Schedule smarter, sell more, stay covered
Our Employee Shift Scheduling API matches staffing to forecasted demand across every store. It applies skills, contract limits, labor laws, and fair shift distribution automatically. The payoff is 15% lower labor costs, better sales coverage, and 99% less time spent scheduling.
Reduce labor costs by 15%
Reduce labor costs by 15% and scheduling costs by 95%. Plug in a central brain that schedules your workforce optimally so your retail operations keep running profitably.
Outsource complexity, deliver excellence
Retail never stands still. Demand changes hourly, staff availability fluctuates, and compliance rules keep stacking up. Timefold’s optimization engine handles every constraint and shift rule automatically, so your stores stay covered, compliant, and profitable.
Absences, demand spikes, seasonal peaks
React instantly to real-world events, adjust staffing dynamically at the click of a button.
Skills, roles, and contract types
Assign employees based on experience, department, or contract limits while optimizing cost per shift.
Labor laws and compliance
Respect rest periods, break times, and regional labor regulations automatically.
Fairness and employee satisfaction
Balance weekend, night, and preferred shifts evenly across your workforce to reduce churn and absenteeism.
Results on the ground
to create & update rosters
Staff satisfaction
Sales coverage
Labor cost
Let Timefold do the heavy lifting
Demand-driven scheduling
Align staffing with demand forecasts and customer traffic to match coverage with demand.
Real-time replanning
Instantly re-optimize rosters when someone calls in sick or demand changes, without breaking compliance.
Fairness & workload balance
Distribute work evenly, respect shift limits, and reduce overtime to protect your workforce.
Labor law and compliance management
Apply local labor regulations and contract limits automatically, reducing risk and manual checks.
Preference-aware scheduling
Take personal preferences and availability into account to improve satisfaction and retention.
Cost and efficiency control
Optimize coverage while minimizing overtime, underutilization, and unnecessary labor cost.
Multi-store coordination
Plan staffing across multiple locations or departments from a single optimization model.
Seasonal and event adaptation
Prepare for peaks, promotions, and holidays with schedules that flex to forecasted demand.
Informed decision making
Generate transparent, explainable schedules that every manager can audit and adjust confidently.
FAQ
Do you have questions? We have answers.
A complex planning problem arises when you need to allocate limited resources while navigating multiple constraints to achieve a goal. These resources can be people, vehicles, inventory, equipment, or any other assets that need to be assigned efficiently. The challenge is not just finding a feasible solution but finding an optimized solution, one that balances efficiency, cost, and real-world limitations.
We typically see gains of 25-35% less drive time before and after integrating Timefold. This directly impacts fuel costs, reduced labor costs due to minimized over time and. As this also results in performing more jobs with the same staff you can easily see why you need Timefold for your technician routing.
Timefold offers both a fully managed cloud service and an on-premise (self-hosted) option, giving you the flexibility to choose the deployment that best fits your security, control, and infrastructure needs.
We offer tailored onboarding to get your team productive quickly, including setup guidance and review of your first optimization runs.
When scheduling works, everything works.
Less waste. More control. Teams that trust the plan.