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These are a few of the questions we have been asked & tasks we have performed.

Hi! Glad I have found your site! I am new to the scheduling arena and would like to have a sample of a schedule for two employees on days and evenings and one employee on nights weekends need to be covered so I was thinking about how. If you could send a few ideas it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much. I work in an assisted living facility.

I was looking for a computer program to assist me with generating a rotation for different groups of employees working different patterns. I will read these pages carefully and see if this could meet my needs. How much would such a program cost in Canada?

I am interested in developing a shift patterns which caters for more people on the night shift than on the day shift. My folk are currently working 12 hours shifts.

Would like to see computers made use of more so in nursing to give time back to the nursing staff to help provide care and to facilitate an accurate reliable, and legible means of care plan management.

I want to provide a family flexible rota that matches the rules and an ability to cover .Can the rota's produced accept the flexibility required by the workforce. for example permanent night shifts, permanent day shifts and a mixture of nights and days? do you know of any literature/ discussion of any kind that explores the economic/ financial impact of the working time directive in the healthcare setting?

I have been assigned the task of looking into a new rotating shift for our department. We currently have 23 employees who work on four rotating shifts. Do you have any suggestions?

I currently staff 7/24 3 shifts 7:30A 4P, MIDNIGHT. Total crew is 12 covering 2 sites. I would like to move to a 3 day working week so people can get some time off .

Perhaps you could help me with this example: I need to cover the following hours 05:00-16:00, 15:00-03:00(mon-fri), weekends, 09:00-16:00, 15:00-03:00. These shifts include one hour for lunch. I have 16 staff at my disposal working 4 days on, 4 days off on a 2 early/2 late principle. Am I within the European working Directive? Thanks

I am looking for a shift plan for work looking to cover 24hrs 7days aweek with 15 drivers thank you any help would be grateful.

Please send me more information on the Generator, I am very inerested. At present a group of nurses in A & E department are trying to implement new shift patterns.

I am looking for a pattern generator that will show all shift possibilities for a 24/7 with 6,7, & 8 employees and have few as possible single shift coverage. Any help?

I work in the anaesthetic dept. can this visual rota be used for doctors as well. for doing lists(operating) for doing night-oncall(1700 - 0830) for doing day-oncall (0830 - 1700) to monitor extra duty done to provide cover for sickness, study & annual leave. Thank you.

I'm coordinating the scheduling for a hospital Respiratory Therapy Department with about 50 employees. We've been using a computer program for a number of year but it's not year 2000 compliant. We're looking for a program that can handle 5 shifts, 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, 11pm-7am, 7am-7pm, 7pm-7am. We've established several workable schedule rotations that are individualized for each employee. This has helped with evening out a fair number of weekends for all, and "work arounds" for school, parttimers, etc. I've downloaded your demo version, but have not been able to determine if the program will meet our needs. How customizable are the shift definitions and number? Can we define work patterns (shift rotations) for each employee? What kind of automatic scheduling features are included in the program?

Hello, I am very interested in purchasing your scheduling software. I am looking at developing a working account with a large extended care facility and possibly developing a contract for 9 of their other facilities. I have several questions regarding if this software will satisfy their needs completely. Are there any definitions for shift and placement demand? Such as if I need 1 case manager, 3 nurses, and 4 nursing assistants 1st shift 2nd floor, 1 case manager, 4 nurses, and 5 nursing assistants 1st shift 3rd floor, and so on...is there a definable alert to bring to my attention that shift minimums are not being met or that shifts are over scheduled? Are there definitions for shift rotations? So if I have a nurse that works for 6 day is off for 4 days works another 6 and then is off

Is your software able to run using MS NT? We are currently preparing a proposal for a hospital system in Saudi Arabia. We were impressed with your product and we would like to include it in or proposal. Please reply ASAP, thank you.

I need a program for a Hospital Laboratory. It is a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day, with shorter staffing on weekends and holidays. I need to accommodate for full time, part time and relief employees with differing work abilities in different areas of the laboratory with random days off and vacations. Can your program help me?

I need some information about housekeeping and safety training. I'm a student at Cal Poly Pomona and I have an oral presentation about this topic. I will really appreciate your help

I want to know about the syllabus of the housekeeping for students that are interested to study as a staff of the hotel please , let me know if possible. with best wishes

Basically I have been asked to do some research into existing software for Rota's/Care plans etc. Im current a care assistant at one small home and have been asked by senior staff member at a much larger home care organisation to find out whats out there

I would like to try your Programme In our Industry we have very many different variables in Rostering and find that the man hours used is daunting. 24 hours a day with different staffing levels on 5 shifts. Staff requests etc

I am interested in your product, but in New Zealand nurses are paid penal rates for afternoon and night shifts, as well as weekends. Can your product allow these rates to be set for all shift ? Thanks.

We are a small rural hospital and nursing home. I have about 80 employees on two nursing units that I am responsible for doing scheduling. Does your program have the ability to generate a schedule for each nursing unit and have both schedules open so as to be able to see each schedule and copy/paste from one schedule to the other?

I am looking for a staff scheduler for a small company with 5 staff covering telephones 24 hours per day. Do you have a software package which is suitably sizes for such an organisation? Thanks,

Very useful software, seems it will help in a shift planning arrangement the port is going into

I am very interested in seeing what you can do for me in the areas of scheduling my Nurses and LPNs on a rotational 3 shift / (24X7) basis.

Could I use the program to schedule trials for a legal office (many constraints)

the info on housekeeping was very interesting, i would like to have more if its possible,

Can you ring me to discuss 12 hours shift patterns and your Vrota software Thanks

This is a further education establishment and there is a difficulty in recording hours worked. In front of a class is easy, preparation and marking less so, and administration very difficult. Any suggestions?

I am currently researching ways methods of rostering nurses in hospital wards and I came across your site while searching for information on the web.

Zeneca needed a staffing pattern for a continuous production process, using the staffing restrictions they had negotiated with the staff concerned, we were able to email the staff rota for the next year to them within 20 minutes.

A $billion food distribution company with a depot that required a variable staffing pattern for their vehicles, ie Mon(10 drivers), Tues(13), Wed(10), Thurs(13), Fri(11), Sat(11), Sun(1). Plus, holidays. This took a little longer, about 30 minutes.

A police force required a better staffing system than the 'Ottowa' system but which would still give them the long continuous period of 6 days off every few weeks.

The distillery that required 2 staff on duty, 24 hours a day for 48 weeks.

The $billion printing company that needed to change all its shift to comply with the new EC Working Time Directive

The new call centre of an Insurance company needed to start from scratch.

Extract from the book Order form for the book Also available from Amazon, ISBN 9780955919800

How To Manage Your Shift Pattern Holidays and Absences The aim of this 234 page book is to provide you with the tools and techniques to make a shift pattern run smoothly. The main objective of any shift pattern is to ensure you have the right people with the correct skills when and where you want them. The major issues, which are going to prevent you from achieving this objective, are staff holidays and absences. Therefore the two key topics of this book are how to organise staff holidays and staff absences so that they do not effect the operation. In this eye-opening book CDT shows us how to effectively manage holidays, absences and create a shift pattern that actually manages itself. Key topics covered in this book include: · Calculating How Many Staff You Need · Different Types of Shift Patterns · Holiday Management · Holidays Included Shift Patterns · Holidays Excluded Shift Patterns · Shift Cover Arrangements · Banked Hours · Fatigue and Shift Work · Incorporate Training into your Shift Pattern · Terms and Conditions of Employment · Implementing a New Shift Pattern