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Supplying Labor To Meet Demand
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Vendors such as IBM are offering software and services to help companies manage their employees just like a supply chain.
Imagine an organization that has 1.4 million employees spread around the world--in cities and rural outposts, and even on ships at sea. And suppose those employees have to be shuffled to different projects on a regular basis, some as often as every 90 days. Can your human-resources and workforce-management applications handle that?
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The U.S. Department of Defense is that organization, and it's tackling the challenge with a new system that combines off-the-shelf personnel- and pay-management software with planning and analysis tools so it can more effectively match the right people with the right jobs at the right time. "Putting the right people [based on skills and experience] with the right equipment is no doubt a primary goal for any military operation," says Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke of the U.S. Air Force.
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