An Excel file for personnel planning leads to ambiguities
Until Silvio Mirabile discovered the Meisterwerk app a few months ago, he and his team coordinated the operations of their 21-person workforce in an Excel list. However, this proved complicated and led to an information imbalance. "It was very confusing: we often worked with different versions when we entered appointments. So sometimes there were overlaps, which irritated everyone," recalls Silvio Mirabile, managing director of MirHof Kanaltechnik.
As a result, the employees, who often didn't find out about their assignments until seven in the morning, had to frantically load or repack the vehicles before driving to the construction site. "Sometimes we only had one car available for two construction sites, so we were driving back and forth between them," says Silvio Mirabile. This involved an enormous communication effort, which proved to be a real organizational challenge in the long run.
Short-term changes lead to hectic
Since Jobs are often placed from one moment to the next in the field of sewer technology, MirHof's managing directors usually have to act immediately. However, the rigid Excel list did not meet the requirement of the fast-paced nature of the business. So there was no other option in the company than to pass on all the relevant information - i.e. on the customer, the construction site, plans and much more - to the workforce at the seven o'clock briefing in the morning.
Subsequent changes had to be communicated by telephone. This often led to frantic attempts to reach all employees quickly. Finally, the team on the road itself had no way to get real-time updates. "After the weekend, the staff often didn't know what needed to be repacked or what equipment needed to be loaded. It couldn't go on like that. So I looked for a software solution that would allow us to better Organise our staff scheduling and information flow," reports Silvio Mirabile.
Silvio Mirabile used the Meisterwerk app for free for 30 days
After Silvio Mirabile came across the Meisterwerk app online, he decided without further ado to try it out without any obligation. During the free trial period, he created schedules in no time at all and simplified communication with the workforce. It's not just the managing director of MirHof Kanaltechnik who is thrilled with the app's intuitive operation. His employees are also happy to receive relevant information without delay and to always know exactly which construction sites they are scheduled for.
Thanks to the Meisterwerk app, the MirHof Kanaltechnik team is on the construction site faster!
Even before the end of the test phase, it was clear to Silvio Mirabile that the app was here to stay! Since then, it has been used daily - indoors in the office and outdoors by the technicians. "Since we all have the Meisterwerk app, the briefing in the morning is faster and we are on the construction site half an hour earlier. In addition, my employees can work more independently because they can view all the information at any time," says the managing director happily.
The fact that he can directly store and update data on the customer as well as notes on the required equipment when creating projects is particularly practical for Silvio Mirabile. He can edit the Job status and color-code it according to his own system. This is clear for all users:
At MirHof, green means an Job has been completed, purple means documentation is still pending. "We can see at a glance where we still have something to do, but also which job site has been checked off," explains Silvio Mirabile. "This makes it much easier for us to Organise our operations."
Plan your personnel assignments more efficiently with the Meisterwerk App
Are you still using an Excel file or a piece of paper on your company's bulletin board to plan and communicate your team's assignments? When Jobs change spontaneously, chaos quickly breaks out and mistakes occur that could be avoided?
You can easily prevent that: With the Meisterwerk App. With the software, you can finally plan staff assignments professionally and save time! In addition, your employees receive all relevant information in real-time on their smartphone. This keeps the workforce up to date and you can be sure that all Jobs are completed on time.
