Workbrain for Manufacturing

Globalization is forcing manufacturers everywhere to reduce costs. And, given that labor is usually a manufacturer’s biggest expense, even a small change in labor cost can have a huge impact on profits. That’s why manufacturers are using Workbrain for Manufacturing to transform their workforce operations.
- Schedule your people so production lines can start on time
- Ensure that timesheets are accurate and don’t violate Sarbanes-Oxley
- Transform workforce operations and reduce overall workforce costs
The Benefits

Workbrain for Manufacturing includes industry-specific functionality that meets the needs of large manufacturers and delivers significant benefits with a rapid return on investment.
- Reduce labor costs: Workbrain transforms workforce operations by reducing overhead associated with manual timekeeping and scheduling and the overpayments that occur when errors are not caught.
- Comply with complex regulations: Ensure compliance with complex regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Department of Labor laws, and internal policies like union rules.
- Gain visibility into operations: At-a-glance dashboards and advanced reporting capabilities provide a comprehensive view of absence and leave information so managers can gain visibility into absenteeism trends.
- Optimally schedule your workforce: Integrate scheduling with daily operations data for optimum workforce deployment that respects constraints such as worker skills and availability.
- Understand workforce productivity: Gain real-time analytical insight into the productivity and performance of the entire manufacturing enterprise to improve decision-making.
- Consolidate systems: Consolidate multiple workforce management systems on a single, massively scalable, and integrated web-based platform.
Workbrain for Manufacturing Capabilities

Workbrain for Manufacturing is an industry-specific workforce management solution designed to meet the needs of large, distributed manufacturing organizations. The solution is comprised of Workbrain functionality that includes the following capabilities:
- Workforce Scheduling: Provides flexible scheduling functionality, from simple shift entry to sophisticated shift assignment based on job ranking, availability, or skills.
- Overtime Equalization: Applies state, union, and work rules to ensure that the right employee is offered overtime. The benefits include a reduction in labor and overtime costs, a reduction in grievances, and compliance with safety regulations
- Shop Floor Data Capture: Interfaces with a wide variety of clocking devices including magnetic, barcode, proximity, and biometric readers.
- Workforce Absence: Automates and integrates the entire absence and leave management process, giving manufacturers unprecedented visibility and insight into absenteeism patterns and trends.
- Time and Attendance: Automates 100% of the pay rules and retroactive pay adjustments in the most complex, unionized environments. This ensures that pay rules are applied accurately and consistently across the organization.
- Self-service: Automates a range of HR and operational transactions including shift trading, grievance tracking, and accident reporting.
- Workbrain Intelligence: Delivers powerful, real-time reporting that gives manufacturing managers the timely visibility to understand and act on the factors that affect business performance.
