Profahr's core module, Operative Personnel Scheduling, is more than just a scheduling tool. It helps to improve communication and thus the flow of information, to optimize payroll accounting and also provides information about the productivity of your company.
The advantages at a glance
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Availability of your personnel within the framework of legal and operational regulations
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Realize individual wishes of the driving personnel with the desired duty roster (WPB)
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Your payroll accounting at the touch of a button
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Management of time accounts and their administration for all employees
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Analysis and reporting functions: Determining the performance of your own transport company/subcontractor
Important functions
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Importing data into the system The import of existing databases into the profahr OPD works without any problems - regardless of which planning system you use. We work with either standardized (e.g. VDV) or individual interfaces. In this way, we ensure that only consistent data is transferred to the scheduling process. Whether it is very complex, extensive data for a longer period of time or just a small selection for one day is irrelevant.
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Duty roster creation: Perfect planning You define the framework conditions so that the duty roster meets your requirements. With the OPD you have various options: Case A: Define a roster sequence in sample weeks and have this applied to all subsequent periods. subsequent periods. Case B: You can create long and, if desired, very complicated rotas. Case C: You have the duty roster or the complete duty roster optimized by the integrated optimization routines of the OPD. All legal and operational requirements are automatically taken into account.
Overview of all modules
Planning: Simplified duty roster creation
Creating duty rosters is one of the most challenging tasks in transport companies. The existing roster mass must be evenly distributed among the employees, taking into account all qualifications and circumstances.
Your advantage: Compliance with all legal and operational framework conditions/ Optimum consideration of socially acceptable aspects/ High employee acceptance.
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DRB - Service series development
Supports the generation of fictitious sample weeks for employee groups, which are then rolled out to the company calendars.
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TRB - Rotational training
Provision of the TRB rotation if the sequence of services has already been pre-planned in the planning system.
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WPB - Wish roster formation
Increase employee satisfaction and make life easier for the HR department.
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Workbook - Digital bulletin board
Tablet solutions in companies combine the advantages of mobile information with attractive displays and simple navigation. The workbook adapts to the existing device environment. The standard version is offline, yet always presents up-to-date information.
Operation: Smooth operation
Supporting daily operations is the core function of the Profahr program system. Numerous modules, components and extensions ensure smooth operation.
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OPD - Operative Personnel Planning Tool
Ensures that employees are relieved, motivated and costs are reduced. Dispatchers can carry out their work much faster, easier and more efficiently.
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WTK - Web-based terminal communication module
For communication between drivers and dispatchers. Employees have access to information for operational and medium-term service implementation and to their own data from the scheduling system, time accounts and payroll accounting.
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MOK - Mobile communications solution for employees
Enables communication between drivers and the control center on relevant operational issues. The most important functions of the application are reporting or logging off work, displaying work and billing information.
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ULM - Vacation management
More transparency, neutrality and fairness in vacation allocation processes, taking into account employee wishes.
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Duty and vacation exchange
Swapping made easy. Employees swap their services independently. They find suitable services or receive their swap suggestions via the search/offer mask - always taking working and rest times into account.
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eDPL - Electronic duty roster
Duty rosters at a glance. Employees receive clear information about the duty roster, current changes or unplanned shifts in depots and recreation rooms.
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Driver's license check
Even with a large team, dispatchers can keep a close eye on all deadlines - even without the usual visual checks thanks to the integrated scanning solution.
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BIK - Company information and communication
Employees are given access to the current duty rosters including detailed duty information or
access to time accounts and payroll results.
Payroll accounting: Transparent payroll accounting
The work continues, even when operations are long over. Accounting for personnel benefits, calculating all allowances and bonuses and managing time accounts can be a time-consuming and complicated process.
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ZWM - Time and attendance management
Time recording for every work situation. Working times can be recorded conveniently and intuitively via the WTK and BIK communication modules and transferred to the time accounts. Employees can view transmitted data at any time.
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SVV - School transport administration
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GVM - Occasional traffic management
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ANM - Contractor management
Analysis: Data-driven decisions
A data warehouse solution for any evaluation in a transport company, no matter how specific or complex. Provision of complex data sets through to performance analysis, personnel utilization and resource deployment.
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UVS business statistics
Determine the performance of your own transport company or subcontractors. Analyze the
the use of personnel and draw conclusions for your personnel requirements.
Typical users
Operations management
Operations managers maintain an overview of all operational processes and ensure a balanced workload among employees. Profahr makes it easier for management to maintain an overview of the company's productivity, to reduce sick leave through socially responsible services and to plan a balanced use of resources.
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Ensure availability of fleet and personnel
Management of personnel and thus ensuring the availability of the fleet, overview of all processes in the depot, reduction of operating costs.
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Increasing employee satisfaction
Increase employee satisfaction, optimize staff and fleet availability and thus passenger satisfaction.
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Focus on productivity
Using data and reporting to manage operational forecasts, support efficiency and productivity in operations.
FAQ'S
Does Profahr work for every company structure?
Yes, because whether you have 25 buses in circulation or several thousand employees and tens of buses, subway trains, trams and trains to ensure local public transport - our software can be adapted to any operating structure and therefore also exactly to your requirements. This is ensured by the easy scalability and modular structure of the system. Together with you, we define how comprehensive the functional package we put together for you should be. You can opt for additional modules, tools or extensions at any time and then simply activate them using a license code.
How can I easily create the duty roster for my company structure?
You define the framework conditions so that the duty roster meets your requirements. With the OPD you have various options:
A. You define a roster sequence in sample weeks and have this transferred to all subsequent periods.
B. You can create long and, if desired, very complicated rotas.
C. You have the duty sequence or the complete duty roster created by the integrated OPD optimization routines.
All legal and operational requirements are automatically taken into account.
How does the data from the company get into the Profahr system?
The import of existing databases into the Profahr system works perfectly, regardless of which planning system you use. The system works with standardized (e.g. VDV) or individual interfaces. This ensures that only consistent data is transferred to the scheduling process. You select the data. This can be the duty roster mass, from which a complete duty roster is then created in the OPD. Or an already completed duty roster to which the personnel still need to be assigned. Whether it is very complex, extensive data for a longer period or just a small selection for one day is irrelevant.