{"id":3869,"date":"2013-10-03T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2013\/10\/03\/ictsi-streamlines-manila-manpower\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:35:40","slug":"ictsi-streamlines-manila-manpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2013\/10\/03\/ictsi-streamlines-manila-manpower\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTSI streamlines Manila manpower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Microster Workforce Management Solution aims to optimise &#8220;employee rostering&#8221;, enhance the workforce environment, and improve management\u2019s decision-making abilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed a new system that would enable MICT managers to efficiently manage work-related fatigue during peak operations because we value our employees&#8217; wellness,\u201d said Christian R Gonzalez, general manager, MICT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Microster, we give an equipment operator a more appropriate, right sized &#8216;rostering pattern&#8217; that will allow him more time to recover and come back ready for the job. Our commitment to our workforce is to efficiently allocate teams based on optimal levels of productivity while maintaining high standards of operational safety and occupational health,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>ICTSI says Microster has advanced capabilities such as accessing self-service information, including manning schedules, and the use of interactive voice response when outside the terminal to update personnel work status.<\/p>\n<p>The system\u2019s automated update features of time and attendance enable it to determine the next best available person for the shift by aligning skills based on the workload requirement.<\/p>\n<p>It is integrated into MICT\u2019s Navis terminal operations system, SAP, and timesheet software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Container Terminal Services\u2019 (ICTSI) flagship operation, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), has implemented a new workforce management system to improve manpower deployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-products-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3871,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869\/revisions\/3871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3869"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}