Employee Scheduling Software? Web/Browser Based

Question

Just wondering if any of you guys know of any web-based/browser-based employee scheduling software/tools?

Currently doing it all in Excel, but it just isnt intelligent enough... any product suggestions?

Needs to handle multiple employees time over weeks and months... to schedule in work short-term and long-term, allow me to see possible resourcing issues etc etc.

Its an easy question answer when you work only on projects, but at my agency we work on projects and day-to-day retainer type things that can come in at any time and are usually of the "drop everything and do this now" type.

If it were just projects, then any one of the online Project Management tools (GoPlan, Copper Project, MS Project) would suffice (but definately not Basecamp, I find this ok for very small projects and small teams, but anything larger and I think it falls down completely as a PM tool)

The only thing that came close to doing all that I wanted was Workschedule - http://www.workschedule.net/

Its browser based, low-cost and has a zillion options that really allowed me to plan resource levels for the agency. The only downside is it looks pretty awful, but I soon got over this.

Clarification: Must be general purpose i.e. not just for one industry

Answer 1

My girlfriend's employer uses: http://www.hotschedules.com/ from what I have seen it seems to be pretty feature-complete...

Answer 2

http://www.whentowork.com

Answer 3

Check this one: http://keeptempo.com, its tag approach seems to accommodate the extra flexibility you are looking for http://keeptempo.com/help/time-reporting/how-can-i-use-tags-to-organize-my-time/

Answer 4

I love WSS (Windows Sharepoint Services). It's free and installs on W2K3 or W2K8 Server. Very easy to use out of the box. And easily customizable. With Intelligantt you can publish your MS Project files there as well. Then by plugging in Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer you can built some custom workflows.

And of course the favorite integration with Microsoft Office Outlook is always a plus. You can export your calendars and task lists.

Answer 5

Here's mine: http://quickrosters.com

Sourcecode is here: http://rosters.rubyforge.org

And another good one: http://justrosters.com

Answer 6

It looks like @task might be what you're looking for.

Answer 7

VIP Task Manager Pro?

Solutions: * Employee Task Planning * Sales Process Management * To Do List Management * Project Management * Employee Time Planning * Schedule Management * Team Collaboration * Employee Task Tracking * Workflow Automation * Employee Time Tracking * Workgroup Productivity Management * Purchasing Process Management

...simultaneous access to the common database through Local Network (LAN) and Low Speed Networks (Internet, VPN)

"Assign Tasks to Employees"

Price: $399.90 $500.00(until March 31, 2009)

It looks like they have a Camtasia playback demo you could check out.

Answer 8

We've been with findmyshift.com for about a year now. Easiest site I could find at the time. Free for week to week use (we don't need to book to far ahead). Comes with text messaging and all that built in.

Answer 9

+1 for JustRosters.com

edit: Just noticed they have a 30 day free trial on all plans

Answer 10

Was mentioned earlier but I'd also recommend findmyshift.com - simplest interface I've seen by far.

Answer 11

Here is a hosted employee scheduling software app called Orchestrate.

Answer 12

My friend at his radiology company, and my other friend at his staffing company use a locally installable web browser based tool called OnSched from http://www.azazia.com. He got one for free when he offered to write a testimonial.

Answer 13

Seems to be an old post, but for anyone still interested, there is a new free service by Enigmai (http://www.enigmai.com)

Answer 14

If you are looking for general purpose stuff.. suitable for different industries then Microsoft project plan software is the best choice, has wide range of project management solutions. It can be used in many industries like media, education, construction, oil and gas, finance etc. Refer to case studies of Microsoft project management solutions for more details.