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Creating an Effective Preventative Maintenance Checklist

When equipment breaks down or doesn’t function properly, it can cause significant disruptions or even halt production. Creating a preventative maintenance checklist helps minimize those failures and creates a safer, more productive...12 Min Read

Improve Shift Scheduling for Frontline Workers | Flexibility, Predictability, and Control Are Key

The two biggest questions that most frontline workers have when they start a job are “When do I work?” and “How much will I get paid?” Suffering from shift stress? Fill open shifts faster without making a single phone call....7 Min Read

Improve Shift Handover: Template, Tips and Best Practices

Teams that communicate task-relevant information between shifts create a safer, more effective workplace. A shift handover template makes for a more reliable, consistent, and accurate changeover process. Fill shifts faster with Beekeeper’s...5 Min Read

Shift Planning 101: What it Is, and How it Can Save You Money

For frontline majority organizations, shift planning can be a major pain point for supervisors. If you have a facility that operates 24/7, then ensuring ‘round the clock coverage can be a challenge. Fortunately, a proper shift planning...7 Min Read

How Managerial Burnout Impacts Guest Satisfaction

Managerial burnout is a huge issue in the hospitality industry. It’s been estimated that as many as 60% of managers in the hospitality industry are affected by burnout. This has a huge impact on guest satisfaction. In this post,...7 Min Read

Frontline Success Recap: Flexible Learning and Development for the Frontline

As any frontline organization knows, ongoing development is a critical element of maintaining a thriving, engaged workforce. It’s a topic Beekeeper dove into during the 2022 Frontline Success Summit. Fonda Chang, a Senior Partner...4 Min Read

Safety Pays: Reduce Safety Costs Through Employee Engagement

According to the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index 2021, U.S. businesses spend more than 1 BILLION dollars a week on serious, nonfatal workplace injuries. Overexertion falls, and being struck by an object are some of the most common...3 Min Read

Employee Referral Program Ideas: Fill Open Positions Faster

Employee referral programs are a great way to find quality candidates while empowering and engaging current employees.5 Min Read

5 Employee Training Methods For Faster, More Effective Onboarding

Efficient training is critical to success, morale, and longevity of employment.7 Min Read

5 Ways to Rock Your Employee Recruiting Strategy

Right on the heels of a global pandemic comes the next challenge for companies—one of the toughest labor markets in history. The best way for companies to find and hire qualified candidates is to create an employee recruiting strategy. ...7 Min Read

4 Mobile Workforce Best Practices That Boost ROI

By taking stock of what really drives efficiency and productivity, owners and managers can get the most out of the mobile workforce.6 Min Read

What Is Online Collaboration? Connecting Teams in the Digital Age

Online collaboration uses digital technologies to build better, stronger teams.4 Min Read

How to Retain Employees in Hospitality Industry Without Breaking the Bank

Retaining trained, competent, and efficient staff is how the hospitality industry reminds people that it’s good to go out. 6 Min Read

What Is a Mobile Workforce? Understanding the Way We Work Now

Keeping up with how we work now is the best way to ensure that your mobile workforce remains agile, productive, and efficient. 7 Min Read

Looking for Ways to Improve Efficiency in the Workplace? Set Employees Up for Success

Motivated, connected workers are more productive. It’s not complex. Here are six steps for improving workforce productivity by giving workers the support they deserve.5 Min Read

The labor shortage in construction makes employee retention more important than ever.

Managing the Labor Shortage in Construction by Changing the Way You Communicate to Retain Employees

One way to combat the labor shortage in construction and retain skilled workers is to improve communication for every employee.6 Min Read

Frontline workforce experiencing the benefits of employee referral programs.

Benefits of Employee Referral Programs: Recruiting Quality Team Members Through Friends and Families

Employee referral programs are your best tool for building a stronger, more engaged workforce. 6 Min Read

Reducing retail turnover rates can improve profitability.

Combat Retail Turnover Rates by Investing in Your Employees

Savvy retail business leaders can invest in tech-driven strategies that make retail work more rewarding and encourage retention. 6 Min Read

Men who use a digital workplace in manufacturing.

Creating a Digital Workplace: Manufacturing Infrastructure Solutions

A digital workplace creates sustainable infrastructure that puts businesses back in the driver’s seat. 4 Min Read

Delivery driver increasing productivity in the workplace.

Increasing Productivity for Frontline Workers: 6 Things You Haven’t Tried Yet

Increasing productivity in the workplace is a challenge with distributed team, but it all comes down to removing obstacles, increasing engagement, and showing employees they are an important part of the team.6 Min Read

Woman completing frontline employee training.

Why Great Frontline Employee Training Is a Smart Move

Creating a frontline employee training program that starts new hires off on the right foot can help prepare your business for success. 5 Min Read

Frontline worker who has learned how to improve workforce productivity.

Need to Improve Workforce Productivity? These 6 Hacks Help You Get There

Motivated, connected workers are more productive. It’s not complex. Here are six steps for improving workforce productivity by giving workers the support they deserve.6 Min Read

Innovative collaboration tools can help frontline workers find more satisfaction at work.

Innovative Collaboration Tools Create Happier Frontline Workers

Communication and collaboration technology brings frontline workers together by erasing silos and encouraging participation.6 Min Read

Frontline worker who benefits from the best employee communication tools.

Best Employee Communication Tools to Engage Your Frontline Workforce

Communication and collaboration technology brings frontline workers together by erasing silos and encouraging participation.6 Min Read

Communication and collaboration are keys to success in most aspects of life.

Communication and Collaboration Technology: Keeping Frontline Workers in the Know

Communication and collaboration technology brings frontline workers together by erasing silos and encouraging participation.4 Min Read

Business owner considering employee communication strategies.

Employee Communication Strategies for Reaching Your Frontline Team

Organizations with newly remote workers are facing the same challenges that businesses with frontline workers have been facing for years. How do they stay efficient? How do they maintain communications? The answer is mobile workforce...5 Min Read

What Is Mobile Workforce Management?

Top Benefits of Mobile Workforce Management Software for Frontline Workers

Beekeeper's guide to preventative maintenance

How Preventative Maintenance Can Boost Equipment Uptime by 20%

We’ve all heard the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It’s a catchy phrase, but it’s not a good rule of thumb, especially if you’re running a business that relies heavily on machinery, equipment, or technical...10 Min Read

How Amsted Rail Fully Automated Daily Employee Health Checks to Safely Bring Back Its Workforce

Amsted Rail is on a mission to continue its 100+ year legacy of delivering next-level reliability, performance, and value. To do that, the company staffs more than 10,000 employees across its global manufacturing facilities. Even so,...4 Min Read

Beekeeper's guide to manufacturing training

How to Develop An Effective Manufacturing Training Program

As manufacturing companies look for ways to invest in their future, the obvious choice is to go all-in on digital transformation to keep up with the competition. But along with a digital strategy, companies also need to invest in optimizing...7 Min Read

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