94 results about "Work shift" patented technology

A cash recycling machine (11) is connected in a network with a computer (10) and other recycling equipment (12), the cash recycling machine (11) having an input device (18) for receiving cash, a sorter (31) for sorting the cash into a plurality of hopper assemblies (26–29), a controller (21) responsive to inputs from a user in a first operating cycle of the machine to cause the hopper assemblies (26–29) to dispense an amount of sorted cash to a cash drawer and to store the amount of dispensed cash in memory in association with a user account number, the controller (21) being responsive to input of a batch of cash and the user account number in a second cycle to count the cash received, and to compare the amount of cash received with the amount of cash dispensed to determine a net amount of cash associated with the user. The controller (21) has the ability to track transactions of employees through the work shift for reconciliation at the end of the work shift and to report results to a central accounting computer.

The present invention is directed, in part, to a system and methods for human resources management and efficient, online and mobile guidance on assisting job seekers in locating and securing temporary or permanent job opportunities. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and methods for performing substitute fulfillment, including identifying acceptable substitute employees / professionals, job opportunity review, real time employee availability, skill set review for employers / clients, appointment scheduling and establishing network connections amongst employers / clients and employees / professionals for both current and future job opportunities that arise in which qualified employees / professionals are paired with appropriate employers / clients whom are seeking to fill either temporary or permanent positions. Even more specifically, the present invention relates to a system and methods that employs online and mobile device capability by pairing available employees / professionals whom possess pertinent skill sets with employers / clients seeking to fill current or future works shifts or job opportunities with employees / professionals possessing such skill sets.

Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for event synchronized reporting in an process control system are disclosed. Events may be synchronized by a synchronization parameter, whose instances of occurrence may be non-contiguous in time. Examples of synchronization parameters may include a work shift, a work group, an individual's on-duty time, a logged-on period of an individual, the execution times of a process control entity, a batch run type, and a procedure or sub-unit of a batch run. Instances of occurrence of the synchronization parameter may be recorded into a process control event database. Event synchronized reports may contain at least one synchronization value based on both the instances of occurrence of the synchronization parameter as well as historical process control data. Data from various historian databases may be accessed from process control system tools and integrated into a single report.

A procedure is provided by which a worker is able to alter his or her work schedule using a computer system. The worker accesses work shift positions that have been designated as being alterable and chooses one as a selected work shift position. That selection may also specify a wage at the worker is willing to be compensated for staffing the selected work shift position. The computer system determines whether the worker is qualified to perform the tasks associated with the selected work shift position. If qualified, the worker is scheduled into the selected work shift position. The computer system also may provide a mechanism by which two workers can trade previously scheduled work shift positions.

Operations of a shift worker platform include receiving a shifter designation command designating an employee of a common employer entity to become one of a plurality of shifters and receiving available shift data generated using an interactive job provider client calendar, the available shift data representing an available work shift of a job provider client of the common employer entity. The operations further include establishing one or more matches between the available shift data and the plurality of shifters, updating an interactive shifter calendar of each of the matching shifters to include a visual representation of the available work shift, and receiving shift selection data generated using the shifter calendar of one of the matching shifters, the shift selection data including a selection of the available work shift by the shifter. The operations further include updating the job provider client calendar to include a visual representation of the selection.

Call center agent training is provided on a non-scheduled basis and is characterized as having a duration that is less than a scheduling interval used to schedule the agent for their work shift, as well as schedule other activities in the work shift. The delivery of snippet training content may be triggered by various conditions, including in response to: a request for training originating from the agent, a period of continuous call processing activity of the agent, various agent performance metrics, or probabilistically assigned to an agent in a group. Various parameters may selectively limit provision of a snippet training session. The agents provided with training are placed in an unavailable state prior to the snippet training session, and placed back into an available state afterwards. The snippet training content may be variously structured and can be grouped together to form an e-learning course delivered to the agent.

A method and apparatus for analyzing the nature, location, position and orientation of hand hygiene dispensers within a facility and correlating that information with the usage experienced by each specific dispensers in order to correlate usage with physical characteristics of the dispenser, its location and position. Dispensers of various types are provided with data chips and acquire data correlating usage with the date and time of a dispensing cycle. The physical parameters associated with each dispenser are also known and recorded. All of this data is downloaded periodically into a database that assess such data in order to correlate usage of hand hygiene dispensers with parameters such as the nature of the dispenser, its location, position and orientation, time of day, work shift and the like. From this data, parameters can be defined that will optimize the use and positioning of hand hygiene dispensers within a facility such as a health care unit, hotel, restaurant or the like. According to one embodiment of the invention, the data is acquired by a reader or transponder that communicates with the data chip of the various dispensers using infrared or ultrasonic signal transmission. This acquired data is downloaded into a data processor for the analysis and optimization of dispenser positioning.

The invention relates to an automatic scheduling method for urban public bus lines, in particular to a method for processing vehicle dispatching data by utilizing data uploaded by a vehicle-mounted terminal, which solves the problems of poor real-time and effectiveness of manual scheduling. The method comprises the following steps: a database logins information of all vehicles, sites and lines, and establishes relevant corresponding relation tables; a control center receives entry and exit data and passenger flow data which are uploaded by the vehicles in real time through mobile communication and stores the data into the database; the database calculates time-segmented average travel time and average passenger flow volume of all the lines every day; the control center determines time-segmented departure intervals by using the time-segmented average passenger flow volume of the lines, automatically draws up static uplink and downlink work shift tables of the lines by combining with the time-segmented average travel time, resolves the static uplink and downlink work shift tables into booking sheets of the vehicles, and issues the booking sheets to the vehicles for execution through mobile communication; and the control center monitors the running state of the vehicles, automatically finds out substitutes when vehicles delay and amends the two work shift tables to form the booking sheets which are issued to the vehicles for execution through mobile communication.

An acuity level is assigned to each inpatient at a medical facility and an employee scheduling program uses the patient acuity levels to calculate the number of employees that are required to provide care to the patients. A profile is compiled for each employee specifying that person's patient care capability. The calculated number of employees and the employee profiles are used to schedule employees during the work shifts at the medical facility. At various points in time, the actual amount of time an each employee has worked and the amount of time each employee is scheduled to work in the future are utilized to project whether an employee will work overtime. A supervisor is alerted to projected overtime and may reschedule employees to avoid incurring overtime.

A method for pre-populating an end of shift submission by an employee of a transportation company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU at a client associated with the employee to implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to supply particulars relating to a work shift for a member of a crew during a particular transportation trip. The GUI including a plurality of information capture fields for displaying particulars of the shift. The method comprises identifying among a plurality of data records, a data record associated with the particular trip, receiving data elements at the client derived from the record associated with the particular trip and pre-populating the information display fields with the respective data elements. Allowing the employee to edit one or more of the pre-populated information display fields.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a working and a redundant shift register for driving the gate lines of the display. A plurality of repair lines RL1-RLn run in parallel with the plurality of gate lines GL1-GLn between the working shift register whose stages are arranged to one side of the display and the redundant shift register whose stages are arranged on the opposite side of the display. Initially the repair lines are not connected to either of the shift registers and the gate lines are only connected to the outputs of the working shift register. Both the working and the redundant shift register are connected to receive the same input driving signals. When a defect is discovered in the working shift register, a laser beam is used to disconnect the output of the defective shift register stage from its gate line. A laser beam is then used to connect end of the repair line to receive the input signal for the defective stage and connect the other end of the repair line to deliver the input signal to the input terminal of the corresponding stage of the redundant shift register. The output terminal of the corresponding stage of the redundant shift register is connected to normally unconnected end of the gate line from the defective stage so as to deliver output to the stage of working register following the defective stage.

A method for identifying medical diverters includes identifying users having similar job functions. Use data indicative of user access to a medication dispensing system is retrieved and is analyzed to identify periods of use of the system for users. Boundaries of work shifts are determined and users are organized into work shifts based on periods of use. A comparison period is determined. Diversion data indicative of behavior associated with diversion for each user is identified. A diversion score indicative of a likelihood that a user is diverting medication is generated by averaging the data by shifts worked for each user and statistically comparing the averaged data. Diversion scores are combined for a medication type to generate a group score. A consistency factor is determined and an overall score is generated. A determination whether any overall scores exceed an overall threshold is made. Users whose score exceeds the threshold are flagged.

The invention relates to a method for setting process parameters of a stainless steel strip steel withdrawal and straightening machine unit. The method is characterized in that a set of systemic method for setting the process parameters of a stainless steel withdrawal and straightening machine is established by utilizing finite element software to establish a simulation model and applying the stepwise regression principle to set the process parameters such as insertion depths and tension values of a 1# roller, a 2# roller and a 3# roller of a withdrawal and straightening machine, and optimization is achieved by combining application effects of actual production. By means of the method, defects of a wave plate shape and a warping plate shape easily occurring in the production of thinner stainless steel strip steel are eliminated well, theoretical guidance and technical support are provided for withdrawal and straightening of stainless steel, and quality of strip steel is greatly improved. Besides, a process parameter query and addition system interface has strong visuality so that the production is scientific and systematic, and the problem that the process parameters of work shifts are different due to personal experience factors of operators is solved. An adding system guarantees that technical personnel can add process parameters capable of enabling strip steel to obtain good plate shapes after a series of statistics according to actual conditions, so that a database can be kept updated frequently, and process parameter setting can be improved and optimized continuously. Therefore, the method for setting the process parameters of the stainless steel strip steel withdrawal and straightening machine unit has a wide application prospect.

The invention provides a power assembly for a two-shift motor vehicle. A driving motor is integrally connected with a two-shift transmission so as to form a modularized power assembly which is simple to assemble and maintain. The transmission of the power assembly is a speed-change mechanism with two working shifts, namely a low-speed shift and a high-speed shift. The vehicle runs by using the low-speed shift while climbing under a heavy load and runs by using the high-speed shift while running on smooth road surface under a light road. The speed-change mechanism is implemented by using a synchronizer on a second shaft, and is jointed with a low-speed or a high-speed driven gear respectively through the synchronizer so as to realize low-speed and high-speed operations. The power assembly for the two-shift motor vehicle has a compact structure and flexible and convenient operation, and can reduce rated power for driving the motor.

A method of and system for handling allocation of task work to resources with flexibly configured availability contours (work calendars) is disclosed. The method includes defining one or more base calendars, a resource calendar associated with each resource, wherein the resource calendar inherits from a base calendar. A calendar reader, a set of recurring exception records, and a set of effective weeks for each calendar are also defined. For a specific date, the method determines whether an exception exists in one of the base calendar and resource calendar, and if an exception exists, computes a cached effective week honoring the exception data from an associated recurring exception record. If an exception does not exist, a cached effective week for the resource is computed from a combination of the calendar's standard week and associated effective week records. The cached effective week is contains day state information (working shifts) for the resource for each weekday of the calendar week surrounding the initially requested date. The cached effective week can then used by a scheduling engine to schedule task work for the resource honoring the intended availability contour. The disclosure can also be thought of as describing a system which includes a processor and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor. The memory contains a series of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to define one or more base calendar and a resource calendar associated with each resource. Each resource calendar inherits from the base calendar. The processor also defines a calendar reader, a set of recurring exception records, and a set of effective week records for each calendar. For a specific date, the processor determines whether an exception exists in one of the base calendar and resource calendar. If an exception exists, it computes a cached effective week including the exception from the associated recurring exception record. If an exception does not exist, it computes the cached effective week using a combination of the calendar's standard week and associated effective week entries. In both cases, the cached effective week is kept for subsequent use in establishing day state information (shift times) for the resource for each weekday of the calendar week surrounding the initially requested date.

A method of balancing workload using critical dates and including the following steps: (a) assigning a promised delivery date to orders received from customers; (b) identifying one or more tasks associated with each of the orders; (c) assigning an expedited date or a customer requested date to each of the tasks of some of the orders; (d) determining a work start date for each of the one or more tasks in each of the orders; (e) assigning a first priority to tasks having a work start date D; (f) assigning a second priority to tasks scheduled to begin on day D+n and having the expedited date; (g) assigning a third priority to tasks scheduled to begin on day D+n and having the customer requested date; (h) setting n equal to a value of 1; (i) working on tasks during a work shift based on order of priority, wherein work on a lower priority task is not commenced until work on all tasks with higher priorities has been completed; (j) increasing n by an increment of 1; and (k) repeating steps (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) until the work shift for day D has ended.

System and method for automated scheduling and creation of gangs of individual jobs for production. Individual jobs and related production parameters and order information are retained electronically in a database of pending jobs awaiting production. Based on production capacity at the production facility and the production parameters of the individual pending jobs in the database, a plurality of gang shells having defined production parameters, but not having specific individual jobs associated therewith, are defined and used for scheduling equipment and personnel at the production facility during a work shift or other desired period of time. The specific individual jobs for a gang are selected from the database relatively shortly prior to the gang's scheduled production time.

A system and method for scheduling healthcare workers that includes a healthcare worker database containing information obtained from healthcare worker registries, healthcare facility databases, instructions to search for available healthcare workers from the healthcare worker database to fill an open work shift of a healthcare facility based on the facility's preferences, instructions to display information relating to the healthcare workers available to fill the unfilled healthcare facility shift, an automated response system for automatically contacting an available healthcare worker or workers with details of the unfilled shift, and instructions to obtain a response from the available healthcare worker or workers either accepting or rejecting the unfilled shift.

A procedure is provided by which a worker is able to alter his or her work schedule using a computer system. The worker accesses work shift positions that have been designated as being alterable and chooses one as a selected work shift position. That selection may also specify a wage at the worker is willing to be compensated for staffing the selected work shift position. The computer system determines whether the worker is qualified to perform the tasks associated with the selected work shift position. If qualified, the worker is scheduled into the selected work shift position. The computer system also may provide a mechanism by which two workers can trade previously scheduled work shift positions.

The present invention is directed, in part, to a system and methods for human resources management and efficient, online and mobile guidance on assisting job seekers in locating and securing temporary or permanent job opportunities. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and methods for performing substitute fulfillment, including identifying acceptable substitute employees / professionals, job opportunity review, real time employee availability, skill set review for employers / clients, appointment scheduling and establishing network connections amongst employers / clients and employees / professionals for both current and future job opportunities that arise in which qualified employees / professionals are paired with appropriate employers / clients whom are seeking to fill either temporary or permanent positions. Even more specifically, the present invention relates to a system and methods that employs online and mobile device capability by pairing available employees / professionals whom possess pertinent skill sets with employers / clients seeking to fill current or future works shifts or job opportunities with employees / professionals possessing such skill sets.

A computer system for allowing employees to be scheduled is described. The system is accessed through a website in the preferred embodiment. Information on the various employees is stored in the system. Employees can log-in to the system to check their schedules and sign-up work unassigned work times. The system also has the notion of a routine, which is a set of requirements on a work time. For example, only a subset of the employees may be qualified to perform the routine; the routine must be started between certain times during the day; the routine must be performed during a work shift whose length falls within a given range. Routines can be specified as needed to be done on certain days of the week and the system can verify that the needed work times are accordingly scheduled.

The medical sack is lightweight, simplified in design and construction, and able to store therein a variety of personal and medical items of a user during the work shift within a medical environment. The medical sack evenly distributes the weight of the items stored therein upon the back of the user permitting easy access for quick retrieval.

A system and method for assigning employees that are schedule to work at a brick and mortar retail store location to coverage areas within the retail store and / or tasks associated with those coverage areas. The system and method takes into account the required coverage area times of each coverage area within the store location, the master schedule of employees available to work within a defined time period that is provided by a schedule management system, and management's preferences regarding coverage area priorities for or associated with certain employees, and then automatically assigns coverage to the scheduled employees based on all those variables. The system and method identifies individuals whose scheduled work shift overlaps with required coverage area times and who are preferred to work in the coverage area and assigns such individuals to work in the coverage area during the overlapping time period (or a portion thereof).