Eliminate split shifts — people stay, payroll goes down
A split shift is a broken day: on the line in the morning, a forced break at midday, back on the line in the evening. For the employee it is a lost day; for the operator it is a pay rate roughly 30% above standard. Opturan builds the shift plan so that split shifts are barely needed
Figures measured in real deployments. For other industries, the impact is confirmed by test runs on your own data
Why split shifts hurt
- A break in the middle of the day: the person is at work from morning to evening, but paid for fewer hours — the day is effectively lost
- Split shifts are paid roughly 30% above the standard rate — the operator pays more for a schedule people dislike
- People quit: split shifts are one of the main causes of driver turnover
- Vacancies with split shifts are hard to fill — the shortage gets worse
How Dynamic Shifts removes the splits
- STEP 01
The shift plan is rebuilt from scratch
The Dynamic Shifts module builds the full set of shifts from the timetable or service contract — with transfers between routes and shift lengths from half to one-and-a-half shifts. Peaks are covered without breaking the day
- STEP 02
80–90% fewer split shifts
In real deployments, a shift plan without most split shifts turns out both cheaper and more convenient: a lower pay rate and less paid idle time
- STEP 03
Less overtime, a smoother workload
Work-and-rest rules are enforced automatically, and the workload is spread evenly across people and days — with no manual balancing
The proof — real deployments
Figures measured in real deployments with real line dispatch. For other industries, the impact is confirmed by test runs on your own data
Related industries
Inconvenient schedules hurt every shift-based service. The planning engine is the same
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Fire Services
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Utilities
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See your shift plan without the splits
Free test runs on a single route or division: we will rebuild the shift plan on your data and show how many split shifts can be removed
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