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Turn your labour plan into shifts and tasks.
Match people to work using availability, skills and working patterns. See shortages and spare capacity, then review how to bring them into balance.
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Intelligent Deployment requires Labour Decision Intelligence and is not available separately. Add it when you want shift scheduling and task allocation within Predyktable.
See how LDI and Intelligent Deployment work together →Shifts show who is working and when.
Create and adjust schedules around working patterns, holidays, absences and overtime, using recorded availability. See where scheduled hours fall short of, or exceed, the approved labour plan.
Match people to tasks. Protect the skills you need.
Turn the approved labour plan into task assignments based on people’s skills, availability and scheduled hours. Tasks with fewer eligible people are prioritised, helping keep scarce skills available where they are needed most. Managers can review and adjust the resulting task rota.
When the workforce changes, the plan responds.
Labour planning and deployment inform each other. Changes in available people feed into the next plan; an approved change to the plan can be carried through into task assignments.
Replan around the people available.
Use updated availability alongside workload and operating constraints to reassess what can be delivered. Compare cost and service, then approve revised labour requirements.
Align people with the approved plan.
Review and refresh task assignments using the revised requirements. Changes to absences, holidays, overtime and agency availability inform the next labour plan.
Managers stay in control. Your team decides when to replan or retask and confirms deployment changes. Payroll and broader workforce administration remain within your existing tools.
Your deployment questions, answered.
Do we need Intelligent Deployment if we already have scheduling tools?
If your current tools already cover shift scheduling and task allocation, you can use LDI with those tools. Add Intelligent Deployment when you want to manage schedules, availability and task rotas within Predyktable. It is an optional extension of LDI and cannot be bought separately. See how the products work together →
What workforce information do we need?
Employee IDs, names, home departments, permanent or agency status, working patterns and skills. Workforce information is provided through a standard CSV template, with validation to highlight corrections. Working patterns establish expected shifts; recorded availability changes make the schedule reflect the operation.
How are people matched to tasks?
Assignments use the approved labour plan, scheduled hours and task eligibility. Tasks with fewer eligible people are considered early, helping protect scarce skills, while home departments are prioritised where appropriate. The rota groups assignments into practical working periods. It does not rank people by individual productivity.
How can we deal with gaps or surplus hours?
See the remaining gaps by task and working period, then review suitable overtime, off-shift employees or agency cover. Where hours are surplus, review reducing overtime or agency hours before considering agreed holiday. Your team confirms the changes, with agency and overtime limits taken into account. Predyktable does not book agency workers with external providers or automatically approve holiday.
Will a schedule change automatically move people to different tasks?
No. Saved availability changes and agency or overtime limits feed into the next manual or overnight planning run. A revised labour plan does not silently change task assignments: your team chooses when to retask the affected dates. You can refresh selected days without regenerating the whole planning period.
Can managers swap task assignments?
Yes, where two people are on the same shift, each is eligible for the other’s task and both assignments have exactly the same start and end times. Managers review and confirm the exchange. It keeps the task hours covered without regenerating the wider rota. This is task swapping, not shift swapping or splitting assignments into smaller time blocks.
What happens when someone is absent or arrives late today?
Update today’s attendance manually, or use a suitable connected attendance source. LDI can use the latest known availability alongside changes in demand and work completed to replan the remaining work. After approving the intraday plan, your team can review and confirm updated task assignments for the people available. Today’s deployment is managed separately from future schedules.
Does Intelligent Deployment replace HR, payroll or time and attendance?
No. It uses the workforce information needed for planning and deployment. Recording availability helps keep the plan achievable; it does not make Predyktable a payroll, employee clocking or holiday-request system. Those processes remain with your existing tools.
Can we share the rota outside Predyktable?
Yes. Export the rota as a CSV or use the browser’s print function to print it or save it as a PDF for operational use.
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