Explore how you could streamline your staff scheduling with effective shift management software designed for SMEs.
Efficient employee scheduling tools allow you to seamlessly plan, edit, and circulate your team's shifts, so you don't waste time planning rotas manually or updating messy spreadsheets.
Fluctuating demand and the diversity of employee skillsets can hinder managers when planning shifts for whole teams, eating into their time and potentially distributing workloads inefficiently.
Shift management software frees up managers' time by automating scheduling, assigning appropriate employees to specific tasks, and simplifying communication or approvals.
Rota scheduling software enabled for employee self-service gives your team easy access to their rotas as they're published. With the right rota software, your team can add their own preferred times and flag when they can or can't work.
You and your team can access shift management software from anywhere, at anytime with a smart, cloud-based solution and user-friendly mobile app. Access with ease whether you're office-based, remote, or on the move.
Explore the functionality that makes Sage employee scheduling software stand out
Our intuitive shift scheduling interface lets you add, edit, move, and copy shifts, simplifying rota coordination.
Save pre-defined shift templates to our employee scheduling software and cut back on even more time when creating repetitive shift patterns.
Clearly visualise schedules for different groups and areas, with dedicated shift managers for each location.
Analyse staffing patterns and track labour costs by exporting data from our staff scheduler in just a few clicks.
Discover the best staff scheduling software tools for your business. We have HR solutions for small businesses with less than 25 employees, which also come with payroll included, as well as software designed for medium-sized and growing businesses.
“It's much faster to check shift availability, move shifts and agree to shift changes all within Sage HR. It has reduced creating the shift schedules every fortnight from six hours to just two.”
Employee scheduling software is a software application that helps managers plan and keep on top of staff schedules, shifts and working hours.
With flexible templates, automated scheduling functionality and intuitive editing tools, a good staff scheduling solution makes it easy to set up, update, copy and remove or share schedules and rotas, without having to rely on spreadsheets or other documents.
Some shift management software can also give employees self-service access, track team members' working hours, help manage shift-swaps and export scheduling data and reports.
Cloud-based employee scheduling software can drastically cut down on manual admin work by moving the whole scheduling process online and automating large parts of it.
A simple but powerful shift management tool makes it much easier to control changes in shift planning and scheduling. When your whole team can access the solution, they can use it for streamlined communication in real time. This minimises the risk of conflicts, mistakes, and misunderstandings. Ultimately, this technology could save you a lot hassle and money lost on staffing errors.
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We'd be happy to answer any questions you have or help you explore which solution is the best fit for your business.
