do shift work or
	work irregular hours or
	work in multiple locations or
	volunteer for assignments or
	you have selected ILOG CPLEX as your group schedule optimizer.

So, you probably have a tool for maintaining staff schedules. It might be a large calendar, a white board or a software package. The value of your scheduling tool depends on its ability to accommodate changes in demand and staff availability. Your tool should check staffing coverage and suggest remedies. And your scheduling tool should communicate schedules effectively. Here, we have harnessed the Internet to make it easy for you to schedule shift work so that your customers are served and your people are as happy as possible with their scheduled tasks.

Features		Benefits
	Schedules are created on the Web	You can start using the system now. You don't have to purchase, install or maintain any software. If you like what you see, you may also purchase a WinMetrics® Staffschedule software license for your own computer. What you see here is what you get. Schedules can be maintained and observed from any Web-enabled computer, even using dial-up Internet connections from home. Workers can optionally login to maintain their own availability and even volunteer for assignments via the web to reduce coordination effort.
	Schedules are delivered via the Web	Schedule updates can be "pushed" out to workers via email. Workers can optionally login to see their own schedules. Less effort to communicate schedules.
	Trial assignment scratch-pad	Clearly separates published assignments from those that you are still rearranging. Assignments can be perfected before they are visible to other web users.
	Weekly Staff Schedules	Shows when and where each staff member is expected to work. Highlights schedule exceptions such as vacations and sick leave. Reports total hours of scheduled tasks by time category. Flags scheduled overtime. Warns when people are double-booked with links to remedies. Warns when the number of hours, days, shifts or breaks scheduled are out of bounds for each staff member. Hyperlinks from the schedule to assignments and exceptions make adjustments easy.
	Staffing Plan Report	Easy to assess and override the default staffing requirements for specific dates.
	Monthly Schedule Coverage Report	Shows all openings and assignments over a range of dates. Highlights overlapping assignments and exceptions. Provides links to coverage remedies. Optionally sorted with sub-totals by shift, by skill or by sub-location.
	Daily Schedule Coverage Report	Shows all openings and assignments for a given day. Shows total staffing by hour of the day. This is particularly useful for call centers. Shows break times to ensure coverage. Highlights overlapping assignments and exceptions. Staff not available warnings. Provides links to coverage remedies. Optionally sorted with sub-totals by shift, by skill or by sub-location.
	Staff Utilitzation Report	Shows all assignments and total hours for each individual. Scheduling rule violations are highlighted to preempt under or over utilization.
	Who is Available Query	Easy to identify qualified people who can fill a gap in your coverage.
	Defines shift schedules by day of the week	Easy to define ongoing staffing requirements.
	Captures staff orders for irregular needs	Easy to track ad-hoc staffing requirements. Maintains an audit trail for temporary staffing requests. Facilitates cost accounting for temporary staffing. Optionally enables staff to volunteer for temporary assignments via the web. Supports temporary staffing services offered to other departments or organizations. Optionally enables clients to enter and track staff orders via the web.
	Computes rotation and/or work cycle assignments	Automatically schedules people through their assigned rotations. Makes it easy to staff an all-week shift using complementary work cycles.
	Captures time off	Highlights the impact of time off requests on coverage. Vacation requests are time-stamped for fairness. Optionally enables employees to submit time off requests via the Web.
	Skill-sensitive assignments	Only qualified people are assigned. Lists all people who possess a particular skill. Skill sets are maintained by individual or by job title to minimize data entry.
	Maintains Staff Availability either by weekday or by specific dates	Warnings appear when people are asked to work outside their comfort zone. Increases employee retention. How much does it cost to replace someone who is unhappy with their hours? Accurately represents the part-timers.
	Supports multiple scheduling groups	One manager can maintain different schedules, one for each location, department or event. Schedules can be compared between groups making it easier to communicate best practices. Schedules can be compared between groups making it easier to communicate best practices.
	Facilitates Staff Sharing Across Multiple Locations	Human resources are better utilized. Makes it easier to respect the location preferences of your staff.
	Controls access privileges by organization level	Each staff member sees only what they need to know. Presents a simple menu to individual contributors.
	Maintains scheduling rules by pay group with overrides for individuals	Union, contractor, exempt and non-exempt scheduling rules and holidays can co-exist in the same organization. You enter less data. So, it is easier to maintain scheduling rules that match your contracts.
	Terminology, user privileges and even field visibility can be customized in less than 30 minutes.	It looks like a custom application. You can schedule Nurses to work Shifts at Units within Facilities. Or you can schedule Officers to cover Beats within Sectors within Precincts. Or... No irrelevant features. If you don't use rotations, our Setup Wizard can hide them at the click of a button. Shorter learning curves because users only see what they use.
And with our Staffschedule Developer license you also get:
	Assignments are generated automatically by our Staffschedule Optimizer	No more scheduling headaches. Better shift coverage. Staff get more preferred hours. Staff get more consistent assignments. Unpopular shift work is shared equitably. Dozens of work rules are respected such as those that regulate the health care industry including: Maximum hours per week Minimum hours per week Maximum hours per day Maximum consecutive days worked Maximum days worked per week Minimum percentage of weekends off Skill requirements both individual and team
	Supports both manual and Optimizer assignments	Able lock certain people into certain shifts. Able to override Optimizer decisions.

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