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03 · PLANOptimal pattern calculation

The shifts that cover the plan.

The engine calculates the shifts that cover your position plan — checked against your rule set.

Settings

Economical or employee-friendly.

Economical or employee-friendly, normal or long shifts, briefing at the start or the end of duty.

From position plan Herbst 2026 01.09.2026 – 31.12.2026 8 positions · peak 6
Calculation Employee-friendlyEconomical
Shift length NormalLong
Briefing StartEndBothNone

Example · economical, long shifts preferred, briefing at the end

Result

The required shifts per weekday.

Rostify returns the required shifts per weekday, checks them against your rule set and marks the shift types you don’t have yet.

Rostify optimal pattern calculated from the position plan: 1,160.6 h per week against 1,255.8 h for the existing shifts
FIG. 01 — Optimal pattern from position planScreenshot
  1. 1Calculation: employee-friendly or economical.
  2. 2Optimal against existing shifts, hours per week.
  3. 3Every result checked against the rule set.
  4. 4Shift types that don’t exist yet — create them in one step.

In figures

Fewer hours. Every position covered.

1,160.6 h
per week — optimal pattern
−95.2 h
per week vs. existing shifts (−7.6 %)
0
uncovered positions
0
rule violations

Example unit · pattern for December 2026 · economical, long shifts preferred, briefing at the end.

03Position plan. Every position. Every 15, 30 or 60 minutes. 03Shift patterns. What must be staffed. Day by day. 02Rest, fatigue and duty limits. Every rule. Every action.

Optimal pattern

From position plan to shifts.

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