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THE LIBRARY OF SHIFT PATTERNS
99% of staff schedules are continuations of current customs and practices and are not designed from scratch. The actual method of setting up the next staff roster is one of the most frustrating managerial tasks that has to be done.
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We maintain an extensive library of shift patterns and you can now purchase these
shift patterns.
From this library We have designed and implemented shift patterns for every type
of situation you could image.
No matter how complicated the staffing requirement, we have never failed to
produce the most appropriate shift pattern for our clients using the building blocks
in this library. The book contains the details of how this is done.
The reasons for owning a library of shift patterns are:
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The most common reason is that the workload has changed
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The business needs to change with it
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The current shift pattern might incur too much overtime
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Staff are working excessive hours
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There are possible fatigue problems
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There is a loss of continuity of the operation
A new Operation will almost always require a new shift pattern
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Expansion of the business
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Quoting for new business
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Reduction in man-hours due to efficiency savings in time
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Recession or 'credit crunch' effects
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Improve the Work/Life balance
The aim of this book of shift patterns is to provide a reference guide for the types
of available shift patterns by way of supplying, a total of 250 unique shift patterns.
Planned books later this year will increase this to 1000 shift patterns all laid out in
an easy to find indexed file. These books will cover having multiple staff on shifts
and shift patterns for specific types of workloads.
It is aimed for managers in all the departments that use shifts in their operation.
Staff Representative Committees and Unions may also find this book useful when
looking for improvement in the ways of working shifts.
A common aim for the organisation, and the staff, is to achieve a good work and
life balance.
For most types of workers this is deemed impossible to control as they will be on
an 'Office Hours' Monday to Friday operation using an 8-hour shift pattern where
there is no possibility to change it. Whereas, staff working on any type of shift
pattern have a totally different situation. They can have a great deal of choice in
how and when they would like to work, when they can take their time off, the
duration of each of these, the duration of their holidays, and therefore they feel
more in control of the time periods at work and periods of time off.
Examples in this book include shift patterns for 5-day operations that are normally
in fixed rotations that now can encompass flexible working.
If you would like to see if there is a better shift pattern available for the current
operation, or the next time your organisation is looking at shift patterns, it can now
have its own internal library.
Book 1 has over 250 shift patterns, each set out for a complete year along with the
statistical calculations.
Shift Patterns to provide one team on duty at a time or to provide one individual on
duty at a time.
Instructions in the book show how we combine these shift patterns to provide
asymmetrical combinations of staffing such as; two staff on a Day shift and one
staff on the Night shift; or two staff on weekdays and one on weekends.
The shift patterns are set up for a complete calendar year with instructions on how
to start it on any day of the year and any date in the year.
The tables of statistical results show the number of shifts each person will work
and the number of hours they will work in the year and in shorter periods of time.
The book shows how to calculate these quantities for all types of contract hours;
such as 42, 40, 39, 37.5 and 36 hours per week.
The book shows how to include any amount of unpaid breaks on a shift into the
statistical calculations.
The shift patterns include 5-day working with 'Office Hours' shifts, double and triple
shifts and continuous 7-day working.
The book includes all the popular and traditional types of shift patterns where staff
can request a holiday. These are known as Holiday Excluded Shift Patterns (HESP)
and are where the staff have to request their holidays days. This often requires
providing cover arrangements, which are either provided within the team or
additional personnel need to be provided.
It also includes versions of these shift patterns that include the holidays. Holiday
Included Shift Patterns (HISP) are very popular. These shift patterns are where the
staff are rostered off in turn on holiday all the way through the year. This does not
require any cover arrangement from inside a team or from other sources as it
forms an integral part of the structure of the shift pattern.
A HISP would normally provide about 15 weeks of holiday a year to each person.
HISPs are proving very popular especially when there is an extended Summer
break of at least two weeks and so each HISP has at least one version that includes
an extended Summer break for all staff.
If you are not familiar with Holiday Included Shift Patterns (HISP), this book
provides you with what is a growing trend among organisations. More on this
subject can be found in our book: How to Manage Your Shift Pattern.
We use our software to set up different staff rotas for all
types of shift working arrangements. You can find more
information at www.oranalysts.com about the work we do
and our software.
If you would like to discuss your operation, please call me.
Our book tells you how to
calculate how many staff
you need, and is available
from Amazon.
BLOGS
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Holiday Entitlements,
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Cover Shifts,
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Easter,
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Fair Holiday Scheduling,
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High Sickness,
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Forward Planning,
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Skiing,
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Frosty Mornings,
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10-hour Shifts,
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How Good is your Maths,
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Unlimited Holidays,
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Stagger Lunch,
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Optimise Equipment,
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Absence Management,
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Christmas Presents,
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Wedding Planners,
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Bank Holidays,
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Annualised Hours,
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Inventory Modeling,
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How Many Staff are needed,
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Flexi-Time,
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Cover for Sickness,
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Global shift planning.
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and many more
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