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Beekeeper's manufacturing safety checklist guide

3 Benefits Of A Manufacturing Safety Checklist (And Where To Get One)

Workplace safety has always been a priority in the heavy manufacturing industry. But, sometimes, it’s hard to see the progress. In 2019, the total cost of safety incidents at work was $171 billion. That comes out to about $1,100...2 Min Read

Tackle Hidden Operational Costs With Beekeeper

How To Tackle Hidden Operational Costs With A Mobile Collaboration Platform

Mobile collaboration platforms have officially earned their place as a digital workplace enhancement tool. How? Because they: Transform workplace communication, particularly for frontline workers Optimize employee engagement...3 Min Read

Beekeeper's guide to reducing safety costs

Safety Pays: How to Reduce Safety Costs Through Higher Employee Engagement

In 2019, the total cost of safety incidents at work was $171 billion. That’s about $1,100 per employee per year. While that may be a worrying statistic, recent research shows that there is a surprising way companies can improve workplace...2 Min Read

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Modernizing Internal Processes for the New Normal in Retail

The retail industry is among those most impacted by the societal changes the pandemic has created. Retailers have been catapulted into an era that’s heavily reliant upon online shopping and curbside pickup. Under the current...1 Min Read

Lean Manufacturing with Beekeeper

What Is Lean Manufacturing? Top Tips for Cutting Costs

Lean manufacturing is a growing trend in the industrial world. As markets change and competition escalates, companies are looking for ways to cut costs, boost productivity, and run more efficiently. This concept and practice of lean...10 Min Read

shift planning with Beekeeper

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...6 Min Read

shift manager definition with Beekeeper

Leading The Frontline: Shift Manager Definition and Responsibilities

These days, most industries never sleep. And, the heroes of around-the-clock work are our shift leaders. Shift managers are essential team members that keep a company’s wheels turning at any given moment. But, their roles can quickly...4 Min Read

Beekeeper's digital forms and task management

Beekeeper Releases New Forms and Tasks Features for Smoother Frontline Operations

Over the past year, we’ve seen our customers overcome tremendous challenges. Frontline workers and their companies have shown just how incredibly flexible, creative, and resilient they can be. As a company dedicated to empowering...6 Min Read

Reducing Manufacturing Overhead: 3 Key Ways

For manufacturing companies, recovering from the pandemic and adjusting to a new normal involves making strategic decisions about how best to allocate resources. Manufacturing overhead is often the first place where companies look...5 Min Read

7 Key Trends in Operations Management in a Post-COVID World for 2021

Times, they are a-changin’ — and maybe more quickly than we can adapt. Fortunately, we humans are a clever species endowed with the ability to plan contingencies for a variety of scenarios and make the best of any circumstances....9 Min Read

FFOW Part 2 | Top-Down Internal Comms Is Not Enough Anymore: The Rise of Operational Communication

Welcome to part two of our Frontline Future of Work Series (FFOW) series! If you haven’t read FFOW Part 1 | The Reality of Being a Frontline Worker: Who Are They and What Do They Need? check it out now. For part two, let’s...14 Min Read