Effective planning and a systematic approach means activities will land well and have a lasting impact on performance across a team

Strategic workforce planning actually delivers income growth and return on our investment as well as reduced costs

In our people-centred operation, focusing on improving the skills and availability of our workforce is as critical as a manufacturer having the right factory set up

There are many factors that must be considered in workforce planning (including the internal business content, the external environment, and the workforce context - both internal and external) and therefore only a method-base approach is appropriate

Both of those teams have different perspectives, workforce planning is a People & OD speciality

Organisational re-design is reactive whereas workforce planning is proactive and focuses on people and skills more than hierarchy task distribution and reporting

It's not about redundancies, it's about getting the right number of people with the right skills employed in the right place at the right time, at the right cost and on the right contract to achieve the organisational strategy