Shift transitions in Auto-Assignment

Auto-Assignment can generate shifts in LFSO that cover multiple staff requirements at different time periods within the shift. Employees assigned to these shifts perform one combination of a job, activity, and department at the beginning of the shift and then transition to other jobs, activities, or departments at specific times during the shift. These combinations are defined in the staff requirements in the location configuration for the departments being scheduled. Shift transitions can improve the efficiency of generated schedules by covering gaps in staff coverage for one staff requirement by transitioning employees that are already assigned to another job, activity, or department.

You can specify parameters for shift transitions when creating a schedule profile or when generating a schedule. The parameters determine how many transitions can occur in a shift and the minimum time employees can be assigned to cover a single requirement. Auto-Assignment currently supports two transitions per shift. This allows shifts to be generated that include up to three segments for different staff requirements. The minimum length for shift transitions must be specified in whole hour increments with one hour being the minimum length of time that an employee can be assigned to a single staff requirement.

See "Shift transitions" in the Infor Workforce Management Auto-Assignment Implementation Guide.