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Intelligent, demand-driven workforce planning and scheduling

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Intelligent, demand-driven workforce planning and scheduling
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Updated on 26. Aug 2026 by VIA Software GmbH & Co KG
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Demand-Driven Staffing and Scheduling with iplan

iplan is a database-driven workforce management and scheduling software. iplan supports all processes related to demand planning, workforce scheduling, and staffing. The software efficiently ensures that all employees are exactly where they need to be at the right time. iplan is clear, intuitive to use, and fast. The software covers all key functionalities, from managing all employee data to time tracking and order planning, all the way to complex shift scheduling and leave management.

Advantages

  • Support for time accounts and flexible work schedules
  • Accounts for employee preferences and ensures fairness in shift assignments
  • Mobile access to the duty roster for schedulers and employees via the iplan web portal 
  • Roster on the go with the iplan app
  • Compliance with all legal, collective bargaining, and labor law restrictions on work assignments
  • Minimization of overcapacity or undercapacity

The iplan software solution has a modular design and can therefore be perfectly tailored to your individual requirements. iplan offers professional and efficient shift scheduling regardless of industry or company size.

Features

  • Convenient entry and maintenance of all basic data for workforce scheduling:
    • Employees, employee groups, departments
    • Work schedules
    • Assignment types / Assignment locations
    • Absence types
    • Shifts, shift sets, and shift schedules
    • Time-based assignment restrictions, etc.
  • Date-Based Demand Planning
  • Day-specific recording of planning restrictions
  • Automatic duty roster generation with special consideration for fairness
  • Clear Gantt chart for maintaining the deployment schedule and for easy staff scheduling
  • Time Management
  • Break optimization
  • Comprehensive analyses and reports
  • iplan App

Optional Modules:

  • Demand Forecasting: Date-specific demand forecasts differentiated by shift type, taking into account trends, seasonal patterns, days of the week, holidays, and special events
  • Medium- and Long-Term Planning
  • Optimal demand coverage
  • Sim Customer: A module for determining service quality based on the number of employees on duty

You can purchase iplan as a one-time license or as a SaaS solution with a monthly fee. The solution offers professional and efficient shift scheduling for companies ranging from 10 to over 10,000 employees spread across more than 50 branches.

We’d be happy to introduce you to the iplan solution. Contact us today!

Target groups:

Suitable for companies of all industries, ranging from 10 to over 10,000 employees and with more than 50 branches

Functions (excerpt) of iplan:

Absence management
Additional database fields
Administration processes
Alerts
Analysis
Analysis functions
API interfaces
Appointment calendar
Attribute search
Authoring tool
Availability check
Availability display
Barcode, RFID
Break times
Calendar and appointment management
Calendar functions
Cataloguing
Certificate Management
Change documentation
Cloud
Comment function
Compliance management
Contact management
Cost analysis
Course booking
Course dates
Course management
Customer management
Customizing
Dashboards
Database
Database access
Database fields
Database queries
Duty rosters
E-Mail dispatch
E-mail management
Error description
Export functions
Filter function
GDPR compliant
GDPR Training
Graphical disposition
Grouping of assets
Guest management
Image management
Inspection management
Integration Management
Interfaces
Inventory
Inventory check
Inventory management
Invoices
Invoicing
Lending Service
Logging
Maintenance
Mobile asset and inventory management
mobile computing
Mobile data collection
Multilingualism
Multiple locations, branches, sales areas
News functions
Notification system
Occupancy calendar
Occupancy plan
Online access
Online booking functions
Order creation
Order data
Order management
Order tracking
Personnel resource planning (PRP)
Photo upload
Price management
Project documentation
Project planning
Project workflow
Push messages
QR code
rental periods
Report management
Reservation management
Rights management
Role Management
Scalability
Search
Shipping
Single Sign On / API
Software design
Software integration
Sorting options
Supplier management
System changes
System integration
System updates
Template management
Time models, time accounts
Upload function
Usage rights management
User management
Working time models

Price

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Contact information:
VIA Software GmbH & Co KG
Mr. Dr. Klaus-Uwe Koschnick
06103 3889060
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Technical specifications:

Web-based:
yes
SaaS, Cloud:
yes
On-premises (local installation):
yes
Multi-user (network-compatible):
yes
Multi-client compatible:
yes
Maintenance:
for a fee
Customizing:
possible for a fee
Manufacturer based in:
Germany
Training:
on request
Hotline:
for a fee
Installation support:
included in price
Documentation:
Manual, Demo version
Dialogue language(s):
German
System requirements:
Compatible operating systems (runs with):
Win 11
Win 10
Win Server
Mainframe based
Unix based
Linux based
Mac OS
Mobile OSs (supports):
iOS
Android
Old Compatible Operating Systems:
Win 8
Win 7

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