Most HR departments have no forecasting function of any kind. VP's of HR have no way of identifying when there is growth in "headcount fat". And therefore they cannot take the appropriate actions that are necessary to reduce excess employees before there is a need for a massive layoff of...
Doing more with less is an issue that all purchasing departments seem to be wrestling with today. ConsumerPro not its real name is a consumer products company that has a surprisingly low purchasing headcount for the dollars of purchasing expenditure. In the past six years, direct materials purchased by this...
This template is designed to help finance, human resources, and compensation teams forecast and plan annual headcount and total compensation. The template helps forecast compensation expense based on the predicted number of staff each quarter within each department. It also accounts for key expenses such as fringe benefits and variable...
- Industry Continues to Boast High Demand for Qualified Workers - CHICAGO, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The hiring outlook for healthcare employees remains positive for the second half of 2008, as 26 percent of large healthcare employers (50 or more employees) are planning to increase the number...
Pringo, the leader in empowering onlinecommunities, has doubled its growth in the first half of this year,compared to the entire 2007 calendar year, increasing revenues almost 200%in the period January to June 2008. The company, which specializes in building social networking platforms andonline communities for organizations, now has a customer...
By David ProsserDeputy Business Editor Barratt Developments is to axe 1,000 jobs, almost 15 per cent of its workforce, as the embattled builder attempts to slash its costs in the face of the housing crisis. Barratt said it would close its offices in Sheffield...
WIND POWER ONE HUNDRED-SIXTY miles east of Denver, Colo., a wind-swept prairie town named Wray and its school district have been hardpressed for cash. As the town's population has aged, student numbers have dropped to just 620, one hundred fewer than 10 years ago. That hurts when...
Announcement coincides with continued growth of MIVA's ALOT toolbar and homepage brand NEW YORK -- MIVA, Inc., (NASDAQ:MIVA), a digital media company, announced a restructuring plan on June 23, 2008 designed to maximize efficiencies within the company, eliminate certain unprofitable operations, and better position the company for the...
SO. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Board of Directors of Digital Angel (NASDAQ:DIGA), an advanced technology company in the field of animal identification and emergency identification solutions, announced today that it has approved a restructuring program primarily focused on its Animal Identification business. The program will feature further headcount reduction,...
ATLANTA -- IMERYS Pigments for Paper North America announces today a restructuring of its Middle Georgia Kaolin operations in Sandersville, Georgia. The plan will result in a capacity reduction, with associated workforce reductions in both operational and associated support functions. The headcount reduction will total approximately 50 people,...
Revenue Reaches 15.6 Million and an Increase of 44% in Pre-Tax Profits LONDON -- Kainos, a leading IT consulting company, today announced strong results at the end of its financial year. In the year ending March 2008, turnover increased by 25 per cent over the previous year and...
Leading Executive Services Firm Adds Gary Bybee, Earl Hardy and Raymond Zipprich as Partners ST. LOUIS -- Tatum LLC, the largest executive services firm in the United States, today announced that Gary Bybee, Earl Hardy and Raymond Zipprich have joined Tatum as Partners of Tatum's Saint Louis Practice....
Husch Blackwell Sanders is planning to add a Chicago firm that would double its intellectual property practice group and bring revenue to about $300 million. A merger with Welsh & Katz is expected to be completed in the first half of July. The 45-attorney firm focuses...
Husch Blackwell Sanders is planning to add a Chicago firm that would double its intellectual property practice group and bring revenue to about $300 million. A merger with Welsh & Katz is expected to be completed in the first half of July. The 45-attorney firm focuses...
PRA opens new office facilities in Berlin RALEIGH, N.C., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA International, a leading Clinical Research Organization, has announced the relocation of its existing Berlin facilities into a larger, more central structure with triple the floor space and larger conference and meeting room areas....
I'M NOT MUCH of a rock concert fan. I'm too old and they're too loud. And even when I wasn't too old I didn't go to many. Elton John once (but that wasn't my idea), the Righteous Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel and to really date myself The Temptations. I also...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-17 June 2008-Stromsdal Oyj completes personnel negotiationsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish board producer Stromsdal Oyj (OMX Helsinki: STM1V) said on Tuesday (17 June) that it has completed personnel negotiations aimed at reducing costs. The negotiations concluded to reduce the number of employees by...
Asure Software (NASDAQ: ASUR) today announcedresults for the 2008 fiscal third quarter ending April 30, 2008.Highlights for the quarter include: -- Software and services revenues increased by $1.7 million, or 177%, over the three months ending April 30, 2007, to $2.7 million.-- Deferred revenue increased...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics that modulate the growth of tissues including bone and muscle, today announced that as part of its rapid growth and expansion it is increasing headcount by nearly 40% and doubling the size of its administrative, laboratory and manufacturing...
TEMPE, Ariz. -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today announced that it is making additional domestic capacity reductions, reducing headcount and implementing several new revenue initiatives to help expedite the airline's return to sustained profitability in this new and challenging environment. Major changes and initiatives announced today include: [TABLE...
