SCHEDULING

Rosters that build themselves — and publish on time, every time.

Auto-Optimised Scheduling turns forecasted demand into a compliant draft roster in minutes, and auto-publish releases it on a jurisdiction-safe schedule — so every store gets a finished roster without a manager building it by hand.

WHY OPERATORS SWITCH

Scheduling built for hundreds of stores, not just one.

From multi-solver AOS to jurisdiction-safe auto-publish, LIFELENZ Scheduling handles the complexity of running a multi-store QSR fleet — so every manager gets a demand-matched, compliant schedule without the manual grind.

Multi-solver AOS builds better rosters

A cloud-based, multi-solver optimisation engine turns forecasted demand, availability, and employment contracts into a ready-to-review draft schedule in minutes, not hours.

Auto-publish that respects the law

Schedules release automatically on a rolling calendar, with the rules engine enforcing each jurisdiction's minimum advance-notice interval so managers can never under-notify employees.

Replanning protects manager-placed shifts

When demand shifts, AOS replanning fills the gaps in a draft roster while preserving every shift a manager has already placed — instead of tearing up the whole week.

Approval workflows built to scale

Configurable schedule and forecast approval gates, day/week/month views, and one-click fixed-shift loading give every store a controlled, auditable path from draft to published roster — running in parallel across hundreds of stores.

Scheduling

Build the week in minutes, not evenings

Auto-Optimised Scheduling turns your forecast into a costed, compliant roster for every location — so your managers stop rebuilding the same schedule and start running the shift. Explore the screen they work in.

One screen for every store you run

Schedules opens on the week your GM needs, for whichever location they're standing in. No spreadsheet, no version control, no Sunday night rebuild.

  1. Week view first — the view a trading week actually runs on.
  2. Every location a manager owns, from the same login.
  3. Above-store visibility without commissioning another report.

Plan a trading day or a trading quarter

Day parts, weeks, months — the same roster at whatever range the decision needs.

  1. Day view for a promo, a rush or a new store opening.
  2. Week view for the rota your crew plans their life around.
  3. Month view for holiday cover and seasonal peaks.
  4. Print for the crew room — paper still wins back of house.

Operators who build four weeks ahead give crew the notice that keeps them.

See the roster the way you think about labour

Group and colour the week by role, cost or approval state. Coverage gaps and cost creep show up on screen, not in next month's P&L.

  1. Group by role, job category, employee type or post status.
  2. Colour by shift status or by role.
  3. Sort by start or end time to see how the day actually stacks.
  4. Hide earnings detail when the screen sits somewhere public.

Time off, swaps and drops — handled between rushes

Requests arrive in one queue with the coverage impact already worked out, so a GM answers in seconds instead of after close.

  1. One queue for time off, swaps and shift drops.
  2. The impact on coverage shown before you decide.
  3. Potential replacements ranked with the cost of each.
  4. Every approval available in the Manager Mobile App.

Your best week, reusable forever

Turn the roster that actually works into a template. New managers and new stores inherit a proven pattern instead of guessing at one.

  1. Week and shift templates built from any week you've already run.
  2. The same operating pattern across every location in the group.
  3. A new GM onboards into a schedule that already works.
  4. Drag, copy and right-click to adjust in seconds.

Managers are scheduled four to five weeks ahead, so the leadership rota is never the bottleneck.

The roster writes itself

AOS builds a full, compliant week from your approved forecast, availability, contracts and skills — optimising cost, coverage and fairness at the same time.

  1. Built from the approved forecast, not last week's copy.
  2. Balances labour cost against coverage, day part by day part.
  3. Keeps the shifts your managers placed and fills the rest.
  4. Auto-publish releases each week at the legal notice period.

Assign LZ_AOS and the engine decides where that person is needed, using only roles they're cleared to work.

Know where the week stands in one look

Colour carries the state of every shift, so a manager scans the week and sees only what still needs them.

  1. Grey unposted, green accepted, yellow pending, red declined.
  2. Light blue where AOS still has a shift to place.
  3. Black where a shift falls outside someone's availability.
  4. Drag, copy or reassign without opening a single dialogue.

Compliance priced in before you post

The rules engine checks breaks, young-worker limits and skill levels while the shift is still a draft — the cheapest possible place to catch a breach.

  1. Break, minor and skill-level rules applied as you build.
  2. Auto-break spaces breaks away from your busiest trading.
  3. Every alert resolved before the schedule is allowed to post.
  4. Post once — everyone assigned is notified.

See Scheduling in action for your stores.

Watch AOS build a compliant roster and auto-publish release it on schedule — then talk to a specialist about rolling Scheduling out across your fleet.