+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 2 of 2

Need help with scheduling, can excel do it??

Hybrid View

needalottahelp Need help with scheduling,... 02-19-2012, 02:51 PM
mrice Re: Need help with... 02-19-2012, 04:43 PM
  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    02-19-2012
    Location
    new york
    MS-Off Ver
    Excel 2003
    Posts
    1

    Need help with scheduling, can excel do it??

    Hello guys and girls,

    Just registered here, I'm assuming this is the best place to get excel answers!

    This is what I need excel to do for me.. I have about 40 employees, all with various availabilities. At our work we have two shifts, A and B, first being from 1030-330 and the other 330-to close. Each person can have less than or equal to 5 shifts per week. Is there any way I could create a template that will do the scheduling for me? Any other suggestions on how to approach this? Thank you in advance.

    Brian

  2. #2
    Forum Expert mrice's Avatar
    Join Date
    06-22-2004
    Location
    Surrey, England
    MS-Off Ver
    Excel 2013
    Posts
    4,967

    Re: Need help with scheduling, can excel do it??

    This can be done but may need some significant coding based upon experience of doing this sort of thing before (allocating people to training courses based upon their availability).

    The basic idea is to work out the number of shifts that each person is available for. Sort these so that the least available person is first. Then allocate this person at random. Then take the next least available person and find a gap for them randomly selecting from the remaining places. Keep going until everyone is allocated or you reach a stalemate where there is no match. If the latter is the case, start the process again and keep going until you get a solution.
    Martin

+ Reply to Thread

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 RC 1