Welcome to our fortnightly showcase, full of release information and early looks at upcoming developments for the fortnight from 25/06 to 06/07!
New roster builder goes live
13% of customers now using the new rostering experience
DONE
- Initial 7 customers granted access – June 6th
- 390 super managers granted access – June 19th
- 13% of customers switched over by default – July 5th
DOING
- Weather using customers will be switched over this week (280+ accounts)
- Progressive go-live will continue over the next 4 weeks based on feature set
- Polish & fixes continuing this sprint – reacting to feedback
- Adding more features such as shift copy/paste, reordering groups/roles/staff, shift suggestions
On call & call out shifts – released
Quickly identify your important shifts
WHAT
- Coloured tags to identify ‘On call’ & ‘Call out’ shifts
WHY
- Allow easy identification of other shift types for managers
- Developing a pattern that will be used by custom shift tags also
Grouped shifts ‘view’ – released
Efficient rostering for heavy workloads
WHAT
- ‘Grouped shifts’ now have parity between existing & new roster builder (can be viewed not created or edited)
- ‘Grouped shifts’ allow identical shifts to be bulk created & managed through single actions
WHY
- Our opportunity to iron out creases in the current process
- Shortcuts rostering workflow for users rostering very similar shifts
- Leverages the UX of more employees allowing a single panel for multi-assign & multi-edit
- Future state of unlinking shifts has been considered to allow flexibility
- Enables us to move batch users across to the new roster builder sooner
Weather – released part 1
Insightful weather to help you roster
WHAT
- A revitalised weather bar in the new roster builder
- Detailed weather information included in day & hour info panels
WHY
- 70% of existing customers accounts use this feature
- Weather is an important factor in predicting demand for many businesses
- Brings life, personality & colour to the new roster builder
Auto fill & optimise prototype – completed
First steps to implementing Ento’s optimise & fill engine
WHAT
- A proof of concept showcasing bulk shift fill & optimise capabilities
- Operating on a rule & penalty based algorithm
- A full scenario based algorithm resulting in healthy rosters, rather than simply individually healthy shifts
WHY
- Prototyping will create a clear understanding of effort required. Especially when it comes to distilling already configured Ento awards into shift fill rules
- Will enable early delivery of shift fill with the implementation of limited rules
- Automated shift fill currently an expectation within workforce management deals
- Future state will allow smart fill to be utilised:
- On-demand or automated within roster creation processes.
- For single shifts or bulk
- In a ‘what if’ scenario to understand the impact of things like shift swaps
Auto fill & optimise cont. – in design and development
Taking auto fill & optimise from concept to reality
WHAT
- Optimise engine & configuration to be scoped & built
- Flesh out concept & design intuitive user journey/s
WHY
- Prototype validated the concept. Now we will design the user journey/s
- Engine flexibility & extensibility will allow future state of fill & optimise
Shift custom data – in development
Attach additional information to shifts
WHAT
- Custom data options within the shift create/edit panel
WHY
- Enable us to roll out NRB to customers using shift custom data
On roster demand visualisations – in development
Actionable on roster visualisations
WHAT
- New headcount need graphs that are action oriented by focusing on the difference between headcount need and rostered
- Detailed weather information included in day & hour info panels
WHY
- Enable us to roll out the new roster builder to customers using the labour demand graph
- Lay foundations for mature demand forecasting & auto rostering
Roster health approval process – in design
Define & promote business objectives
WHAT
- Approval processes based on roster health metrics
- Roster health based reviewing & reporting
- Unifying roster publish with health metrics
WHY
- Solidify roster health concept across other platform touch points
Bulk creation of workflows – in design
Easily kick off multiple workflows
WHAT
- Bulk create onboards
- Bulk create other workflows
- Review & refine current concept designs
WHY
- Creating high volumes of workflow is currently a time consuming process
- Increase the usability & strengthen the offering of Ento’s workflow module
- Allow stronger adoption of mid-lifecycle workflows
Other features
Shift Suggestions – in development
Shortcut rostering actions by suggesting most suitable shift & employee combinations
for roles & days
Roster Settings – in development
Ability to hide/show empty rows, group/ungroup employees by role & expand/collapse groups of shifts
Contracts now remember object positions – in development
Contracts now remember the position of existing objects when editing
Miscellaneous – in development
- Workflow kickoff performance improvements
- Forecast optimisation for scaling
