{"id":753,"date":"2022-11-24T10:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T10:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiftin.app\/?p=753"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:55:21","slug":"planificare-automatizata-a-turelor-de-lucru-pentru-a-optimiza-afacerea-din-industria-de-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiftin.app\/en\/planificare-automatizata-a-turelor-de-lucru-pentru-a-optimiza-afacerea-din-industria-de-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"How would an automated workforce shift scheduling help you optimize your business in the Retail industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The retail industry is facing great challenges in the social and economic context of recent years. The customers\u2019 behavior has changed \u2013 they are more cautious when spending their money or have limited their visits to physical stores in favor of online shopping. The competition in the Retail market is increasing and one of the best opportunities for differentiation is cost efficiency and especially optimizing the workforce cost of hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Optimizing the workforce hours<\/a> does not always mean reducing the capacity of the workforce, as is often understood, but rather redistributing them so that they are aligned with the staff shortages to be as profitable as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For team managers in the Retail industry, the challenges are even greater, as they have to fulfill multiple issues, such as unpredictable fluctuations in staff shortages and sales, increasingly demanding daily workforce requirements, workforce retention, sustaining business growth, controlling expenses, and the monthly time commitment to the scheduling process. And above all, all these aspects must be well framed by compliance with labor legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some best practices that you can implement immediately to optimize your workforce scheduling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Such software can digitize and subsequently optimize your scheduling process. Choose one that allows you to integrate all processes, from HR administration to scheduling, attendance, timesheet and payroll. The information will circulate traceably and automatically, the effort put into each of these steps will be optimized to the maximum for your HR teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you use templates created according to the business curve of the day or directly the business objectives for the period you want to schedule, an intelligent algorithm of scheduling software<\/a> can propose the optimal shift structure adapted to your business. In seconds, just a click away. This way, you will have a good overview of the required capacities in relation to your business ambition. At the same time, you will make informed decisions about over-structured or under-structured teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flexible time is beneficial from several perspectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n By having part-time profiles and a full-time workforce in your team structure, you can manage shift coverage on staff shortages or activity much faster and more dynamically. Scheduled hours in fixed shifts for full-time employees can often be unproductive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Optimizing the distribution of labored hours often means reusing them in the right place at the right time. This can also mean that an employee in one store may be available and interested in working punctually in another store closer to home or their child\u2019s school. You can also use incentives for the employees who perform difficult open shifts. Costs will certainly be greatly optimized and your employees can round up their income as and when they decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An automated shift scheduling software<\/a> can give you the best suggestions of eligible and available people and they can provide their availability in real-time using a mobile app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The employees will appreciate the predictability of their working time and as long as they have been consulted in its development, the monthly work dedicated to scheduling will fundamentally decrease, helping you to reuse time for business purposes, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In today\u2019s job market, the workforce has many options to choose from. And they will choose the job that brings them the most satisfaction. This can mean consideration, quality of life, variable income, and control of their time, when or where they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After all, workforce shift scheduling can be the best lever towards job satisfaction. And the quality of life also means control over work-life balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n About the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alina Raicu-Vitan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Product Owner shiftin, with expertise in Human Resource and Operations Excellence, Change Management and Scheduling Strategy<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Industria de Retail \u00eent\u00e2mpin\u0103 mari provoc\u0103ri \u00een contextul social \u0219i economic din ultimii ani. Comportamentul clien\u021bilor s-a schimbat – sunt mai precau\u021bi c\u00e2nd \u00ee\u0219i cheltuie banii sau \u0219i-au limitat vizitele \u00een magazinele fizice \u00een favoarea comer\u021bului online. Competi\u021bia pe pia\u021ba de Retail este din ce \u00een ce mai mare, iar una dintre cele mai bune […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n1) Use a Retail software tool<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2) Schedule shifts based on sales forecasts or expected staff shortages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3) Flexible time schedule has a positive impact on several important aspects of the business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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4) Keep workforce overtime under control by using a varied structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
5) Agree with the workforce structures whether labored hours can be used as polyvalent or to cover open shifts in other locations or departments.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
6) Use cyclical template scheduling according to a set pattern<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
7) Consult your employees about their preferences and availability for work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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