Automate this Tedious Task
Scheduling employees for shifts can be one of the most tedious and time-consuming jobs a manager faces. Sifting through various absence requests, ensuring no one is working overtime, while at the same time making sure the schedule gives everyone an equal number of shifts, is no easy task.
Implementing an automated scheduling system allows companies to:
- Control costs. Automated scheduling modules allow users to assign employees to shifts based on system recommendations, which provide you with many options in regards to costs (i.e. choosing the cheapest combination of employees, blending experienced workers with amateur staff, etc.). Furthermore, the system will avoid scheduling overtime. Using all these features will ultimately lead to decreased labour costs for the company.
- Reduce risk. Creating a schedule automatically allows managers to input any legal regulations, as well as rules in employee and union agreements. The system will take these all into account, to avoid any non-compliance.
- Be alerted. Companies using an automated scheduler have the option of setting up alerts within the system to inform them of any deviations from regulations, or if a specific employee has been scheduled for too many or too few hours.
- Empower employees. Give employees access to schedules in advance, and allow them to automatically request time off through a self-service portal.
- Take corrective action. Identify gaps between the budget forecast and planned schedules before deviations occur, to allow for corrective action.
- Stay organized. Automatically creating schedules is simpler, faster, and much easier to keep track of. All the information regarding scheduling is centralized and easily accessible, keeping the whole process more organized and less prone to error.
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