Not exact matches
CEO Jason Goldberg has said those cuts were meant to streamline
staffing and costs as the business shifted from a labor - intensive flash - sale
model, where tons of
new products had to be sourced and prepped every day, to a more standard e-commerce shop with predictable inventory
needs.
The
new report, released today (Sept. 7) by the National Research Council, states that NASA's
models for predicting its astronaut
staffing needs in the near future do not fully account for unexpected personnel changes like retirements and medical leave.
Under these circumstances, it would seem that more firms would be actively embracing the
need to change their basic operating
models — to design and implement
new approaches to
staffing and legal work processes, to explore
new opportunities for collaboration with other service providers, and to adopt and market innovative strategies for the pricing of their services.
Hub and spoke
model for global deliveryWhen a Fortune 100 engineering and technology company sought to decrease their
staffing cycle time, increase hiring manager satisfaction and improve the quality of
new hires, they decided they
needed a global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) provider, who could deliver a consistent, cost - effective and scalable service for their permanent recruitment across the Middle East and Europe.
• Decreased external risks for projects by ensuring that all module officers are in sync with each other, leading to an increase in coordination between departments • Developed and implemented community - focused responses for development projects • Established quantitative
staffing models to communicate
staffing resource levels to higher management • Developed dedicated analytic tools to outline resources requests, strategy choices and tradeoff
needs • Assisted in identifying trends and shifts within execution patterns • Ensured that any changes or adjustments are informed to the higher management • Performed research work to provide input for development of
new resources and processes • Ascertained that the project lifecycle is appropriately controlled through proper management and supervision