| 摘要 |
<p>A method for centrally creating a schedule for a group of company employees (120) who may be geographically dispersed. The system operates over a distributed network (100) thereby providing communication among employees and other data sources (140). The scheduling system assigns the employees to shifts while accommodating numerous factors including staffing requirements, employee preferences, and optimal settings based on forecasting. Forecasts derived from information concerning factors outside the company constitute extrinsic influences on the schedule generated according to the invention.</p> |
