Skedge
The workflow

From rules to a finished plan.

Four steps, from the rules a department sets once to the dashboard its head reads every week. The diagrams below illustrate each step.

Step 01

Rules, set up once

Rest windows, seniority cover, caps and fairness targets go in at the start. Hard rules and soft requests are marked as what they are, so the algorithm knows what it may bend and what it may not.

department rules saved
Rest after a duty
hard rule
per unit
Role minimum per shift
hard rule
per shift
Max consecutive duties
hard rule
per person
Weekend balance
fairness
on target
Preferred day off
soft request
best effort
Step 02

Staff submit from their phones

Availability, vacations, absences and preferences come straight from each person. Requests route for approval and land in the algorithm as input, not as messages someone has to retype.

Cannot work
thu 12 · night
approved
Vacation
21 - 25 aug
approved
Extended leave
4 - 18 sep
pending
Prefer morning
week of 8 sep
soft request
Step 03

The solved plan

Every rule honoured, every load balanced, every gap filled. A human reviews it and approves before anything is published.

Step 04

The department head dashboard

Load, fairness, nights and weekends per person, built from the plan itself rather than typed up afterwards. Trends build month over month, so the picture stays in the department.

department dashboard live
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