Police Departments Use Online Scheduling Tool SubItUp to Help Maximize Staff Resources and Drastically Cut Overtime Costs

BOSTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- SubItUp, the online scheduling and shift-swapping application, today announced that it contributed to significant overtime cost savings for the Manchester, NH police department by deploying a real-time schedule management system and automated shift swapping system.

"By allowing officers to manage their schedules within police vehicles, SubItUp has increased the amount of time an officer remains on patrol and reduced the time spent on paperwork," commented David J. Mara, Chief of Police for the Manchester Police Department. "The scheduling manager in our department can now generate a full roster for nearly 250 employees in just four minutes, whereas before it would take several hours. SubItUp's automatic schedule-generating tool allows us the freedom to be more involved with patrolling efforts, thus making the streets of Manchester safer."

SubItUp is a web-based scheduling tool which allows an organization's staff to login from anywhere in the world to request time off, swap a shift with another employee or to simply check work schedules. Employees can set up their own schedules and swap schedules at no cost. Employers can use SubItUp as a cost-effective tool in place of existing scheduling systems to assign and manage staff schedules and rosters, oversee schedule swapping, manage overtime, and dynamically monitor staffing levels. SubItUp offers a tool specifically tailored to police and fire departments, first responders, and state law agencies, which offers unique tools for these industries.  To date, the Manchester Police Department has used this tool to generate more than 14,000 shifts and complete approximately 1800 shift modifications, which include schedule swapping, shift drops, and shift additions.  

"We understand that shift scheduling is a complex task and have created a solution for anyone who has ever experienced frustration with trying to create a schedule that works for the most people at any given time," commented Bob Cote, CEO of SubItUp. "Departments realize that it is important to try to accommodate personnel schedule requests, but the paperwork and logistical process of requesting even a simple shift change can make that all but impossible. SubItUp simplifies this process, tracks all the information with its reporting features, minimizing scheduling errors. This system is the first-of-its-kind for law enforcement professionals."

SubItUp requires no software installation, expensive upgrades, or training to get the system up and running. Instead of weeks or months of system "configuration," SubItUp allows organizations to have a sophisticated scheduling system functional and live in less than one day.

"Every department has existing scheduling processes, personnel rules and shift structures," continued Cote. "SubItUp features customization because what works for one department may not work for another. No other tool offers the flexibility to easily manage schedules across multiple departments, locations, positions, jobs, contractors, vendors and assignments."

SubItUp gives departments the most cost-effective and easy-to-use scheduling tool available, demonstrating an immediate ROI to organizations. By using SubItUp, personnel are able to spend a few minutes working on scheduling then focus attention on more productive, important, or revenue-generating tasks. As a hosted service, employees and managers can login from the web, send an email, or use SMS text messaging to check schedules and collaborate on swaps and shift changes.

SubItUp in an excellent scheduling tool choice for anyone making, managing, or working scheduled shifts in a number of industries. For more information, please visit www.subitup.com.

About SubItUp

SubItUp.com reduces the cost and complexity of managing shift-based schedules by allowing managers and employees to efficiently collaborate on schedule creation and shift changes. SubItUp's offerings have been developed based on operational experience of its markets, including retail, restaurant, manufacturing, police, fire, and healthcare. By collaborating with customers, SubItUp delivers solutions which directly impact the bottom line by reducing time and resources consumed by traditional means of creating schedules and managing the complex process of shift swaps and changes. Founded in 2008, SubItUp is based in Boston, MA, and offers services globally.

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