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Co-planning: Revolutionizing Employee Scheduling with IoT
Technology Category
- Automation & Control - Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cement
Applicable Functions
- Human Resources
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Construction Management
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
The Challenge
Boramy Gau, the founder of Co-planning, faced a significant challenge when he decided to create an online scheduling app for supervisors to assign work shifts to their employees. Despite having an extensive background in finance and project management, Gau lacked coding skills. This lack of technical knowledge posed a significant barrier to the development of his idea. Furthermore, the need for such an application was heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated remote work and flexible scheduling. The challenge was to create an easy-to-use, efficient, and free scheduling tool that could handle multiple shifts, constraints, and staffing requirements.
About The Customer
Co-planning is designed for office managers, supervisors, and anyone else responsible for assigning work shifts to employees. It is particularly useful in the context of remote work, which has become increasingly prevalent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The app is ideal for those managing larger teams, where manual scheduling can become complex and time-consuming. Co-planning is also entirely free, making it accessible to everyone, including restaurant managers, chief physicians, and others who need to manage staff schedules during the pandemic.
The Solution
Gau discovered no-code platforms like Bubble, which allowed him to build his idea into a fully functional application without needing to learn how to code. Co-planning is an online scheduling app that generates optimal employee schedules based on various constraints and staffing requirements. Users simply register, create a project, add employees, define staffing requirements, set constraints, and click 'Get result'. The app's algorithm then generates the most efficient planning among employees to fit the user's needs. The Co-planning interface is highly simplified, and the app runs on a secret Python solving algorithm on a cloud server. The interface built with Bubble calls the solving script, making the process seamless for the user.
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