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shyftplan in Action at Bosch in Karlsruhe
At the Karlsruhe site, the technology and services company Bosch relies on maximum efficiency in outgoing goods and logistics. To optimally deploy around 300 employees across multiple rotating shifts, the company uses shyftplan. With the software, Bosch successfully transitioned from manual, error-prone spreadsheets to a cloud-based, transparent platform.
Learn in this case study how the Bosch logistics team uses shyftplan to relieve team leaders, increase employee satisfaction through self-scheduling, and simultaneously reduce reliance on temporary work through clever balancing.
"I like using shyftplan because it has such a good interface and conveys transparency. I would recommend shyftplan because it has open data interfaces and a good API."
Stephan Hauser
Production System Coordinator and Logistics Planning, Bosch
The Challenge: High Manual Effort and Lack of Visualization
Before introducing shyftplan, shift planning in logistics involved a lot of physical and time-consuming effort.The consequences:
- Lack of automation: Planning was done in a confusing Excel file, which often led to overlaps.
- Lack of transparency: Shift schedules had to be printed out and posted manually. There was no real-time visualization for the workforce.
- High pressure on team leaders: The administrative effort to fill shifts cost valuable time.
"I like using shyftplan because my team leaders can now do the planning on their own. Via a visual board, I can present it optimally to the employees."
Michael Kraut
Shift Supervisor Logistics Outgoing Goods, Bosch
The Solution: Self-Directed Shift Selection, Interfaces, and Smart Screens
Bosch initially introduced shyftplan in a limited pilot area with a few shifts and quickly won over the employees:
- Transparency on the touch screen: A large touch screen was installed in logistics, allowing all employees to clearly view the current shift schedule.
- Motivation through self-scheduling: Employees can partially book themselves into shifts – the best argument for the software for the workforce.
- Seamless data integration: Absences are mapped automatically thanks to a fast interface from Interflex. Anyone who is not available cannot be scheduled in the first place.
- Storing qualifications: The software knows exactly who has which qualification and where they can be deployed.
"The software has made our work simple and compact. The bureaucracy behind it – such as data protection – was the only effort; the tool itself ran smoothly. I would definitely recommend shyftplan because it simplifies shift planning extremely."
Michael Kraut
Shift Supervisor Logistics Outgoing Goods, Bosch
The Results: Massive Relief, High Flexibility, and Less Temp Work
With the rollout currently covering 300 employees, the logistics team in Karlsruhe is achieving impressive results today:
- Significant relief in management: Double scheduling is eliminated. Team leaders work independently with the platform, and the shift supervisor hardly needs to intervene administratively. Even rotating shifts with 2 areas and 2 shifts always remain clearly laid out.
- Maximum flexibility and maintaining qualifications: Thanks to half-shifts, employees can rotate across departments. The physical workload varies, and knowledge across the entire plant remains up to date.
- Reduction of temporary work: Because Bosch is more flexible through the cross-departmental deployment of all three areas and handles the initial balancing via its own employee pool, fewer peaks need to be buffered. The result: A reduced need for leased staff.
- Data-driven control: The data from shyftplan serves as a reliable basis for PowerBI and productivity calculations for further processing.
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