Thank
you, thank you, thank you!!!!! I love your software! You've simplified my job
by 300% and have allowed me to make people happy by scheduling around their schedules.
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comparing SmartRoster to any other package, ask yourself, does it have these essential
features?
User
support:- Full
context sensitive on-line help (try the F1 key)
- Full
colour electronic manual in PDF format which can be freely copied and printed
- 24
hour email support (free in the first year, free for all evaluations, and a small
optional annual subscription thereafter)
- All
updates free for the first year (then included in the cost of annual support thereafter)
- Get
updates to the software automatically, or your request, by enabling "AutoUpdate"
(while your support is current). Smartroster was the first product in it's class
to include this great time-saving feature!
User
interface- An
elegant and intuitive, cutting-edge, easy-to-use interface, great for both novice
and power user
- Uses
an intuitive spreadsheet like grid. Just drag and drop names in the spreadsheet
from the various role-member and people lists always present on screen, or use
the "right mouse button" click to access context sensitive menus in
most panels *
exclusive
to SmartRoster
compared to other similar products
- Mouse
over any name in the grid to see everywhere that person is scheduled *exclusive
to SmartRoster
- Double-click
on any name to access the properties of that person
- Lock
down rows, columns, or cells with a single click to prevent the autofill overwriting
*exclusive
to SmartRoster
Absences- Set
absences for an individual or for a group or household
- SmartRoster
never schedules a person when absent
- Absences
can be arbitrary date ranges or a complex repeating pattern
Auto
Scheduling- Set
scheduling frequency preferences - which can be "average over the whole period"
or exactly so many times in each consecutive period (week, month) *exclusive
to SmartRoster
- Co-worker
and Family work-together (or apart) preferences - no other product has the same
degree of control as SmartRoster!
eg. ensure families are all
scheduled to the same service in a weekend, allow for childcare requirements (so
both parents are NOT scheduled at the same time); make sure trainees are scheduled
with someone more experienced, etc - Set
scheduling limits for an individual, household or group eg 2 times total for the
whole schedule
- Define
enforced breaks - global, per-person, per-group, or per role-member *exclusive
to SmartRoster
- Define
restrictions for role/event combination such as: *exclusive
to SmartRoster
"at
least x [members of group y]" or "at most x [members of group y]"
or "all [members of group y] or none of [members of group y]" -
no other product has this feature - Automatically
fills the schedule based on user preferences, role/event requirements, restrictions,
absences - evens out usage frequency automatically
- User
defined Look-back period allows SmartRoster to consider previous schedules (as
far back as desired) when building the current schedule, a feature pioneered by
SmartRoster!
- Define
complex event patterns (no limit on complexity)
- Pre-assign
individauls according to complex patterns
- Selectively
schedule a subset of roles and/or events and/or people
- You
decide whether to optimise for frequency targets, to reduce vacancies, or to meet
association preferences, etc *exclusive
to SmartRoster
Communication
features- Built-in
emailer, and ability to email personalised schedules to each member, or to each
family (containing the highlighted names of each person in the family) - and no
extra annual charges!
- Full
email management - preview emails before sending, view sent emails, archive emails,
re-send emails *exclusive
to SmartRoster
- Easy
email reminders generated each time SmartRoster is started, or on demand
- Send
bulk email to selected individuals, or all members of a selected group or household
- Seamlessly
Share a single data file across your LAN, or across the world via SmartRoster
WebShare - all you need is an Internet connection! (At least two
licenses are required. Annual support must be maintained to use our server)
Reporting
- Build-in
report previewer - MS Word® or equivalent not required!
- Provides
a rich collection of report formats including: schedules, address-book or lists,
rosters, inventory, address and reminder labels, absences, analysis of usage frequency
- Advanced
filters allow you to search and display only the people that match your query
*exclusive
to SmartRoster
- All
reports can be exported to MS Word® (or equivalent), or exported in adobe
PDF format for easy printing or publishing to the web - as easy as a single click!
- Attendance
monitoring and reporting - record "after the fact" who actually performed
their tasks, and reasons for non-performance (user-definable) *exclusive
to SmartRoster
Minimal
required hardware and software- Has
very modest minimum system requirements
- Does
not require an external word processor (but can use one)
- Does
not require annual subscriptions to run the program (but is available for support)
- Does
not require the internet (but can use it if available)
- Does
not require annual payments or an "optional module" for email functionality
- Does
not require an external database management system such as MS Access® or SQL
Data
access and integrity- Stores
all data in a single tiny file which can be encrypted for maximum security - one
file, one file extension, nothing else to consider - and easy to email or backup
*exclusive
to SmartRoster
- Import
and export your personnel data easily in industry standard tab-delimited format
- Auto-save
and backup-reminder options reduce the likelihood of accidental data loss.
Costing
features (for commercial version)
*exclusive
to SmartRoster
- Set
hourly base and penalty rates, for a person, group, role, event, and report total
cost of a schedule
- See
how much the current schedule will cost you
- Optimise
the schedule to reduced total cost
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