PeopleMatter SCHEDULE Review

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PeopleMatter
2009
Charleston, SC

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47,000
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Product Overview

This review will focus on PeopleMatter SCHEDULE. We’ve reviewed PeopleMatter LEARN in our LMS section.

PeopleMatter SCHEDULE is an employee scheduling software for service-oriented industries, such as retail, food and hospitality. The software works in four steps:

1. Manager creates the schedule with SCHEDULE’s schedule maker, templates or availabilities feature
2. Manager sends out schedule to all employees electronically
3. Manager coordinates any shift changes or time-off requests
4. Manager finds ways of making scheduling better, such as with reports, forecasting or cost control

PeopleMatter SCHEDULE provides several benefits, such as:

• Reducing labor costs, as reporting and analytics can help managers see what worked with scheduling and what didn’t
• Electronic scheduling so there are no hassles with using paper schedules
• Multiple ways of communicating schedules to employees and finding last-minute replacements (e.g., smartphone app, text, email, SCHEDULE’s built-in digital assistant)
• Mobile app so employees can check their schedules and request time off
• Ease of maintaining employee schedules if company has multiple locations
• Improved customer service, since scheduling software helps determine if enough employees are available during busy shifts

SCHEDULE integrates with third-party point-of-sale systems, as well as time and attendance software, so managers can pull data from either solution to guide them in better shift coverage.

Features

There are many features in PeopleMatter SCHEDULE, including:

• Templates for creating new schedules or reusing older ones
• Availabilities feature for viewing employee availability across locations, jobs and time-off requests
• Ability to change schedules on the fly
• Ability for managers and employees to track time-off requests anytime, anywhere
• Ability to black out specific dates so employees can’t request time off during busy periods
• Ability to hide shift start/shift end times from employees
• Ability to add unassigned shifts to weekly schedules
• Ability to assign tasks to employees
• Built-in voice-controlled digital assistant (Call D) for checking and managing schedules
• Mobile employee and manager contact list
• Reports that can be drilled down from companywide to employee level
• Real-time alerts/notifications so businesses can stay compliant
• Ability to adjust permissions to see who can view/manage schedules

Target Market

PeopleMatter SCHEDULE is targeted specifically to service-oriented industries, such as retail, restaurant and hospitality.

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Implementation/Integration

Since PeopleMatter is a Web-based system, its implementation process is shorter than that of an on-premise solution.

Its standard implementation process is as follows:

• Settings training – This is a webinar that provides training for the client to configure PeopleMatter settings.
• Workflow review session – During the course of two sessions, PeopleMatter and the client review and finalize configurations.
• Primary admin training – This is a training webinar intended for a client’s corporate HR and project team.
• Front-line manager training – This training is intended for a client’s front-line managers.
• Post go-live check-in – The implementation process is wrapped up and transitioned to PeopleMatter’s customer support team.

In addition to the training mentioned above, PeopleMatter offers instructor-led and recorded webinars on a weekly basis. Clients can also receive a copy of a recorded training session that’s customized especially for them.

For large organizations, PeopleMatter offers its premium roll-out package that consists of the following:

• Wave Launch Enablement
• Job Impact Analysis
• Change Management
• Communications Planning
• Operations-Team Training
• Front-Line Training
• Community Learning
• Testing Sandbox and Job Aids
• Adoption Review
• Support

Customer Service & Support

PeopleMatter has a Knowledge Base for users to find guides and videos. Users can also communicate with each other in a community forum. There’s a dedicated section for LEARN that includes FAQs.

Users can contact tech support via phone or by submitting a request from their PeopleMatter accounts.

Pricing

PeopleMatter offers three pricing plans: PeopleMatter Go, PeopleMatter Pro and PeopleMatter Enterprise. The PeopleMatter Go plan starts at $89 a month and is for small businesses looking for basic features. Specific prices aren’t available on the Pro and Enterprise plans. Please contact them directly for a price quote.

Shortcomings

PeopleMatter SCHEDULE is targeted to very specific industry niches. Companies in other industries may want to check out our other time clock software.

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About

PeopleMatter is a workforce management software company designed for specific service industry niches (retail and hospitality). Its solutions help the service industry automate hiring and managing processes, especially in large organizations with multiple locations.

In addition to PeopleMatter SCHEDULE, other solutions include PeopleMatter HIRE, PeopleMatter LEARN and PeopleMatter PERFORM.

As suggested by its name, PeopleMatter focuses on how people matter, and the company stands by its five core values: integrity, teamwork, innovation, excellence and service.

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