By
Rebecca Gibson |
This article was first published in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of International Cruise & Ferry Review. All information was correct at the time of printing, but may since have changed.
Planning staff rotas for ferries can be difficult, particularly because the passenger demographic changes according to the seasons and vacation periods in different source markets. Human resource and payroll firm Adonis has the solution: Adonis Day-to-Day Planning.
The tool captures data about passengers, including their nationalities, from ferry operators’ booking systems so managers can develop crew rotas for ferries.
Europe-based operator DFDS has played a key role in developing the specifics of the new tool, which will help the company to plan staffing schedules onboard its ferries.
“Based on certain parameters that have been set for each ship, the system will calculate the need for human resources in the various onboard departments and stations,” says Erick Meijer, development director at Adonis. “The tool will give department managers powerful user-friendly tools to set up staff schedules efficiently and transparently.”
The Day-to-Day Planning tool is the final part of the Adonis Personnel Manager system, which DFDS started to roll out in 2013 so it could centrally manage human resources, safety and payroll systems.
“By implementing Adonis as the global crewing and safety management system, DFDS will considerably reduce the amount of systems covering the same business area and remove dependencies of unsupported third-party systems,” comments Meijer. “The system minimises manual processes, making onboard and onshore crewing and payroll processes more efficient and accurate.”