Tailor made

"There are many planning tools on the market, but none that are tailored to the circumstances prevailing at the warehouse or the distribution centre. Instead, they are often closely linked to the process industry. We felt that they did not comply with our needs in a sufficiently good manner," says Rose-Marie Oldebring, Project Manager for logistics at Elgiganten.

LEADING-EDGE PLANNING

Planning - a task made easy

wfp2Today we often use spreadsheets in order to get the right employee with the right skills and the right equipment for the task planned in the warehouse. This is a method that is not sufficient for the complex task, as primarily the planning often needs to be done "here and now", with very little foresight.

With WorkForce Planner tailored to suit the planning of the work at the warehouse and distribution centre, it becomes easier to manage the daily planning. Shared pools of personnel and equipment can be used more flexible.

The planning is based on the personnel that is linked to the department. If you are unable to fill the position, you can easily do so by using other departments "available" staff, or hourly paid staff. The common way to define skills allow this without any risk or difficulties.

WorkForce Planner reduces administration overhead, and at the same time staffing problems can be anticipated and avoided.

Benefits of WorkForce Planner:

  • Reduces administration with more effective planning and coordination.
  • Better use of resources, taking staffing needs in each department into consideration.
  • Ability to establish and present plans to the employees and the management. Visualisation at all levels is of great importance for the overall efficiency.
  • Several persons can plan simultaneously, without any risk of losing information.

WorkForce Planner will help you keep track of the various departments staffing needs, available staff with various forms of employment and competences, planned absence and notified sick leave, equipment and what equipment requires what competence. Possible errors due to old records are avoided by loading personnel records from your personnel system into WorkForce Planner.