Manufacturing Employee Scheduling and management

Intuitive Scheduling Application for the Manufacturing industry

Manufacturers today must reign in labor expenses in order to maintain economic feasibility in an increasingly competitive global market. Although most manufacturers have adapted automation when it comes to human resources and payroll management, it is surprising how many plants and facilities have yet to bring their shift scheduling management out of the dark ages.

Whether you manage a manufacturing plant, factory, production unit, mill, or other type of manufacturing company, one thing is certain: manual approaches to scheduling staff are not only huge time sinks, they leave manufacturers vulnerable to costly mistakes that undermine your company's profitability and operations.

ShiftPlanning workforce scheduling software can help your company:

Automate shift scheduling for every employee, quickly and efficiently.
Streamline employee rotations seamlessly.
Automate vacation scheduling.
Incorporate overtime regulations.
Import infinite employees and Schedules via .CSV or XLS files, E-mail Address Book, Facebook & Google Apps.
View scheduled and confirmed hours for each and every employee in multiple batches.

ShiftPlanning is used in the Manufacturing Industry in multiple ways and numerous sectors.

Sets up a separate schedule for trainees.
Easily creates separate schedules for every sector.
Offers individual schedule management options for team leaders.
Allows sector mangers to oversee and control the trades, vacations, open shifts, etc.
SMS notification system makes scheduling fast and easy.

Benefits:

Improve customer service by keeping adequate staff working at all times.
End unnecessary overtime costs.
Reduce employee turnover by scheduling around each staff member's individual shift preferences.
Reduce unauthorized absences.
Comply with Union and Health & Safety laws through scheduling.
Confirms employees are arriving on time for their shifts.

Managers can take advantage of ShiftPlanning's "Who's On Now" feature to see who is on the job at any given moment, or its "ping" feature to notify them automatically when employees arrival late or leave early.

ShiftPlanning's totally customizable software has powerful tools that integrate union regulations and labor laws into scheduling, reducing or eliminating any margin of error. ShiftPlanning is engineered to adapt to and implement updates and changes in regulatory rules as they arise without replacing software or disrupting business as usual. Even when a manufacturer juggles the regulations of multiple unions within its workforce, ShiftPlanning incorporates all specific rules into the workforce scheduling software, making shift scheduling easy, streamlined and cost effective. Best of all, it's very easy to set up ShiftPlanning online software without any interruption to your Schedule Work.

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Click here to find out more about what ShiftPlanning can do for your business. Since the custom set-up is free, you have nothing to lose except your old, costly scheduling process.