How Are Labor Demand Forecasts Made in Human Resources Planning?

Discover how human resource planning might be used to estimate the correct demand for labor in a given market, both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Shoals: Temporary Margin Pain, Structural Demand Intact

Shoals Technologies faces a temporary margin trough from tariffs, mix, and manufacturing shifts, with strong demand ...
Manufacturing

U.S. manufacturers slash input purchases as signs point to winter slowdown

Manufacturers across North America sharply reduced their purchases of raw materials and intermediate goods in October, signaling a potential cooling of U.S. factory output heading into the winter ...
KSHB Kansas City

KC-area homeowners seeking input on short-term rental options ahead of World Cup, says property manager

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. Short-term rental property manager Heather Autry's Thursday schedule was booked ...
Phys.org

New photonic chips passively convert laser light into multiple colors on demand

Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks ...
The New York Times

There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.

The International Energy Agency once projected that oil and gas demand could level off by 2030. Now it’s backing off, sort of. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Belém, Brazil The world’s leading energy ...
CNN

So long, peak oil: World demand could now grow until 2050, a top agency says

Global demand for oil and natural gas could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, departing from previous expectations of a speedy transition to cleaner fuels following US ...
Reuters

South Africa's private sector activity declines as demand weakens in October, PMI shows

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's private sector activity contracted for the first time in seven months in October, as firms faced a renewed downturn in output and orders, S&P Global ...
Farmers Weekly

Fertiliser demand muted as growers struggle with cashflows

Tight margins for arable enterprises have hit fertiliser demand in the short term, with merchants reporting a lack of forward buying as many growers delay purchases until the spring. Fertiliser ...
Zee Business

Tata Chemicals Q2 profit drops on weak demand and higher input costs

Tata Chemicals announced its Q2 FY25 results, reporting a decline in both revenue and profit margins. According to MD & CEO R. Mukundan, global demand weakness and rising input costs affected the ...
Business Insider

Data centers in one nation are driving power demand like nowhere else

Global data center power demand is averaging a 17% annual growth rate, a new McKinsey study found. In the US, data centers could account for 14% of total power demand by 2050. Fossil fuels are likely ...