Complex Workforce Management made Easy
PDC Plan boosts efficiency, staff engagement through fair scheduling and accurate pay, cuts cost, ensures compliance, and provides valuable data for better decisions.
PDC Plan - Workforce Management Software
PDC Plan is AI-powered workforce management software that optimises labor resources by integrating scheduling, time and attendance tracking, labor forecasting, and payroll processing.
At first glance, workforce management may seem straightforward—simply creating schedules and tracking hours. However, many organisations face a far more complex reality. They must balance fluctuating demand, human factors, legal requirements, skill constraints, and ongoing operational disruptions.
This is where PDC’s core competencies come into play. When roster planning becomes complex, our solutions help organisations optimise resources, maintain compliance, and respond quickly to changing conditions.
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Complex Workforce Management by Industries
At PDC, we support organisations where planning is a critical part of daily operations. Our solution is built for complex environments where staffing, rules, qualifications, absences, and continuous changes must be balanced within one integrated planning process. PDC Plan supports both long-term and short-term planning, making it possible to work in a structured way across different planning horisons and operational needs. Below you find industries where PDC Plan is already in use.
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Airport Ground Handling
Disruptions, unpredictability and fluctuations in aviation are everyday life for shift planners working in airlines, airports and ground handling providers.
Public Services
Supports both the “planning” and “production” phases. Configurable dispatch functions allow planners to make necessary adjustments as situations change.
Hospitals
Hospitals are staffed 24/7, requiring precise planning with a mix of roles and skills.
Eldercare
At nursing homes, rosters must comply with contractual rules – not to mention individual staff preferences.
Ferries
Transport providers must ensure reliable service while managing operational and regulatory constraints.
Prison Services
Around the clock hours are reflected in the employees’ salary calculations, which must consider inconvenient working hours, holidays, etc.
Emergency Services
EMS workforce planning in a world characterized by contractual requirements to quick response and demands.
Retail
Major challenges for retailers are long opening hours, many part-time workers, fluctuating customer numbers and strict trade union rules.
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Workforce Management by Planning Methods
PDC’s workforce management solution is designed to address the scheduling requirements of organisations across two broad categories. Specifically, the solution supports organisations with different operational challenges, workforce structures, and planning needs.
- Basic planning
- Complex planning
Basic Planning
- Little fluctuation in demand
- Fixed number of staff
- Compliance with work rules, legislation and norm-hours
- Activities are planned during each shift
Demand Based Planning
- Production demand created from tasks
- Demand changes over time
- Defined staff skills
- Compliance with work rules
Automated Planning
- Many staff with same skills
- Combine demand, requests, rules, fairness, norm hours, etc.
- Demand of skilled staff per time
- Meet production demand with existing staff resources
Function Planning
- Focus on coverage of “areas of responsibility” or “functions”
- Staff have changing functions
- Planning focus is the “task”
- Compliance with skills, demand, work rules, etc.
Self-Planning
- Tasks are available to staff
- Task constraints
- Staff plan their own work to fulfill norm hours
Project Planning
- Projects need qualified staff for a time frame
- A staff member can work on multiple projects
- Time tracking per person per project
Daily Dispatch
- Day-of-operation task assignment
- Manages staff and equipment
- Manages constant changes
- Manages skills, work rules, etc.
Why Select PDC's Workforce Management Software?
A comprehensive rule engine manages both organisational rules and employee preferences, ensuring equal and fair treatment in accordance with established policies and procedures. Furthermore, since 1987, we have developed shift planning software in close collaboration with users. As a result, our solutions reflect the real-world challenges and day-to-day needs of shift planners.
Is PDC Plan workforce management software an all-in-one solution?
Yes, the PDC solution embraces the entire workforce management process, from long-term planning and mid-term scheduling to day-of-operation dispatch and payroll processing. Furthermore, the system creates multi-discipline rosters while taking into account each employee’s skills, leave requests, and working patterns. As a result, organizations can optimize workforce utilization while maintaining fairness, compliance, and operational efficiency.
How does PDC Plan workforce management create value for my organisation?
Good roster planning is not just about filling shifts. Instead, it serves as a strategic tool that reduces costs, ensures compliance, improves staff well-being, and ultimately delivers a smoother, safer, and more reliable service for both employees and customers.
Furthermore, the PDC workforce management solution includes a wide range of features designed to create measurable value. As a result, organisations can eliminate administrative tasks, reduce absences, and improve overall workforce efficiency.
What does PDC Plan workforce management include?
PDC Workforce Management includes:
- PDC Plan – A powerful, predictive, compliant, employee-friendly roster planning system
- PDC MyPlan – An employee app that enables staff involvement in planning
- PDC TeamPlan – A manager app that assists with day-to-day management
- PDC ClockPoint – A time registration feature
How can workforce management empower my staff?
You can empower your staff with PDC Workforce Management by giving them greater influence over their work plans.
In particular, the employee app, MyPlan, provides flexibility and autonomy by allowing employees to contribute directly to the roster. For example, they can submit preferences for duty hours and time off, as well as swap shifts independently.
As a result, employees gain a better work–life balance. Ultimately, this improves the overall work environment and helps reduce absenteeism.
Is PDC Plan workforce management safe and compliant?
PDC Workforce Management is proven to comply with an unlimited number of even very complex work rules. In addition, a comprehensive rule engine ensures that all rules and submitted employee preferences are properly controlled and managed.
As a result, all staff are treated equally and fairly in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Does PDC Plan workforce management reduce my administrative tasks?
PDC workforce management has been developed in close collaboration with our customers over many years. As a result, users can recognise how many tasks have become automated, and they can confidently create rosters that are both efficient and compliant.
Furthermore, auto-rostering and self-rostering significantly reduce planning efforts. In addition, providing staff with easy access to relevant information helps reduce a large number of inquiries to planners and payroll teams.
Is PDC Plan workforce management suitable for large companies and organisations?
Strict workforce management systems have become especially important in large companies because complexity scales quickly. Without structure, operations can break down rapidly.
Furthermore, large companies generate vast amounts of workforce data, including attendance, productivity, and absenteeism. Therefore, organisations must turn this data into actionable insights. This enables better demand forecasting, improved efficiency, and earlier identification of potential problems.
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Denmark’s Prisons
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Molslinjen
Danpilot
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Gjaldstovan
Coop
Toldstyrelsen
Finavia
AirTransat
DSB
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Workforce Management Testimonials
“With PDC StaffPlan we have a planning and scheduling tool that can import the expected figures for ticket sales, validate that there are the required qualifications on each departure, and ensure that we comply with working time regulations. For employees, there is the benefit that instead of a printed roster, they have an online roster directly on their phone.”
Molslinjen"Denmark's Prisons have 4,500 employees and we calculate salaries for everyone in PDC StaffPlan. The solution was chosen after a tender, where PDC StaffPlan won, among other things because the solution could support our requirements for compliance with our various collective agreements and contribute to creating a more uniform way of carrying out shift planning. PDC has contributed to a coherent rollout process, and the issues that have arisen have been resolved quickly and efficiently."
Denmark’s Prisons“We appreciate that PDC challenges our way of thinking about shift planning. This is the collaboration we look for in a supplier. PDC StaffPlan is fantastic for our business. Employee involvement saves a lot of time and administration. We need to meet our employees where they are, and this includes having a mobile solution.”
Falck