Operational barriers to flexible working

I work in a creative industry and the only area I know we've rejected flexible working applications (in their original form, we've gone back with counter offers) are copywriters as the nature of the work and client base is that it's not workable for one cw to start something and another finish it. We can accommodate part time for a certain number of employees as there's some work that can be fit into that working pattern but job share or going up a level of experience isn't manageable, and hasn't been where it's been trialed in the past or if, for example, someone is off on annual leave that replicates that pattern. However we do counter offer with what is manageable and we allow wfh or staggered start/finish times so it's not an absolute no.

I work for a manufacturing organisation that runs 24/7, our manufacturing staff work 12 hours shifts.
We really struggle with flexible working for our manufacturing staff as each area must be manned with a specific number of people in order for the processes to run. I am very aware we need to do more to look at job sharing and shift swapping across this area as we could not accommodate part-time working if the rest of the shift was not covered.
Would be great to see how other manufacturing organisations have build flexibility into their processes?

I work for a manufacturing organisation that runs 24/7, our manufacturing staff work 12 hours shifts.
We really struggle with flexible working for our manufacturing staff as each area must be manned with a specific number of people in order for the processes to run. I am very aware we need to do more to look at job sharing and shift swapping across this area as we could not accommodate part-time working if the rest of the shift was not covered.
Would be great to see how other manufacturing organisations have build flexibility into their processes?

Thanks for sharing Meg. Shiftwork is one area that's often cited as difficult to allow flex in but presumably your shifts don't need to be 12 hours long do they?

I'm thinking about a conversation I had last year with someone from Royal Mail whose short hour shifts make it possible for parents to work around school hours.