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Workforce management software from Sage

With the right workforce management tools, you can effectively forecast resource needs and plan activities. Streamline staff scheduling and track work to maximize productivity and operational efficiency.

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Benefits of workforce management software

Whether you run a small business or a multinational corporation, workforce management tools from Sage will help your business be more efficient and productive. Key benefits include increased performance, deeper business insights, and streamlined operations.

Boost productivity with staff scheduling

Workforce management tools give employers greater visibility and control over scheduling, helping to reduce absences, tardiness, extended breaks, and fraudulent time-logging. This leads to a more efficient and well-organized workforce. Additionally, employees can check for scheduling conflicts before requesting time off, ensuring smoother coordination and fewer disruptions.

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Save time on administrative tasks

Workforce management software helps businesses streamline operations by automating manual tasks such as setting shift patterns and notifying employees of schedule changes. HR systems with integrated workforce management reduce administrative time per employee, allowing teams to focus on more strategic initiatives.

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More powerful business insights

Enhance organizational productivity by accessing real-time workforce management data. Compare staff compensation against your budget, for example, or track the progress of team objectives.

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Foster employee engagement

Workforce tools that support time-off management and shift swaps help employees stay engaged by giving them more control over their schedules. In one study, 77% of employees reported increased engagement from using these tools*. Additionally, performance tracking, goal-setting, and regular feedback create a workplace where employees feel valued and appreciated, further boosting commitment and productivity.

*Statistics based on studies conducted by Gallup.

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Accurate time tracking

Workforce management software helps managers organize their teams and streamline tasks, ensuring that resources are used efficiently and money isn't wasted on unnecessary staff.

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Workforce management software features

Workforce management aims to maximize employee productivity by keeping staff well-organized and motivated. These features help achieve these goals:

Powerful workforce scheduling

Accurately predict staffing needs and allocate resources optimally with full visibility of employee availability and skills.

Integrated reporting and built-in analytics

Get real-time workforce data and create actionable insights using accurate data that you can be confident in.

Automated time-tracking

Monitor work hours to streamline payroll, minimize errors, and prevent fraud with precise automated tracking.

Our workforce management solutions

Sage HR

Solve your HR challenges. Onboard your employees, automate your HR processes and get meaningful insights.

  • Achieve full visibility of your remote workforce, with an online employee database that’s your single source of truth.
  • Give your employees instant and remote self-service access to everything they need, like company policies, updates, absence to time-off requests, schedules, and more.
  • Enable your people to request time off, check vacation balance and see who’s away, any time, anywhere.
  • Share goals and priorities to unite team efforts while you can’t be in the office. Align with your company vision, and keep track of progress.
  • Easily handle receipts without unnecessary trips to the office. Employees submit expenses simply by photographing the receipt directly from the mobile app.
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Sage People

Great people make a great business. Unlock the potential of human resources to bring out the best in your talent.

  • All your people information in a single, secure system of record, with access on any browser or device
  • Get accurate and reliable analytics for smarter people decisions
  • Hire the best people, faster, with paperless onboarding
  • Empower your people to manage their own HR tasks
  • Engage your workforce via a tailored and branded self-service portal
  • Benefit from unparalleled reliability and security, while meeting global and local compliance requirements

"I think that you could definitely argue that Sage HR has made us operate in a more procedural way. Everything is centralized now and just that little bit more organized."

Hjörtur Atli Guðmundssonm
CEO, TourDesk 

Workforce management software FAQs

Workforce management is an integrated set of processes that helps businesses to maximize employee productivity and efficiency. It helps businesses of all sizes retain the right levels of staffing to meet customer requirements while maintaining profit levels.

Companies use workforce management software to optimize labor resources, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. The tools do this by automating shift planning based on employee availability, skills and demand, while offering self-service options for swapping shifts or requesting time off.
  
Forecasting capabilities allow companies to predict staffing needs using historical data and trends, ensuring adequate coverage during peak periods while avoiding overstaffing or burnout. Real-time monitoring tracks attendance, task progress, and productivity metrics, enabling managers to address inefficiencies and make data-driven decisions. 
  
Workforce management solutions also support compliance with labor laws by tracking overtime to ensure that it does not exceed legal limits. Their role in maintaining the accuracy of records also reduces legal risks.
  
Employees also benefit from these tools because they allow staff to manage schedules and access performance data, helping them establish a better work-life balance and fostering engagement.

Workforce management and time tracking software automates some of the tasks performed by Human Resources departments, attendance and absence tracking, workforce scheduling and forecasting.

The objective of workforce management is to give organisations the tools they need to become more efficient. It helps them run effectively by assigning the right person to the right task at the right time.

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