AUTOMATED SCHEDULING

Ease managers’ scheduling burdens

Legion's automated scheduling system enables intelligent automation to create optimal schedules that match business needs with employee preferences and skills 96% of the time.

  • Maintain oversight and control while reducing scheduling time by 50%
  • Factor in labor compliance rules and business policies automatically and ensure predictable schedules
  • Built-in productivity metrics help you automatically schedule employees who are top performers during peak periods
Legion Wfm Automated Scheduling

Highlights

Legion’s auto scheduling software leverages intelligent automation, simplifying and reducing scheduling time

Empowers employees while unburdening managers by providing automated scheduling

Continuously learns and improves based on preferences, changes in compliance rules, and manager edits

Builds trust through transparency and schedule equity

Legion by the Numbers

Automated Scheduling

50%

Reduction in scheduling time

96%

Of the time employee preferences and business needs are intelligently matched

10%

Compliance violation reduction

4.8

App Store rating drives adoption and engagement with employees

Legion workforce management enables intelligent automation. It helps managers make better decisions and execute more efficiently by automating routine scheduling and time and attendance tasks. Watch our quick video to learn more.

Empower employees

Gig-like flexibility, automatically delivered.

Employees have more control with automated self-service shift swaps and shift claims. They can define when, how much, and where they want to work and update their preferences anytime.

Legion’s intuitive, modern app is the highest rated app in the industry with tens of thousands of users giving it a 4.8 rating in the app store. It’s used weekly by 88% of employees that have it.

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Increase operational efficiency

Optimized schedules that continuously improve

Automated scheduling enables managers to instantly generate optimal schedules that match business needs with employee preferences and skills, including the most qualified employee for a shift based on skills, performance, labor rules, budget constraints, and compliance rules.

Optimize your workforce across locations to cover critical needs during projected peak periods while avoiding costly overtime, protecting service levels, and offering flexibility for hourly employees.

Liberate managers

Reduce administrative burden on managers

Unburden managers with Legion WFM which enables intelligent automation and continuously learns and improves. Maintain oversight and control while reducing scheduling time by 50%. Instantly approve or deny time-off requests, shift swaps, and shift claims based on rules.

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Legion Automated Scheduling Manager Experience

Minimize compliance risk

Manage labor laws and policies with ease

Pre-built, up-to-date compliance templates and business rules ensure schedules are predictable and fully compliant. Managers get automatic alerts, reports, and full audit trails.

Schedule bidding by skills and seniority ensures employee preferences and all collective bargaining agreements are met

The Benefits to Your Bottom Line

Auto scheduling software saves on costs, time, and effort. How?

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Reduce Labor Costs

Reduced compliance costs associated with payroll errors, premiums, and OT.

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Optimize Schedules

Improve schedules by aligning your company’s needs with employee availability instantly.

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Increase Topline Revenue

unburdening managers with automation to spend more time on the floor interacting with employees and customers, increases conversion rates and customer service.

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Increase Retention

with schedule flexibility and empowerment.

FAQs About Automated Scheduling

Automated scheduling software impacts several areas of business operation. Here are a few common questions we receive.

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Why Legion?

Automated Scheduling makes it simple to generate a superior schedule automatically – with one click. Unlike legacy solutions, Legion’s cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) processes hundreds of permutations, learns constantly, and is built using precise ML-generated demand forecasts. Optimized schedules can be created in seconds.

Automated Scheduling takes care of labor operations, so managers can focus on managing the business, increasing sales, and creating a culture that retains employees.

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Brandon Hall Group
Saas Awards 2023
AI ExcellenceAward 2023
CB Insights Retail Tech 100 2023
AI Breakthrough Awards
Best in Biz Awards 2022
Forbes 2021 Billion Dollar Startups
Inc. 5000 America's Fastest Growing Private Companies
JMP Hot 100
Gartner Cool Vendor 2020
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“Now our employees can swap shifts, take open shifts, and put in their availability all from their mobile phone. They just have a better experience with their schedule and have a more predictive schedule as well.”

Director of Workforce Planning, Retail

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