Schedule-Ease DEMO ------------------ Version 2.0 Copyright 1995 Robert S. and Robert A. Mace. All rights reserved. *************************************************************** This is a working demonstration copy of the employee scheduling program, Schedule-Ease. It allows you to test all of the features of the commercial program, but you cannot add or delete employees or departments. You can make, save, and print schedules using the sample data included, as well as print reports, employee lists, and graphs. To install the demo, go to the Windows Program Manager FILE menu and select RUN. Type the name of the directory where the program is and SETUP (e.g. A:\SETUP). To get started, run the program, then select New Schedule from the File menu. Click OK and a new blank schedule will be generated. To see the power of Schedule-Ease, select Auto Schedule from the Schedule menu and click OK. A complete schedule will be generated in seconds based on the sample information. If you have any questions, call us at (513) 563-8762. *************************************************************** INTRODUCTION ------------ Schedule-Ease is the first program at a reasonable cost which actually *makes* an employee schedule for you. Unlike other programs which merely show your schedule in fancier graphics, or keep track of the schedules you make, Schedule-Ease will take all the pertinent information, put it all together for you, and create a weekly schedule, complete with days, times, shifts, departments, hours, rate-of-pay, weekly pay, etc. Schedule-Ease automatically figures your weekly schedules for each department in seconds using the information you provide. Literally hours of work can now be accomplished in minutes. With Schedule-Ease, you will have greatly improved control of your payroll, and be able to track and manipulate employee work times to increase your company's productivity. You will be able to tell exactly where you need to add or cut employee hours, and which employees can benefit your "bottom line" the most. Not only will your schedules be created more quickly and easily, but they will be more accurate as well. Schedule-Ease also allows you to view and print seven different types of graphs based on various information, including department budgets, employee requirements and coverage, and more. To start using Schedule-Ease, you will be asked to input your department names, what shifts you run and their hours, and the number of employees required for each shift and department. Then you enter the total payroll dollars for each department. After this, you will enter the name, address, social security number, etc., of each employee, along with their available work hours, department, minimum and maximum hours per day and week, rate of pay, maximum days per week, whether they are full or part time, hourly or salaried, etc. Using this and other information, Schedule-Ease will create a weekly schedule for you in seconds. You may then post this schedule, or you can make manual changes with the click of the mouse. Schedule-Ease makes full use of the Windows environment - virtually everything you do after entering the initial employee information is done with the mouse. Click buttons and drop-down menus and lists make everything quick and easy. Manual changes are instantly reflected in the rest of the schedule, enabling you to fine tune your schedule to the maximum benefit. Budgeted and actual payroll dollars are shown at the top of the screen, as well as the required and scheduled employees per shift and day. The main schedule screen also shows all pertinent information for each employee, such as rate of pay, full or part time, hourly or salaried, etc. No longer will you spend hours each week agonizing over your employee schedule, only to find out that nobody was scheduled during the second shift on Tuesday, or that Mr. Smith was working overtime on Saturday when Mr. Jones could have worked instead, saving the company hundreds of dollars. Schedule-Ease schedules precisely the number of employees needed for each day and shift. Schedule-Ease can schedule employees for "swing shifts" and partial shifts. In retail situations, where 7-day operations are the norm, Schedule-Ease will schedule randomly, so that the same people do not work the same hours or days each week. This can be easily overridden manually. Also, full-time employees are scheduled first, then part-time employees. Part-time employees are scheduled according to their available hours per week. Schedule-Ease will easily account for temporary situations, such as vacations, part-time college students working extra hours, etc. using the "temporary availability" option. This makes it extremely easy to schedule employees different from their regular hours, without changing their permanent information. Schedule-Ease automatically goes back to their regular hours the following week. Employee defaults can be set up to make inputting of new employees a breeze. The actual schedule will be printed using only the necessary information for the employees - information such as wages, payroll, hourly salary, etc. will not print on the employee's printout. Schedule-Ease will print out list of employees, including almost any type of information you wish. You may print individual employees, several different ones, all in one department, or all employees together. You may also pick which information you wish to print, such as address, wage, social security number, etc. Schedule-Ease also includes extremely secure password protection to keep out prying eyes. NEW IN VERSION 2.0 ------------------ Schedule-Ease now lets you not only use and unlimited number of employees and departments but also an unlmimited number of shifts. Any number of shifts can be set up for any time and can even be different for different days of the week. Round-the-clock scheduling is also available now. For example, employees can be scheduled for overnight shifts, such as 11 PM to 7 AM. A new seniority/skill level feature allows you to automatically schedule employees with a higher level of seniority or skill first by simply assigning them a number based on skill or seniority. In addition, several other enhancements for increased speed and user- friendliness have been added. BEST OF ALL-- ------------- Schedule-Ease is reasonably priced at only $399.00. Low enough for practically any business. Site licenses may be negotiated at reduced cost. Schedule-Ease runs under Windows 3.1 or later, DOS 3.1 or later, and requires 2 megs of ram and 2 megs of hard drive space. A VGA color monitor is highly recommended. ***** TO ORDER ***** Send Check or money order for $399.00 (plus 5.5% tax if in the State of Ohio) to: Epsilon Computing 104 Eagleview Way Cincinnati, Ohio 45215 Or Send the following information: Visa or Mastercard number_________________________________________ Expiration Date___________________________________________________ Name of person or company on card_________________________________ Signature_________________________________________________________ Or Call Epsilon Computing at (513) 563-8762 with the above information to order by phone. Please include the following information: Company name Company mailing address Company phone number Where you heard about our product ***************************************************************** Company, government, and educational purchase orders gladly accepted. Please call for more information. For information regarding a site license, please call Epsilon Computing at (513) 563-8762. ***************************************************************** THIS PROGRAM IS A DEMONSTRATION COPY ONLY AND IS PROVIDED "AS IS." EPSILON COMPUTING, ITS OWNERS AND/OR AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.