This activity is used to perform short term scheduling of employees. The function is primarily used by supervisors who schedule their employees depending on the work load. From a contracted (agreed) amount of working hours, e.g., for the year, the supervisor enters schedule information so that the agreement hours are fulfilled within the agreement period. The scheduling is normally done two to five weeks ahead.
Scheduling is done either in a day-by-day schedule, or by using a schedule cycle supplemented with deviation days. The two schedule types are managed by two separate functions. The cyclical scheduled employees are managed in a graphical page.
Before scheduling the employees, the required day types and schedule cycles must have been defined.
The scheduling activity will provide correct availability information to be derived and used by the Work Order and Preventive Maintenance planner.