Are manual employee and equipment scheduling processes making you tear your hair out? Can you accurately estimate how long a job takes to complete and how much to charge customers for labor?
If you are using whiteboards for scheduling or working off several spreadsheets, labor and production scheduling software will give you back your time by automating these processes. It can even allow managers and workers to update their jobs in the system from any location in the factory, using portable devices such as a tablet.
1. Scheduling software saves you time and money by:
- handling all aspects of shift and labor scheduling, and avoiding schedule conflicts.
- providing you with a better understanding of how many hours a job takes to complete and allows you to produce accurate quotes and delivery dates.
- assigning shifts to employees in multiple locations and areas, and selecting best-fit employees or substitutes.
2. The software also increases your factories and your own productivity by:
- streamlining processes that allow for automated shift scheduling and employee rotations.
- allowing staff scanning in and out of each job from anywhere in the factory, using portable devices like tablets or scanners.
- ensuring qualified staff are rostered on and adequate shift coverage.
3. It also improves your reporting capabilities and compliance by:
- providing real-time data to help you make more informed decisions.
- giving you visibility and reporting capabilities.
- allowing you to automatically update and implement changes to ensure your factory meets health & safety and labor laws.
Employee and production scheduling software can assist your business to flourish and grow, by saving you time, money, increasing productivity across the board, and improving reporting and compliance. All these contribute to happy staff, happy managers, and happy shareholders!
For more information view our Production and Labor Scheduling page
