What can be digitalized
- Attendance and clock-ins at the machine: who is on the floor, since when and at which station — visible right away, not at month’s end.
- Absences and leave without paper: request, approval and calendar in one place, with holiday balances up to date.
- Skills coverage: which stations each person can cover, so the roster and the plan take it into account.
- Working-time records: every clock-in is logged with date and time, supporting the record-keeping obligation.
Shift rosters proposed in minutes
Building the month’s roster by hand is a sudoku: coverage per station and skill, rest rules, labor-agreement limits, preferences, fair rotations. It’s exactly the kind of problem an optimization model solves well: the system proposes the roster within the rules you agree on, and you adjust and approve. A last-minute change is recalculated in minutes, not over an afternoon.
Absences that don’t break the plan
A sick call at 06:30 is just another incident in the day: with attendance digitalized, rescheduling can recompute the plan with the people actually in — not the theoretical ones — and tell you which orders are at risk before you find out at 11:00.
Integrated with what you already use
Your HR software and your ERP stay in charge: payroll and contracts stay where they are. The tool is built custom or, if your systems allow it, inside them — and the data ends up in your systems: your ERP, your database or your spreadsheet.
FAQ
Does it replace my HR software?
No. Payroll, contracts and records stay in your current system. This covers what that software doesn’t see: the shop floor — who is in, which station they cover and how it affects the production plan.
Does it help with working-time records?
Digital clock-ins log every workday with date and time, and can support that obligation. How you formally comply depends on your labor agreement and your advisors.
What if my people don’t want to clock in on an app?
Clock-in is designed with the people who use it: two taps on a shared tablet at the entrance, big type, zero menus. If it takes longer than signing a sheet, it’s badly designed.