Welcome to our fortnightly showcase, full of release information and early looks at upcoming developments for the fortnight from 20/08 to 31/08!
Compliance mode – released
Easily resolve compliance issues within rosters
WHAT
- New roster mode enabling users to quickly identify non-compliant areas within rosters
- Heat mapping summary to quickly identify days with the most compliance issues
- Compliance alerts revealed by default in day & roster view
WHY
- Allow rostering managers to easily identify & resolve the most problematic areas negatively affecting roster health
Compliance mode – in design
Exploring second iteration to streamline process
WHAT
- Split low & critical alerts
- Filtering at an award rule level
- Focus on the most important award rules for your business
WHY
- To provide rostering managers with the tools to resolve compliance issues efficiently
Message sending re-design – released
Dramatically reduced sending times
WHAT
- Reduced message sending time to less than 3 seconds per message
WHY
- Improve our service quality by delivering messages in times that are expected
- Preparation for an increase in throughput as we rollout push notifications
Push notifications – in development
Employee notifications via push notifications
WHAT
- Push notifications available for all employee notification types
WHY
- Frequently requested feature by customers
WHO FOR
- Customers wanting push notifications
WHEN IS IT DONE
- Customers can choose to use push notifications for all employee notification types
Autofill & optimise roster – phase 3 – in development
Implementing Ento’s autofill & optimise engine
WHAT
Phase 1
- Autofill empty shifts within a roster
Phase 2
- Intuitive suggestion review process
Phase 3
- Optimise rosters contextually via selection
- Impact summary of autofill & optimise suggestions
- Accept/dismiss suggestions in bulk
WHY
- Full visibility of the improvements of the autofill & optimisation process to humanise the automation
- Control remains with managers by giving them final say for each suggestion
Leave blackout periods – in development
Block staff from applying for leave during set periods
WHAT
- New section under payroll & leave where blackout periods may be configured
- Blocks staff from applying for leave during these periods
- Managers will be able to override leave during blackout periods based on permissions
WHY
- Some businesses, typically retail, have periods where staff are required to be available at all times
Late clock out notifications – in development
Email alerts to managers when staff have failed to clock out on time
WHAT
- Time based configuration via manager permissions
- Email notifications which aggregate late clock outs every 5 minutes
WHY
- Help companies to save money on unnecessary late clock outs
Roster vital publish check – in design
Check your roster vitals before you publish
WHAT
- Visibility & breakdowns of roster vitals
- Block roster publish if your roster vitals are not ok
WHY
- Understand your rosters vitals before publishing or submitting a roster
- Have confidence rostering managers are building rosters that look after your business vitals
Costing mode – in concept
Control & review unhealthy rosters
WHAT ARE WE SOLVING
- It’s difficult to can’t easily identify areas where spend can be reduced
WHY
- Improve visibility of where costs land on your roster
WHO FOR
- Rostering managers and regional managers
WHEN IS IT DONE
- You can identify, get insights into & resolve costing issues within your roster
Other features
Keyboard shortcuts in the new roster builder – released
- Command-C/Ctrl-C: Copy the selected item to the clipboard. This applies to shifts & notes
- Command-V/Ctrl-V: Paste the contents of the clipboard
- Delete: Delete the selected item
- Esc: Cancel
Roster settings, row hiding & reordering – released
Allows rostering managers to fully customise their roster view to work as efficiently as possible
Visual improvements to our new roster builder – released
Find & interpret information quicker with cleaner visuals
Timesheet driven demand – in development
Using previous timesheets as a demand driver in the absence of sales or footfall
Roster health bar – in development
Live health metrics & health status displayed within the roster builder
Shift notes for employees – in development
Communicate extra information, via custom shift data, to employees. Great for that extra information your staff need to do their job. E.g. site address, client bill codes, service notes
New roster builder finalisation – in development
Rounding out & polish of a number of features within the new roster builder
Roster vital preferences – in concept
Configuration to define company vitals & their thresholds
Bulk workflow creation – in concept
Kick off ‘mid-employee-lifecycle’ workflows in bulk to filtered groups of employees
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See you next fortnight for another update! Feel free to check out past fortnights here.
