Introduction

Comprehensive workforce strategies within the process and asset intensive industries must focus on more than training and safety. While some organizations are embracing those ideas, pandemics such as COVID-19 are pushing other companies to develop comprehensive workforce strategies. For the foreseeable future, executives and plant managers will need a contingency plan in the event that remote work
via a distributed workforce becomes necessary. 

Even after the coronavirus is under control, companies must face the reality of enabling remote work because it will become a competitive advantage. Employees who now know how to work remotely in an effective manner will want that option, and smart businesses who want to keep talented employees will adapt. The right technology and systems make a huge difference in an effective and efficient move to remote working.

 In short, a Connected Workforce is one that, through the power of mobile and/or wearable devices, is able to send and receive critical information at the point of work.  Plenty of technology is available today for enabling a Connected Workforce. The challenge is 
breaking down departmental barriers and driving a consensus on the value of a “single pane of glass” as an outcome.  This white paper explores this concept in greater detail.