dave4dl
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Work Shift Schedule Generator
Is there any free software (including excel macros) that will generate a work schedule for a few employees?
I am looking for something that lets you put in rules and a schedule is generated based on those rules (things like the times that must be covered and how many people need to cover them, Employee #1 is available during certain days/times, Employee #2 has a different set of available times, both of them prefer shifts that are at least 4 hours long, and prefer consecutive days off).
If there are multiple options, which is the best (and why)?
Thank you.
I am looking for something that lets you put in rules and a schedule is generated based on those rules (things like the times that must be covered and how many people need to cover them, Employee #1 is available during certain days/times, Employee #2 has a different set of available times, both of them prefer shifts that are at least 4 hours long, and prefer consecutive days off).
If there are multiple options, which is the best (and why)?
Thank you.
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Thank you for the post but this doesnt quite fit the bill. The phpScheduleIt looks like a great calendar tool, which lets people reserve resources (like conference rooms) but it does not have any function for generating a schedule as far as I can see (e.g. "Mary works from 9:00 to 5:00 on Monday, Jeff works from 5:00 to 10:00, ... etc.").
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Thanks!
I'd recommend looking at phpScheduleIt (http://php.brickhost.com/faq.php). It's a robust opensource work and resource scheduling application, free. It may meet your needs.
Also, towards the middle of their home page are links to other opensource scheduling tools. Just in case phpScheduleIt doesn't fit your needs - have a look at the others.