Canadian construction workforce intelligence vendor Bridgit recently added a new module it claims lets general contractors make better labor allocation and gain economic efficiency.
The new offering, called Bench Cost Tracking, can "help general contractors tie a dollar value to people who are sitting on the bench or are underutilized, and make data-driven decisions about how to properly allocate staff."
Labor cost and scheduling software is in common use in other industries like retail. A business can better understand what it needs in staffing and when by providing data to software and getting suggestions on how to appropriate staff shifts. The trick is getting enough people to keep customers satisfied without scheduling so many that workers are standing around.
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