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Construction Crew Scheduling with Snap Schedule

Construction crew scheduling presents many challenges. Most construction projects require crews with the right skills to be scheduled and many job sites to cover.  At each job site, crew members must also be assigned to various tasks or work orders.  The schedulers must also consider time-off requests, labor rules, and worker availability when developing work crew’s schedules. Snap Schedule has robust… Read More »Construction Crew Scheduling with Snap Schedule

Schedule Manufacturing Workers with Snap Schedule

Manufacturers schedule manufacturing workers on-demand so labor cost control has always been a constant struggle. Poor shift scheduling on the shop floor can lead to increased operating costs, decreased sales, high worker turnover, and soaring grievances. Factory managers often spend countless hours on shift scheduling, trying to get their shifts and work schedules just right. Over-staffing wastes payroll dollars while… Read More »Schedule Manufacturing Workers with Snap Schedule

Library Scheduling Is Easy with Snap Schedule 365

Effective library scheduling, combined with well designed work schedules, go a long way toward improving operational efficiency and better service. Using spreadsheets, documents, online calendars, or paper to schedule library staff, volunteers, or interns may be familiar. Perhaps it’s the way your library has always done library scheduling. While these methods may be sliding by, they lack the tools to… Read More »Library Scheduling Is Easy with Snap Schedule 365

Scheduling security guards manually?

You say you dread two tasks each week: putting together the security guard’s schedule and totaling up the hours for payroll. Both tasks take you hours and there is always at least one mistake. Odds are you are still doing both tasks manually. The term “manually” doesn’t always mean you are using pencil and paper to accomplish these tasks. You… Read More »Scheduling security guards manually?

Employee Scheduling Example: 24/7, 8 hr shifts on weekdays, 12 hr shifts on weekends

“We operate 24/7 and use 8 hour shifts on weekdays and 12 hour shifts on weekends. I have 1 employee who works the Day shift Monday through Friday. I need a schedule for my remaining 3 employees to fill in the other shifts.” First we’ll note that we have a total of 14 shifts to distribute throughout the week between… Read More »Employee Scheduling Example: 24/7, 8 hr shifts on weekdays, 12 hr shifts on weekends

Employee Scheduling Example: 24/7, 12 hr shifts, staff with only night availability

“My fire department has 9 full-time employees and 5 volunteer employees. My volunteer employees can only work night shifts. I need a work schedule with 4 employees on the day and night shift each, 24/7. I also don’t want my employees to average more than 50 hours per week.” We first draw attention to the fact that there are 28 night shifts… Read More »Employee Scheduling Example: 24/7, 12 hr shifts, staff with only night availability

Employee Scheduling Example: 24/7, 8 hr shifts, at least 4 days off over a 7 week period

“I have a 24/7 manufacturing operation with three 8 hour shifts. I have 20 employees and need to have 5 employees per shift. My employees need at least one stretch of at least 4 days off during a 7 week period.  To be fair, employees need to rotate between three shifts.” Because of the need for a stretch of 4… Read More »Employee Scheduling Example: 24/7, 8 hr shifts, at least 4 days off over a 7 week period