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From the tool you have to the software you own.

Nine tools companies replace first. For each: how it works today, how it gets built, the software your teams end up using, and what you stop paying for.

CNC machines and tool carts in a bright manufacturing workshop

Shift planning

A warehouse with 200 shift workers on three shifts. The planner is rented, the real planning happens in a chat group.

Replaces
Planner subscription, WhatsApp swap group, Excel rosters
Software retired, per year
€25,000
Saved per year, incl. time
€41,000
  1. 01Today

    A planner nobody likes, and a chat group that does the real work.

    Rosters come from a subscription tool. Swaps, sick calls and cover happen in WhatsApp, and a coordinator copies the result back by hand. Nobody knows who holds which licence.

    Late shift, Hall 3Today
    MiraCan anyone take my Friday late shift?07:12
    JonasI can, but I’m on early Saturday07:20
    CoordinatorRest time would be too short. Anyone with a forklift licence?07:31
    AdaI have one, but I already did 48 hours07:48
    CoordinatorI’ll ask the agency again...08:05
  2. 02Week 1

    Your people and shifts, in one place.

    We connect Personio for people and contracts, and import twelve months of rosters. Licences and qualifications become data instead of knowledge in someone’s head.

    Data, connectedWeek 1
    EntitySourceRecordsNotes
    EmployeeFrom Personio214Contracts, hours
    ShiftNative48,22012 months imported
    QualificationNative386Forklift, crane, first aid
    AbsenceNative1,140From the old sheet

    Personio stays the system for contracts. Shifts live here.

  3. 03Week 2

    Built from a template, then shaped by the team.

    We start from the open-source shift planning template and fit it with your team leads. Then a team lead asks for what only her team needs, in one sentence.

    New toolWeek 2
    Lena K., team lead, late shift

    A swap board for our late shift. Managers approve every swap. Also show who is qualified to cover.

    1. planReuses Shift, Employee, Qualification. Adds Swap request.
    2. buildSwap board with a manager approval step
    3. test38 tests green, rest times checked
    4. rightsCan move shifts. Never reads pay.
    5. livev2 in your workspace
  4. 04Week 3

    The planner your teams actually use.

    Team leads plan in the same tool where swaps happen. Every change checks rest times and qualifications before it is saved.

    Shift planning, Hall 3, week 48Week 3
    Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30
    Mira K.14 to 2214 to 2214 to 22Swap
    Jonas R.14 to 2214 to 2214 to 22Swap14 to 22
    Ada L.14 to 2214 to 2214 to 2214 to 22Open
    Tom B.14 to 2214 to 2214 to 2214 to 2214 to 22
    Ben S.14 to 2214 to 2214 to 2214 to 22Open
    Lea W.06 to 1406 to 1406 to 1406 to 1406 to 14
  5. 05Month 2

    Agents take the routine. People decide.

    The roster agent drafts next week from demand and absences. The cover agent finds qualified people for open shifts. What they may not decide goes to the site manager.

    InboxMonth 2
    Roster agentWeek 49 drafted, 2 gaps flaggedReview
    Cover agentSat late: Ada L. or the agency, options attachedDecide
    Swap boardMira and Jonas, within all rulesDone
    Cover agentSun early: Lea W. agreedDone
  6. 06Year 1

    The subscription is gone, and so is the chat group.

    One tool less to pay for, and half a person back for the work that needs a person.

    Before and after, per yearIllustrative
    Planner subscription
    €25,000 €0
    Swap coordination, half a person
    €25,000 €3,000
    Lastware platform, 20%
    €5,000
    Agent work, per task
    €1,000
    Saved per year, incl. time
    €41,000

    Illustrative, from a reference case with 200 shift workers. Platform fee is 20% of the software retired. Time is your team’s hours, not billed.

Which tool would you replace first?

Name the one subscription or spreadsheet you would switch off. We show you how it gets replaced, on your data.

Illustrative. Brendel & Faust Logistik and all names are fictional, numbers are sample estimates.

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