Take control of your shift scheduling operations
The Employee Shift Scheduling API automatically assigns the right people to the right shifts, optimizing for fairness, employee satisfaction, overtime and utilization.
constraints
Out-of-the-box business rules, purposefully designed for real-world operations
Shifts
Our biggest dataset optimized in one Employee Shift Scheduling solve
Operational efficiency
To solve real-time disruptions
schedule time
Average customer result after implementation
Built for your operational reality
Handle changing demand, disruptions, and workforce complexity.
Matched to your process
Whichever way you work, Timefold adapts. Define fixed shifts upfront and assign the right people to fill them, or let staffing levels flow directly from forecasted workload so coverage rises and falls with demand.
Legal, contractual, and operational compliance
Whatever your jurisdiction and its labor rules, our API takes them into account. Mandatory breaks, maximum working hours, rest periods between shifts, travel distances, fair rotations, and more are all built into every schedule, so you stay compliant without the manual checks.
Stay in control of your scheduling timeline
Look beyond the coming week. Our API can plan months ahead, optimizing the entire horizon so the end of the year is handled just as carefully as tomorrow. Spot conflicts, balance workloads, and commit to long-term schedules with confidence that nothing further out has been left to chance.
Constraint harmony
From dozens to millions of planning decisions, optimize around any combination of constraints without sacrificing performance or schedule quality.
Close the trust gap
Every decision has a reason. Understand the trade-offs behind every schedule and adjust constraints with confidence.
Applicable across use cases
Built for field operations at scale.
Plug in our Shift Scheduling API to automate and optimize nurse scheduling with precision, ensuring the right staff are assigned to every shift, every ward, every time.
Plug in our Shift Scheduling API so every store, shift, and region runs at peak efficiency, with lower labor costs and happier employees.
Security operations depend on the right guard being in the right place at the right time. Timefold automates shift scheduling and assignments, ensuring complete site coverage, compliant rotations, and instant response when plans change.
Plug in our Shift Scheduling API to automate staff planning across departments and roles. Keep operations running smoothly, control labor costs, and deliver a consistent guest experience.
How does it work?
JSON in, JSON out. Stateless. Technology agnostic.
Production-ready models / no setup required / Works with any stack via REST API / Start with sample data or your own
Solve for what matters most to your business
Key constraints
Nothing gets overlooked.
Demand-based scheduling
Assign employees to shifts to meet hourly demand curves and avoid over staffing during quiet periods or under staffing at busy periods.
Skills and risk factors
Define skills and risk factors to make sure shifts are assigned to employees with the right qualifications.
Cost management
Keep the cost of staffing all shifts within budget.
Labor laws
Manage how many hours employees are contracted to work across fixed periods and rolling windows, honoring every employee contract while staying compliant with labor regulations.
Pairing employees
Assign specific employees to the same shift, for instance, when a trainer needs to train a trainee. Assign specific employees to different shifts from each other to avoid conflicts of interest.
Employee availability
Only assign employees to shifts when they are available, and employee's preferred times into consideration when making assignments.
Breaks and time off
Include breaks in employees' shifts and manage employees' time off, including making sure they get consecutive days off from work.
When scheduling works, everything works.
Less waste. More control. Teams that trust the plan.