Schedule execution

Schedule execution follows the completion of long-term schedule planning. Central staffing officers, line schedulers, supervisors, and managers execute the schedule by performing various scheduling transactions according to the day-to-day activities. These transactions include leave requests (also known as book-offs), shift swaps, and shift modifications.

As employees take leave for various reasons (sickness, vacation, etc.), their absences leave behind outstanding workload that needs to be covered. This workload is known as relief shifts, which are replacement shifts to backfill the workload left behind by employees’ absences. Relief shifts can also be unplanned workload that is not fulfilled by the currently scheduled staff. The Relief Management (RM) functionality supports the organization of these relief shifts and the offering of these shifts to available employees. Relief shifts are then filled though Relief Management and, as a result, schedule coverage is managed.