Workforce Management Specialists
Reimagining Workforce Management (WfM): WfM UK works to modernise workforce management by integrating strategy, planning, delivery, and optimisation with the expertise of professionals, artificial intelligence (AI), advanced systems, and the active involvement of internal stakeholders. The goal is to ensure resilience and adaptability in the workforce management strategies that are fit for the latter part of the 21st century.
At WfM UK, we recognise the pivotal role efficient resource allocation plays in business success. Our mission is clear:
Unlocking Efficiency with Blended AI-Driven Workforce Management
Blending AI, Strategy, Planning and Real-Time Delivery:
- We combine artificial intelligence (AI) with strategic planning to optimise workforce allocation.
- Our focus, ensuring that your people are where you need them, precisely when you need them.
- In summary, Blended AI-driven Workforce Management transforms administrative tasks into strategic decision-making, enabling more efficient resource utilisation and flexible work arrangements.
Who We Are:
- As SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) and WfM professionals, we bring over 100 years of experience in handling complex workforce management requirements. Blending this with the new era of AI.
- Our track record includes overcoming challenges for local, national, international companies, and even the UK Government.
Our Expertise:
- Our responsibilities have extended to overseeing up to 38,000 people across 23 different countries.
- We thrive on intricate scenarios, where every piece of the puzzle matters.
- Staying up to date with technology enhances the features and benefits of our service.
- By blending experts with AI, we create optimum performance.
Passion for WfM:
- Workforce management isn’t just our job; it’s our passion.
- We believe in optimising workforces to drive organisational success.
- Our Goal - Freeing Capacity, Optimising Time and Maximising Productivity.
Core Services and Approach:
Our 5-step continuous journey revolves around four pillars:
- Strategy: Crafting a robust workforce plan aligned with your business goals.
- Blended AI: This is a transformative approach that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with expert analysis to optimise employee schedules, enhance efficiency, and improve resource allocation. It addresses the challenges of traditional workforce management by providing speed, flexibility, and intelligence in creating optimal work schedules, policies and practices.
- Planning: Efficiently allocating resources based on demand and capacity.
- Real-Time Delivery: Ensuring seamless execution and adaptability.
In summary, Workforce Management Specialists like us are dedicated to orchestrating the perfect blend of people, strategy, and execution.
Introducing WfM Retain
Effective Workforce Management (WfM) is essential for optimising your team. It's about strategically placing the right people, with the right skills, at the right time, in the right place, while maximising efficiency and minimising costs.
Workforce Management (WfM) encompasses the skills, processes, and technologies necessary to optimise organisational teams.
This requires ongoing analysis and adaptation to ensure continuous improvement. WfM expertise is valuable, but often very expensive.
Many organisations find a full-time Workforce Management (WfM) specialist unnecessary. Yet, the need for flexible expert WfM support remains.
WfM UK provides that support, whether you require occasional advice, a fresh perspective, or assistance to supplement your existing team. We also offer expert mentoring to empower your team with essential knowledge and best practices, ensuring they're equipped to deal with your evolving business needs.
Our services span across strategic planning, policy writing, creating principles of planning, operational reviews, system design and training, designing base schedules / rota’s and continuous improvement – essentially, any WfM-related need.
Recognising the need for accessible WfM expertise, WfM UK introduces WfM Retain. This on-demand service provides your business with expert support, advice, and knowledge when you need it, for as long as you need it.
Gain access to senior-level WfM professionals for a fraction of the cost of hiring a trainee. With a simple monthly subscription, WfM Retain offers flexible and cost-effective expertise tailored to your specific needs.
Effortlessly schedule expert support through our online diary, tailored to your package. Book the time you need, when you need it, eliminating any scheduling conflicts.
We offer a free 10-minute consultation and detailed work schedules for every task.
Experience transparent, cost-effective service without the overhead of London agency fees or hidden charges. Your pre-agreed package covers the necessary hours, with clear tracking of time spent.
Say goodbye to project manager costs; we charge only for the resources dedicated to your work.
However, we do have access to a large network of experts, that we can call upon to bridge the gaps we do not cover, as well as expert programme/project managers. We can collate all the expertise you need to complete all of your requirements.
The Plan to Make Work Pay.
In Summary
Are you aware of the pending Government plans for significant reforms to employment rights?
Summary of how this effects Workforce Management (WfM) in your Business? #makeworkpay #wfm #Workforcemanagement #wfmers #ukbusiness #scheduling #hr
Ending ‘one-sided flexibility
- Banning exploitative zero hours contracts.
- Guaranteed hours.
- Ensure workers get reasonable notice of any change in shifts or working time.
- Proportionate compensation for any shifts cancelled or curtailed at short notice.
Family friendly rights
Workers must be supported to work while balancing the essential responsibilities of their wider life.
The government is making a number of immediate changes – including making flexible working the default.
Changes to flexible working legislation will ensure more requests are agreed.
Are you prepared? Do you have the knowledge and experience in your teams to plan and facilitate this? Have you started agreeing WfM Policies or designing principles of planning?
Let’s start the conversation and assess what impact this will have on you.
*** Main content to this Section has been taken from the official policy paper from 10th Oct 2024 ***
We Can Help you Build a Base Plan to Facilitate this Legislation,be proactive by having a plan before unions or staff enforce one.
Large, Big, Complex or Small, we can make a Plan to Manage them ALL.
Strategy
WORKFORCE PLANNING
– People
– Headcount / Recruitment
– Department / Teams
– Output
BUILDING YOUR STRUCTURE
– People
– Department / Teams
– Direct Reports / Management
– Costing Your Structure
EXPERT ADVICE
– Analytics and Optimisation (A&O)
– Availability and Utilisation (A&U)
– Help / Advice / Support
Scheduling/Roster Strategy
– Base Plans
– Design / Construction
– New Structures
– Emergency / Contingency
– Reducing Costs
– Back Up
– New Systems
– Strike Contingency
Planning
ROTA PLANNING
– People
– Headcount / Recruitment
– Department / Teams
– Output
BUILDING YOUR STRUCTURE
– People
– Departments / Teams
– Direct Reports / Management
– Shift Content / Patterns
– Skills / Competencies
OPTIMISATION
– Analytics and Optimisation
– Availability and Utilisation
– Help / Advice / Support
Delivery
COMMUNICATION
– Modern Automated
Communication Channels
– Individual Personal Email
Addresses & Profiles
– Real Time Leave Processing
& Management
REAL TIME CLOCK IN
– Modern Web Based Clock In
Facilities
– Accurate Automated Live
Reporting
CAPTURING ACTUALS
– Live Feeds for Reporting on
Demand
– Automated Time Sheet Data
Population
– Automated Payroll Integration
ANALYTICS & CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
– Analytics & Constant Continuous
Improvement
– Help / Advice / Support
The Services that we Can Offer:
A Snapshot of the Services that we can provide (But not limited to)...
WfM Stratergy
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WfM Planning
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WfM Real Time Delivery
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Time & Attendance Management
WfM System Implementation
WfM Project Work
Roster/Rota/Schedule Construction & Optimisation
Annual Leave Planning
WfM Forum & Industry Leading Helpline
Fees / Prices
Hourly / Day Rate / Fixed Fee
Can be contracted Directly or via an Umbrella Company
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