Are you still using excel spreadsheets and manual processes to crew your events? If so, you must be getting really tired of the lack of collaboration, lack of real-time visibility into project statuses and costs, the corrupt files, and the time wasted. If you’re getting frustrated with your current crew scheduling and management processes, you…
Do you remember when that little “ding” and the automated voice saying, “You’ve got mail!” had you dashing to your computer to see what new messages you had received? Well, things have changed. Today, our email inboxes are overloaded with all kinds of messages causing us to work less efficiently, communicate less clearly, and waste…
John is a labor coordinator. He was just told that their client now wants all of the crew to park in lot B instead of lot C for the event the very next day. John smiles, says no problem, and then spends an hour picking up the phone and calling each crew member to inform…
Benjamin Franklin once said, “lost time is never found again.” In this industry, lost time is a concern due to the fact that it can negatively impact the success and profitability of every event. Most event companies are constantly searching for ways to reduce their costs and bolster revenue margins. However, the problem is that…
In event production, there is a group of people that work to ensure an event is crewed appropriately so that it is both successful and profitable. These key players are Labor Coordinators and their focus is on effective crew scheduling. All of the best labor coordinators have strong attributes that help their respective companies meet…
There’s no question – the event production industry is demanding. And, while excel spreadsheets certainly have their place in business, they sure don’t make the crew scheduling process any easier or less time consuming. It’s time to ditch those spreadsheets and manual processes for something better. You deserve more with robust crew scheduling software made…
In our latest video blog, LASSO’s Angela Alea talks about staff scheduling and why automating just the scheduling part of the staffing workflow is just not enough. Check it out below. Transcript: For staffing companies that manage contingent, project-based staff, scheduling them is the most important part of the process, right? Well, actually not… Hello…
As your business grows, your costs rise significantly. Unfortunately, if you are still using manual workforce management processes to schedule and manage your crew, it’s difficult – practically impossible actually – to get to the true costs surrounding your labor. This includes everything from actual availability data to who is on the verge of hitting…
As you might have already seen, we recently launched the results of our first annual event industry workforce management compliance survey. As part of this survey, one of the questions we asked but have not yet discussed revolves around the ability to contest unemployment claims. The results are below: While 32% of respondents seem to…
In this industry, things change quickly. Events are added and removed or labor needs to shift on the fly and you need the ability to respond quickly. Today, just figuring out who is available and when is both challenging and complicated. LASSO’s Angela Alea talks about the constant struggle of determining crew availability (and more)…