Phase Module

The Phase Module makes sure that you can divide the schedule into several phases and that you can finalise each phase separately. The benefits are huge:

Early corrections thanks to difference analyses

It is possible to carry out difference analyses in Rostar CAS. For example, you can establish whether there is a structural shortage of employees in the basic schedule, or whether a certain employee has to work overtime for a certain shift, etc. Thanks to this information, you can make corrections at an early stage based on factual information.

Exact registration of invoicing and payrolling


Because it is possible to finalise each phase separately, the Phase Module is perfectly able to perform exact registrations of precisely which data has been used for invoicing and payrolling.

Shift schedules


Another application of the Phase Module is for making the shift schedules automatically, saving an enormous amount of time.

How does the Phase Module work?


The Phase Module divides the schedule into several phases, for example, basic schedule (phase 1), planning schedule (phase 2) and realisation schedule (phase 3), see the figure.

Figure: example of a schedule with various planning phases.

Each of the phases can be separately ‘frozen’. This means that when information in the schedule is modified, the original data is not lost. As a result, the schedules can be laid ‘on top of’ each other to make it possible to carry out difference analyses.
A basic schedule can be defined well in advance. Such a schedule does not, for example, take illness or holidays into account. Such factors are taken into account in the planning schedule (phase 2). Leave, illness and other reasons for absence can be recorded and the resulting gaps can be filled by other employees. If the schedule is up-to-date, further shifts can take place. The schedule in the form that it is actually finally used is then the realisation schedule.

The number of phases it is possible to work with within Rostar CAS in this way is unlimited. For each phase, it is possible to exactly define what is possible and what is allowed in that phase, and what must happen at the transition from one phase to the next phase. The actions to be taken during a phase can also be performed automatically at certain specified moments.