Staffing profiles

Staffing profiles allow you to evaluate alternative staffing plans and project future staffing needs.

Staffing profiles can be used for the following purposes:

Basic headcount planning: The scheduling engine can be used to schedule both actual employees and staffing profiles together.
Fixed schedules for current staff: Some companies operate with employees on fixed schedules with specific times when employees are unavailable to work. To determine the number of employees needed in the future, consider the number of current employees. Staffing profiles allow adding profile schedules to your existing employee schedules, which help determine the new set of schedules for which employees are hired. It also helps determine how many existing employee schedules to leave intact.
Determining outsourcing needs: Many companies consider adding outsourcers to help meet peak volumes. By scheduling its current employees along with staffing profiles, managers determine how many outsourcers to hire and at which times. Outsourcers help offload needs during drastic seasonal changes. In addition, they help predict staffing costs so that a more accurate bid can be submitted to a potential customer.
Schedules for Shift Bidding: Staffing profiles can be used to create schedules to be placed in auctions. As employees bid and receive shifts, real employees replace the profiles.