Solutions · Scheduling
Build a schedule that respects the work and the people doing it.
Balance demand, skills, availability, rest rules, priorities and dependencies — then see where the schedule is tight before it goes live.
Midday needs 5: 7 people.
The day
Morning 08:00–16:00, evening 12:00–20:00. They overlap from 12:00 to 16:00, which is why 3 plus 4 covers the rush.
Coverage
| Window | Needs | On | Spare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before noon | 3 | 3 | 0 — exact |
| Midday rush | 5 | 7 | +2 |
| Evening | 4 | 4 | 0 — exact |
| Team size | 7 | ||
The midday rush can grow to 7 before this changes — the two shifts already overlap by 7.
A separate crew for each window (3 + 5 + 4): 12 people — 5 more than the recommendation.
Checks
- Passed: At least 3 on before noon
- Passed: At least 5 through midday, 4 in the evening
- Passed: Every smaller team tried and rejected
What this brief supplied
- Shifts
- Two: 08:00–16:00 and 12:00–20:00
- Coverage needed
- 3 before noon, 5 at midday, 4 in the evening
- Day
- 08:00 to 20:00
- People and skills
- Not stated — not stated in this brief. The brief counts people, it does not name them. Named staff, skills and certifications would change which rosters are legal.
- Availability and time off
- Not stated — not stated in this brief. No individual availability was given, so none is enforced and none is invented.
- Break and rest rules
- Not stated — not stated in this brief. Statutory breaks vary by jurisdiction and contract. Mongeflow asks rather than assuming a rule that might not be yours.
- Cost per hour
- Not stated — not stated in this brief. Team size is the objective here. Costing a roster would need rates from you.
A roster this small can be checked by hand. The reason to check it by machine is that every one of the fields above, once supplied, multiplies the number of rosters that have to be ruled out.
Scattered shifts, packed tight
The panel compacts a scattered week into a tight block — less idle time, same rules. That compression is the point of every scheduling decision.
What you can decide
Cover every kind of coverage
Staff rosters
Weekly and monthly rosters across teams, with fairness and rest rules written in.
Shift patterns
Nights, weekends, rotations, and the minimum-rest gaps between them.
Job sequences
Work that depends on other work: precedence, setup times, and machine changeovers.
Skills and eligibility
Only qualified people land on qualified work — skills, seniority, and preferences included.
How it runs
Three passes, no spreadsheet
Say the rules
Coverage minimums, rest windows, skills — in sentences, not formulas.
Review the understanding
The brief comes back to you before anything runs; edit it and the checks re-run.
Publish the roster
Every assignment traces to the rule that placed it, so pushback gets an answer.
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