Finding the right balance between logistical efficiency and employee fatigue is a constant challenge across all modes of transportation. For 25 years CIRCADIAN has worked across every transportation sector to find creative win-win solutions to dispatching, scheduling, training and staffing issues.
Challenges
- Variable workload. To meet customer needs, the transit schedules have inherent peaks in morning and afternoon rush hours. Scheduling these peaks can be a challenge without utilizing a preponderance of “split” schedules.
- Scheduling concerns. Because of the need for split schedules, employees often are forced to work long hours with minimal time at home on work days.
- Fatigue management plans. Gone are the days when simply having a fatigue management plan met the regulatory needs.
- Maximizing schedule efficiency. Much care goes into maximizing utilizing equipment and crews. Deadheading and unproductive costs must be minimized to keep costs under control.
- Aging workforce. As the average age of transit employees increases, focus is turning to maintaining healthcare as well as recruiting and retaining new employees.
How CIRCADIAN can help you
- Staffing Level Analysis. Using CIRCADIAN’s staffing software for transit, we can identify the ideal number of employees and crews to meet operational needs.
- Shift Schedule Optimization. CIRCADIAN works with both managers and employees to identify a set of ideal schedule solutions to meet business and family/social needs as well as minimize the need for split schedules.
- Fatigue Risk Management Systems. Comprehensive fatigue management programs will map out the course of action to maintain high safety standards while reducing costs associated with fatigue-related errors and incidents.
- Managing a Shiftwork Lifestyle. These programs assist shiftworkers with managing their personal health, which will help minimize healthcare costs and reduce turnover and absenteeism.