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Employee scheduling can be a complex and time-consuming process. The schedule has to satisfy multiple requirements, and finding a good solution is challenging and maybe even impossible in some cases. Generic scheduling solutions for requirements such...

Author: Geoffrey McLennan, Developer At Celayix, we’ve noticed a common pattern in how our scheduling software is used by our customers in the hospitality industry. Very often, the type or number of shifts that need...

Authors: Calvin Ng, Developer and Merry Chen, UX Designer We’ve talked about what geofencing is in a previous blog post, but how does it all work under the hood? As it turns out, geofencing is...

Author: Ante Beslic, Senior Software Engineer A lot has been said about the importance of getting to the market early, making sure your product gets exposure, and positioning on the market by “being the first...

Authors: Maggie Ng, Developer & Martin Vondracek, Front End Developer Imagine you are a supervisor and need to create and communicate a schedule for a group of part-time employees week over week. Each employee has...

All businesses have their employee scheduling process. There are plenty of software companies that try to optimize these processes in different ways. Unfortunately, half of ERP implementations are a failure due to a variety of...

It certain industries, typically hospitality, work is allocated to employees based on fairness but subject to the employees’ availability. For instance, if all the employees are equally available, then they should be scheduled an equal...

Author: Gurpreet Banwait, Product Manager Whichever side of the immigration debate you fall on, the end result will be higher costs to business and ultimately, to consumers. Although consumers will see higher costs, it remains...

Authors: Mitch Magureanu, QA Analyst & Chris Peckover, Support Specialist Why do we need QA and what is it?  QA stands for quality assurance.  Why do we need it? It can be summed up by a...

Author: Gavin Petch, Implementation Specialist In this day and age, where information is at our finger tips, there is now an expectation that all software should live up to this. Our client base at Celayix...

Authors: Ian Stewart, Developer and Godot Bian, Co-op Junior Developer To bring our clients more value with cutting edge technologies, Celayix has decided to make the transition from our eTime desktop application to a new...

Author: Michael Shumko, Implementation Specialist Time is Money The focus of any employee scheduling software is to ensure that the right people are doing the right jobs, at the right location at the right time....

Author: Dinesh Adithan, Director of Engineering In today’s business world, the scheduler has many challenges while planning out schedules and shifts. In particular, they must ensure that both the business’ and employees’ needs are met....

Author: Kieran Dhaliwal, Customer Success Manager Change is hard. Change in the workplace is especially difficult to get used it, particularly if it involves changing an existing legacy process or product. Even though we may...

Celayix is proud to announce the launch of Team Xpress, the newest addition to the Celayix suite of employee scheduling, time and attendance, and communication tools. What: Team Xpress is an easy to use scheduling...

As the old saying goes, a happy employee is a productive employee. It is rather simple, the easier you can make things for your employee, the more they will do for you. Part of making...

There are still some industries that just refuse to adopt new technology, the restaurant business is one of them. When you think of running a successful restaurant, you probably think that it doesn’t really need...

It’s here. We are in the most crazy, stressful, busy, and profitable time of the year for retail businesses. This season, retailers expect it to be the busiest holiday shopping season of all time. If...

If you are a business owner or operator, software can make your life so much easier, or so much more difficult. It depends on the quality of the product and the type of customer support...

For better or worse, virtually everyone is connected these days with tiny computers in our pockets. This technological revolution has given us countless conveniences and tools to work with. You are more efficient with your...

If business feels like it’s all a numbers game, it’s probably because it is. Numbers don’t lie. Whether that number is ROI, profit margin, hours spent working on a task, etc., you have to be...

If you are a small to medium sized business owner or operator, there is a good chance that one of your many worries is cash flow. Quite simply, cash flow is the life blood of...

Many times, business owners and operators get stuck working in their business instead of on their business. There is a profound difference between the two. One helps you grow, the other keeps you stuck where...

The Great Recession caused tremendous change to the business world, especially in the way businesses operate. Businesses have now realized that they must stay lean and efficient to remain competitive in an ever changing world....

If you own or operate a security business, there is a good chance that the safety of your employees is a concern that is always at the back of your mind. You work with these...

In the modern age of business, it is imperative that your organization has employee scheduling down to a science. Gone are the days when you were restricted to the confines of a spreadsheet to manage where...

  Adapting to change is difficult. Convincing others to adapt to change can be excruciating. In the implementation of any change, whether procedural, structural, or something in between, there will always be push back. The...

LinkedIn, a social networking site for professionals, is becoming a necessary platform in today’s business environment. It allows people to connect and build relationships for professional growth. LinkedIn for small business owners in particular is...

Our developers have been hard at work to bring you new capabilities and improvements to our range of workforce management solutions. Specifically, we have made updates to eTime Xpress, Web Xpress and Web Xpress Mobile and...

The Department of Labor in the United States recently released a policy change to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This act stated that workers would get paid time and a half for each hour...

Genesis Security is a security services company in Vancouver, BC. They offer a range of services such as guard services and event security. The company has become one of the top security companies in the...

Built on Microsoft Azure, the package allows secure handling of all communication in the cloud and a smooth integration for customers Vancouver, BC – July 17, 2015 Celayix Software and Evention are pleased to announce...

For those of you not familiar with Homejoy, they were one of the darlings of the online “On Demand” economy along with Handy, Task Rabbit and Uber. Homejoy’s business model was to disrupt the existing...