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One platform from forecast to schedule to real-time execution

Capacity Planner replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, emails, and tribal knowledge that workforce teams rely on today. Volume forecasts flow into capacity plans, capacity plans set FTE requirements, requirements drive schedules and shift bids, and real-time adherence closes the loop — all on a single queue-level source of truth.

13+
Integrated modules
8
Built-in automations
13
Bidding strategies
85–95%
Admin time saved
See It In Action

A tour of the platform — live screens

These are real, live views of the app rendered right here — not mockups. Click Open on any card to jump into that screen.

Capacity Plan — live viewOpen
Planning

Capacity Plan

The heart of the platform — an Excel-like weekly and monthly grid where forecasts, inventory, shrinkage, and headcount meet.

  • Inventory chains automatically: closing becomes next week’s opening
  • Clear-Inventory vs Received FTE shows exactly what zero carryover costs
  • Edit at queue level — every roll-up recalculates instantly
FTE Requirement Strategy — live viewOpen
Planning

FTE Requirement Strategy

Define staffing needs down to the 15-minute interval in a weekly matrix, or by shift, day, or template — per scenario.

  • Excel-like matrix with copy, paste, and drag-fill
  • Baseline, Peak Season, and Holiday scenarios side by side
  • Hours of operation drive the grid — no wasted intervals
Staffing Dashboard — live viewOpen
Insights

Staffing Dashboard

Live KPIs and drill-down charts answer leadership questions from real data, not last week’s deck.

  • Required vs Productive FTE and O/U gaps at a glance
  • Volume, AHT, and headcount trends per LOB, Team, or Queue
  • Every grid exports to CSV in one click
Scheduling Suite — live viewOpen
Scheduling

Scheduling Suite

Drag-and-drop timelines, rotation patterns, activity codes with a 200-icon library, and one-click bulk generation.

  • 100+ schedules generated in minutes, not days
  • Timezone-aware views for distributed teams
  • Every block is coded — feeding adherence and reporting
Shift Bidding & Awards — live viewOpen
Scheduling

Shift Bidding & Awards

Agents rank their preferred schedules; the award engine scores, awards, and publishes — fully audited.

  • 13 bidding strategies and 8 award methods to match your policy
  • Eligibility rules, capacities, tie-breakers, and fallbacks built in
  • Every decision logged — no favoritism disputes
Employee Portal — live viewOpen
Self-Service

Employee Portal

Employees see schedules, clock in against activity codes, request PTO, set availability, and rank shift bids — all self-service.

  • "What’s my schedule?" emails drop to near zero
  • Activity-coded time clock with a daily log
  • Instant notifications on every request decision
Real-Time Adherence — live viewOpen
Operations

Real-Time Adherence

A live grid compares each agent’s scheduled activity against their actual clock state, with smart equivalence rules.

  • Out-of-adherence agents surface the moment it happens
  • Equivalent and exempt codes prevent false alarms
  • One-click notify pings the agent directly
The Problem

Workforce planning is broken by spreadsheets

Every pain point below maps directly to a capability in this platform.

The problem

Planning data scattered across dozens of spreadsheets that never agree

How it's solved

Queue-level source of truth: every number is entered once at the queue and rolled up to Work Type, Team, and LOB automatically.

The problem

Forecasts, capacity plans, and schedules built by different people with different assumptions

How it's solved

Active forecasts feed the capacity plan; FTE requirements feed scheduling; assumptions (AHT, shrinkage, occupancy) are centrally governed.

The problem

Shift allocation feels unfair and generates grievances

How it's solved

Configurable, transparent bidding with published rules, scored awards, tie-breakers, and a complete audit trail.

The problem

Managers drown in schedule questions, swap requests, and PTO emails

How it's solved

The employee portal makes schedules, requests, bids, and balances self-service — with automatic notifications on every decision.

The problem

Nobody knows adherence until the day after

How it's solved

Real-time adherence compares live clock states against scheduled activities with smart equivalence rules.

The problem

Backlog surprises: carryover quietly piles up until SLAs blow

How it's solved

Inventory chaining plus targeted carryover days and Clear-Inventory FTE rows show exactly what it takes to get to zero.

The Platform

Every module, one connected workflow

From org structure to real-time execution — each module feeds the next, so data is entered once and used everywhere.

Foundation

Hierarchy Management

A single source of truth for your org structure: LOB → Team → Work Type → Queue, with locations, auto-generated codes (L01/T01/WT01/Q01), bulk import/export, and side-by-side tree + detail editing.

✓ No more mismatched team names across spreadsheets — every module filters off the same hierarchy.
Planning

Forecast Planning

Short and long-term volume forecasts per queue using historical trends, seasonality, weekly weightings, or driver × contact-rate models — with per-week manual adjustments and lifecycle statuses (draft → active → locked).

✓ Replaces fragile Excel forecast models; active forecasts flow straight into the Capacity Plan automatically.
Planning

Capacity Plan

A weekly + monthly Excel-like grid tying it all together: inventory chaining, carryover targets, AHT/VPH, shrinkage, Required vs Productive FTE (Clear Inventory and Received views), O/U gaps, and headcount tracker — all editable at queue level and rolled up automatically.

✓ One live capacity model instead of a dozen disconnected workbooks — edits at queue level, roll-ups everywhere else.
Planning

FTE Requirement Strategy

Define staffing needs per queue by interval (15/30/60 min weekly matrix), shift, daily, or weekly template — with hours of operation, scenarios (Baseline, Peak, Holiday), and side-by-side scenario comparison.

✓ Scheduling targets stop being guesswork; requirements are explicit, versioned, and scenario-aware.
Workforce

Employee Management & Roster

Full roster with employment types, statuses, skills, queues, locations, seniority, bulk updates, imports, LOA and Ramp management, movement logs, and week-over-week headcount tracking with drill-down breakdowns.

✓ HR data, planning data, and scheduling data finally agree — one roster feeds everything.
Scheduling

Scheduling Suite

Schedule patterns with rotation weeks, drag-and-drop timeline editing, activity codes with a 200-icon library, timezone-aware views, schedule releases, copy tools, and one-click schedule generation runs.

✓ Building 100+ schedules takes minutes, not days — and every block is coded for adherence and reporting.
Scheduling

Shift Bidding & Flexible Scheduling

13 bidding strategies (weekly pattern, rotation, days-off, open shift, OT/VTO, self-scheduling…), 8 award methods (seniority, performance, weighted, lottery…), eligibility rules, tie-breakers, fallbacks, and a full audit log.

✓ Fair, transparent, rules-based shift allocation — no favoritism disputes, no manual award spreadsheets.
Scheduling

Per Diem Scheduling

Per diem staff submit weekly availability; the system auto-matches them to staffing requirements respecting max hours, shift limits, and preferences.

✓ Filling flexible-workforce gaps goes from phone-tag to an automated matching run.
Scheduling

Field Agent Scheduling

Map-based appointment dispatch with free geocoding, dispatch hubs, numbered route visualization, greedy nearest-neighbour auto-assignment, and route optimization.

✓ Field routes are planned by algorithm, not gut feel — less windshield time, more appointments per day.
Operations

Real-Time Adherence (RTA)

Live grid comparing scheduled activity vs actual portal state, with equivalence rules, exempt codes, adherence KPIs, charts, and one-click notify.

✓ Supervisors see out-of-adherence agents the moment it happens instead of in yesterday’s report.
Self-Service

Employee Portal

Employees see schedules, clock in/out against activity codes with a daily activity log, submit PTO and schedule-change requests, set availability, rank shift bids, view team and productivity, and get notifications.

✓ Cuts the "what’s my schedule?" and "can I swap?" email volume to near zero.
Self-Service

PTO Governance

Time-off groups with daily allowances, balances (vacation, sick, floating), accrual profiles, carryover caps, blackout dates, notice rules, and an approval workflow with automatic decision notifications.

✓ PTO approvals follow coverage rules automatically instead of manager memory.
Insights

Dashboards & Reporting

Staffing dashboard with KPI grids and drill-down charts, headcount dashboards, gap analysis views, schedule reports, and CSV export from every grid.

✓ Leadership questions get answered from live data, not a week-old deck.
Foundation

Data Import & Multi-Tenancy

Template-driven CSV imports for hierarchy, roster, workload, availability, and assignments — all scoped per company with role-based access and onboarding flow.

✓ Migration from spreadsheets is a guided upload, and every company’s data stays isolated.
Automations

Processes that run themselves

Where teams used to burn hours on repetitive admin, the platform runs rules-based engines.

How every automation works
Step 1 · Trigger

A bid closes, a schedule run starts, or a timer fires — no human needed to kick it off.

Step 2 · Engine

Rules run: scoring, eligibility, capacities, tie-breakers, matching, and routing — consistently, every time.

Step 3 · Output

Assignments, schedules, notifications, and audit entries are written automatically.

Step 4 · Time Back

What took days of spreadsheet admin now completes in minutes — fully auditable.

Bid Award Engine

Runs the entire award process — scores every submission by seniority/performance/weighted rules, applies eligibility, capacities, tie-breakers, and fallbacks, then generates schedule assignments and audit entries.

Days of committee spreadsheet work per bid cycleOne click, fully auditable

Schedule Generation Runs

Generates employee schedules in bulk from assigned patterns and availability, respecting activation dates and defaults.

Hours of copy-pasting shifts per weekMinutes per generation run

Inventory & Carryover Chaining

Each week’s closing inventory automatically becomes next week’s opening; completed capacity, carryover, and closing recalculate live as you edit AHT, shrinkage, or headcount.

Formula-breaking Excel chainsAlways consistent, instantly recalculated

Auto Clock-Out

Scheduled backend job closes forgotten open time-clock entries so productivity and adherence data stay clean.

Weekly timesheet cleanup choresZero-touch hygiene

Sequential Code Generation

Concurrency-safe backend service assigns the next L/T/WT/Q hierarchy codes — codes are never duplicated or reused.

Manual numbering conventions that driftGuaranteed unique, always sequential

Request & Decision Notifications

PTO and schedule-change decisions automatically notify employees in the portal; RTA lets supervisors ping out-of-adherence agents instantly.

Chasing people over email and chatDelivered the moment a decision is made

Per Diem Auto-Matching

Matches submitted availability against open staffing requirements, honoring hour caps and preferences, and books the assignments.

Ring-around scheduling callsRequirement-driven assignment runs

Route Auto-Assignment

Assigns field appointments to agents by proximity and optimizes stop order with nearest-neighbour routing.

Dispatcher juggling maps and sticky notesOptimized routes in seconds
The Payoff

Time saved, week after week

A model of the recurring effort eliminated for a typical workforce operations team.

Recurring TaskBefore (manual)With Capacity PlannerTime Saved
Building a weekly capacity plan6–8 hrs in Excel~30 min of review90%
Running a shift bid cycle2–3 days of admin~1 hr setup + 1 click95%
Generating team schedules4–6 hrs / week~15 min / week95%
Producing a volume forecast1–2 days / cycle~1 hr with adjustments85%
Answering schedule questions5–10 hrs / week (managers)Self-service portal~100%
PTO request handling~15 min / requestRules + 1-click decision80%
Headcount reconciliation3–4 hrs / weekLive WoW tracker90%
Field route planning1–2 hrs / dayAuto-assign + optimize85%

Estimates based on typical workforce-management teams of 50–500 employees; actual savings vary by organization.