract, material and labor estimates of residential and commercial buildings. You can also prepare tenders, measurement book, cost abstract, labor and contractor's bill, purchase order and other site management documents.
Tags: Construction, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
Software downloads 2006-04-26
Labor Finders Gets Enterprise-Style Security at SMB Prices
Growing from a single office to 35 offices in a relatively short period of time presents special challenges, Labor Finders had legitimate concerns about competitors and others attempting to cause denial-of-service attacks. The customer database as well as employee database also required special treatment, since this information would be very...
Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, VPNs, Storage, Databases, Networking, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
Case studies 2008-03-31
The Bureau of Labor Insurance Creates a Robust Labor Protection and Service Network
Established 57 years ago, Taiwan's labor insurance service now covers a record-breaking 8.79 million people. To cope with increasingly complex business content and fast-growing data volumes, the BLI is changing the architecture of its IT systems. The business is moving from a closed mainframe environment to an open Unix platform....
Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, Business, Grid Computing, Insurance, Financial Planning, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, It service Management, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
Case studies 2007-12-01
Convenience Retailer Reduces Labor Management Costs and Improves Customer Experience
QuikTrip Corporation, with more than 450 owner/operated convenience stores and travel centers, is decorated with several quality-focused awards, including being on the list of Fortune magazine's 100 best employers. Each store operates as its own profit center, and QuikTrip rewards success with bonuses and internal advancement based on individual and...
Tags: Performance, Cost Reduction, Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Case studies
Use this process to estimate a project's effort hours
Once you understand the effort that's required for a project, you can assign resources to determine how long the project will take and estimate labor and non-labor costs. Here's a process you can use to estimate the total effort required for your project. by Tom Mochal
Tags: Project, Estimate, Effort Hour, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Tom Mochal
Blog posts 2008-08-05
Quickie Estimator (exe)
Quickie Estimator calculates the cost of your building or engineering project before you begin. Eliminate cost over-runs due to labor and materials. Export your bid to Microsoft Excel or Access, ASCII text, and Lotus 1-2-3. Export your bids to the Web and download updated construction lists for current material prices....
Tags: Cost, Quickie Estimator, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
Software downloads 2003-05-09
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