Generating Weekly Schedules With Smart Sched

Factors Considered in Generating Schedules

• Ability to Specify Resource Types for Client Schedules.
• Availability of Resource.
• Qualifications - The resource must meet the qualifications required by the client. Any number of qualifications can be specified for the client and resource.
• Preferences and Dislikes of Client. A client can specify preferred resources. These will be considered first when scheduling. A client can also specify disliked resources. These will never be considered when scheduling.
• Total hours requested by resource. When scheduling resources, an attempt is made to try to give each resource the hours requested.
• Preferred times for resource. When scheduling resources, an attempt is made to try to give each resource the hours preferred by the resource.
• Location. The distance between the resource and client is calculated and is used as a factor in finding an appropriate resource for a client.
• Consistancy. The number of different resources that are scheduled to a client are minimized in order to obtain a more consistent provider of services to the client. the Clients get care at the times they prefer.

Smart Sched uses all these factors when generating a weekly schedule. In a few minutes you can utilize the power of your computer to create quality weekly schedules that meets the needs of your clients, employees and management. All schedules generated by Smart Sched can then be edited to account for unexpected changes. All reports and statistics are instantly reflected after the changes are made.