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The latest on mobile management, employee engagement, and work-life balance. Articles to help you pause and grow your business.

In-App Staff Message Center

Within Orbital Shift's employee management application, messages sent to employees are now accessible from the newly...

Staff Mobile App Push Notifications

Introducing Orbital Shift's newest mobile app feature, push notifications to employees! With this upgrade to our staff...

Employee Time Clock Alerts

Receiving notifications and alerts is one way our time and attendance software continues helping staff managers stay...

ACA Eligibility Tracking Software for Employers

We’ve been working with clients and accountants to learn about the challenges, complexity, and increasing costs...

Scheduling Meal and Rest Breaks at Work

New manager feature to create unpaid and paid breaks at work for employees. Managers can visually review staffing...

Top 5 challenges facing the grocery industry in 2018

Old trends that show no signs of slowing, and new ones that could change the industry forever...

Common problems with accounting for small business owners

Basic accounting and bookkeeping errors, and how employers can avoid them.

Labor break laws: What employers should know

Stay on top of work break laws that differ from state to state and city to city.

How an easy Punch Clock app helps improve labor productivity

Easy and accurate employee time tracking for businesses of all size.

Orbital Shift wins Capterra Time Clock Software 'Best Value' award

Looking for the best deal on time clock software on the market? Look no further.

Leadership skills that help boost employee morale and productivity

How to communicate effectively and other helpful leadership tools for employers.

The NEW employee time tracker app: Breaks, job switching & new UI

Make your employees happy while also improving your bottom line.

Top 3 methods for employers to stay ACA compliant

The pros and cons of using the look-back measurement vs. monthly measurement method for ACA compliance.

Top 5 challenges facing the hospitality industry in 2018

The year is coming to an end, which means it’s time to look forward and ask, what will 2018 bring for the hotel and...

Employee scheduling: From battles to collaboration

How employee scheduling software helps Buck's T-4 Lodge maintain a positive company culture...

When's the right time to buy business software?

Questions every business should ask when deciding if now is the time to buy...

Orbital Shift brings workforce management to Big Sky

The products, services and tech trends that could revolutionize business in Montana...

Your employee time clock, reimagined

Accurate time and attendance tracking for every shift...

Your workforce management questions answered in one easy place

Got scheduling questions? We’ve got answers in our new, easily accessible Help Center.

Worden's Market: The shift from then to now

The story of Missoula's favorite beer and wine shop - from 1883 to today.

How Chico Hot Springs manages 175 employees and 152 acres of paradise

How one Montana resort is using tech to streamline its business practices in a significant way.

5 TED Talks under 20 minutes that will help you do better business

Become a better business person in 20 minutes or less with these life-changing TED Talks.

The scheduling tool that keeps grocery stores covered

A testimonial that shows why Orbital Shift is the best scheduling and time clock software for grocery.

The secret ingredient powering Starky's workforce

It's the one ingredient you won't find on the Starky's menu.

5 Ways to Avoid Employee Scheduling Disasters

Don't want to deal with a full-blown employee revolt? Follow these simple steps for more effective employee scheduling.

How an employee mobile scheduling app helps keep Bozeman caffeinated

Rockford Coffee helps caffeinate the people of Bozeman. Orbital Shift helps caffeinate Rockford Coffee.

Orbital Shift: Helping Community Food Co-op Managers Rest Easy

How Orbital Shift has been helping Bozeman Community Food Co-op managers rest easy for over five years.

Staying Sane - A Survival Guide for Grocery Store Managers

Beware the stampedes of beer-crazed customers hyped up on American patriotism.

Top 5 Challenges Facing Grocery Industry in 2017

From the rise in online shopping to reaching un-engaged millennials, the grocery industry must face a new set of...

Saving Office Morale One Superhero Shirt at a Time

You don't have to be a superhero to save the office - you just have to dress like one.

Email is changing and the way you use it should too

For the first time in over four decades, the way we receive email is about to change. It's probably time for us to...

Business Applications Software Engineer Ken Ingle Joins Orbital Shift

Serving as Director of Engineering, Ken Ingle brings more than 20 years of experience with Microsoft, iTrade Network...

Empower Employees, Increase Retention

One of the biggest - and most expensive - challenges a manager faces is retaining hourly employees.

Save Time, Cut Expenses with Orbital Shift

Managing a business of any size is difficult, but Orbital Shift is dedicated to making it easier.

Say 'Goodbye' to Excel and 'Hello' to Cloud-Based Scheduling Software

Five ways switching to online scheduling software will help your company.

Development Team Unveils User Interface Enhancements

This week, we released an update that optimizes the look of our software interface. The new look, however, did not...

How to tap into your company's star power

In business, not all employees are created equal.

Local Business Owner Saves Time From Online Scheduling App

‘Best Little Big Store in Town; Little Store Personality, Big Store Variety'

Dave Danford Joins the Board of Orbital Shift

A Senior Marketing and Strategic Executive at Microsoft for More than 25 Years, Danford is Now a Board Member and...

Employment Law Changes in 2017

One of the most important functions of any human resources department is keeping up with employment law and adjusting...

Orbital Shift opens Bozeman office, expands sales team

New Today: Experienced Restaurant Entrepreneur and Technology Sales Executive, Travis Collins, To Lead Global Sales...

Alert Messaging Feature

The impact of employee tardiness on a business is detrimental to many aspects of the company: from decreasing employee...

Orbital Shift revolutionizes business workforce management

New Today: Successful Closing of a $1.25 Million Strategic Round of Investment, Led by Next Frontier Capital, Will Help...

How to Keep Employees Engaged and Prevent Burnout

It's hard to know how to prevent employee burnout in a way that's best for your organization, but employee happiness is...

New Software Feature: Auto Adjust Start and End Date & Time

In the fast-paced world we live in, every second counts. For managers and business owners in many industries, this...

Importance of Time Management for Business Owners

Business owners can, and should, cultivate a workplace that values time management. Here are some tips for business...

New Feature: Day View Time Interval and Coverage Count

If you currently utilize our software at Orbital Shift, you know that we continuously strive to provide new, efficient...

Workforce Management Lessons You Can Learn from Watching "Armageddon"

Who doesn't love a good movie? One of our favorite guilty pleasures is "Armageddon", a 1998 story about a group of...

SaaS Pricing Considerations

How much are you missing out on business by not following SaaS pricing best practices? What could your revenues be if...

Time Differential: Online Shift Management Feature

At Orbital Shift, we developed our software to not only provide a solution for existing challenges in the workplace,...

Ways to Increase Employee Morale and Performance

Behind every prosperous business is a team of motivated employees that value the success of the company. Employee...

Labor Law & the Affordable Care Act: What Business Owners Need to Know

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly known as Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is...

Ways Employees Can Get Better Tips

In the service industry, there are many different tactics and techniques that can be utilized to increase employees'...

How to Solve the High Turnover Problem

Consistently high rates of turnover can cost your company a lot of money and time. The most well-known problem caused...

Cloud-Based Time Management Systems

Cloud-based systems are common in almost every aspect of business, from email accounts to streaming feeds from security...

10 Lessons for Business Owners From the Greatest Leaders

Sometimes it's best to learn from the greats. We've looked for top keys to success from all over the world, and decided...

Using Software as a Service for Employee Scheduling & Time Keeping

Today, tech tools are essential for competing in the 21st century! But sometimes the cost of new hardware systems put...

Grow Your Business With Orbital Shift Software

Scheduling software can make it easy to know you have the right amount of people for each shift or are deploying the...

Why You Should Update Your Outdated Time Tracking Software

We'll be the first to admit it: Employee time tracking software isn't the first thing most businesses think of when...

New Overtime Law Signed

The Obama administration’s overtime law, updating the federal wage and overtime standards, has been signed and will go...

Time Clock Rounding: How It Affects Your Business

Companies that pay some or all of their employees by the hour have the option to keep track of time worked in 1, 5, 10...

Employee Motivation Techniques to Help Get the Most out of Your Staff

An autocratic, authoritative management style no longer works for motivating the modern employee. It takes a little...

Introducing Orbital Shift’s New Operational Status Page

With any web-based software, there is always the chance that unexpected service interruptions occur. This can lead to...

Time tracking software: Increasing employee productivity & empowerment

Employee scheduling and time tracking can be burdensome processes. However, the failure to manage either one...

How Time & Attendance Software Helps Reduce Your Labor Costs

Are spiraling labor costs having a negative impact on your company’s bottom line?

Time Tracking Software Reports Labor in Real-Time, Sends Alerts & More

Paul McCartney Concert Staff Uses Web-Based Time Clock from Missoula Company.

McCartney Concert Utilizes Mobile Time Clock & Scheduling App

Montana Software Company Records Hours for 350 Workers!

Web Scheduler 2.0

If you're doing this, we guarantee you're losing money.

Operational Excellence

Take control over your largest business expense!

Workplace Communication - Daily Notes

Effective communication in the workplace is the foundation for productive environments, is central to a customer driven...

The Secret Costs of Labor

Areas of waste in workforce management are not always obvious.

Orbital Shift changes 100-year-old industry with time clock software

Orbital Shift is revolutionizing the 100-year-old scheduling and workforce management industry by putting their time...

Text Me - Excellent Tool for Employee Communication

We were startled when we heard that 97 percent of mobile subscribers will read a text message within the first four...

New Feature: Employee Schedule Confirmation

The college students could be difficult to pin down.