Workforce Management software in manufacturing: lean processes, motivated staff

Customer requirements and profit maximization are at the forefront of corporate goals in the manufacturing industry. Nevertheless, the needs of your workforce should always be in the center. Satisfied employees work more efficiently and enjoy doing their jobs. Especially in manufacturing companies, workers are often deployed in shifts. Therefore, it is important that you also keep an eye on workers’ health, leisure time and working hours in order to make sure that everybody can make the most of their private lives. Creating transparent and fair schedules are a challenging task for planning managers – especially if they have to consider a large workforce. Our software is here to simplify these processes.

Staff scheduling software automatically considers many factors when creating the roster: vacations, illnesses, spontaneous absences, company-, tariff- and legal regulations. The system automatically creates the shift schedule with the most equitable and ideal distribution of personnel. By using shift exchange programs, your employees get the option to submit individual requests for changes to the schedule and thus actively take part in the planning process. Hence, your most qualified personnel is in the right place at the right time regarding all manufacturing processes. At the same time, you support the work-life balance of your employees. Avoid overtime by using a time tracking system and evaluate all important key figures surrounding the time management of your professionals. These and other key figures can in turn be used the process of staff scheduling. This is how modern Workforce Management for Smart Manufacturing works today.