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Thomas Publishing Company’s recruitment writer Laura Ross identified a weak spot in the Industrial workforce. This industry in the last decade has had 2.4 million unfilled jobs. These talent shortages cost the US economy $2.5 trillion, with many companies failing to reach peak operational efficiency. Ross suggests by upskilling your existing workforce, you can address many of the challenges associated with today’s talent market. Investing in your employees not only makes for an increase in talent and skills, but it also promotes a happier and motivated synergy within a company. This can result in increased productivity and higher retention rates. Additionally, Ross points out that upskilled workers can fill existing and future skills gaps, saving your company money in the long run over having to recruit and train new employees. A strategic way to upskill your workforce is by taking advantage of the wide range of technologies available to further your employees’ skills. Ross recommends the following technologies to upskill your workforce:

1. Remote Skills Development. “Gone are the days when an organization would gather its entire workforce in a function room to deliver core training modules or fund a week-long overseas conference. Instead, industrial businesses should make provisions for employees to earn qualifications via online courses, demo new technologies from the comfort of their own homes, and broaden their knowledge via webinars, live-streamed seminars, remote mentoring programs, and podcasts.”
2. Gamification. “Employees are not always engaged or even compliant when it comes to learning and development courses. This is particularly true when they are expected to take time out of a busy working day. Technology can seamlessly gamify the process of learning, as training software can log who has completed particular courses or modules, rate and rank users on their engagement and performance, and nominate high-performers for additional recognition and reward.”
3. Virtual and Augmented Reality. “E-learning software increasingly features simulation-based training, which provides employees with an immersive and realistic on-the-job experience. Rather than relying on academic theory or online tests, workers can put their skills to practice in real work scenarios. Using simulation training, it’s possible to quickly upskill large groups of people, teach complex skills, and closely monitor employee progress and performance. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) also have broad applications for industrial businesses, enabling employers to inform and train their workforce in a controlled and safe environment.”

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Infor recently announced its expanded partnership with Nashville-based hotel and restaurant management company Oliver Hospitality, committing to offering engaging and thoughtful spaces for its guests. Infor HMS has previously been implemented at five properties to enhance guest stays, and unify and refine hotel operations. Oliver Hospitality has decided to expand its work with Infor for its new Marconi Conference Center location outside of Marshall, California. Per the press release, choosing to expand the organization’s footprint with Infor Hospitality was decided in part because of Infor’s knowledge of the hospitality industry and proven track record with deployments. Through the Infor Hospitality suite, Oliver Hospitality is able to provide a rich experience for all users. Specifically, Infor HMS has provided the organization with a reliable hub for operations, and helped to establish a solid foundation to consistently deliver a superior guest experience. This decision to modernize the organization’s HMS will also help internal teams work easily and more successfully to eliminate many timeworn manual processes so Oliver Hospitality can streamline daily operations and deliver a personalized hotel stay.

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This month Infor launched a new application – Infor Clinical Science – as part of the Infor Work Management suite as a move to help combat nurse shortage in the healthcare industry. Per the press release, this application measures the workload of each patient via evidence-based methodology to provide leaders with a complete picture of labor requirements for each shift, unit or department, all based on documentation already occurring in the electronic medical record (EMR). By measuring the workloads at the task/activity level, this provides healthcare leaders with deeper insights into the work being performed and can adjust and adapt scheduling in real time to directly address and combat the ever-present healthcare worker shortage. Clinical Science uses EMR documentation to provide insights into patient care requirements and helps decision makers efficiently deploy available staff needed across the organization. Additionally, Clinical Science provides deep insights into each patient’s unique care needs and, by evaluating individual patient workloads, room proximity, and continuity of care, helps inform the nurse-patient assignment process to ensure fair and equitable patient assignments. This application can also support departments with mandated staffing ratios by ensuring the assignments are fair and equitable and can help leaders determine units or departments that may need additional support. Further, Clinical Science accounts for the differences between patients to ensure optimal patient care, while maintaining any mandated ratios. With this new application Infor is now the only solution that offers an end-to-end experience deployed in a single cloud solution for healthcare labor planning and tracking, including alignment with patient workloads and the assignment of patients to nurses to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.

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