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Expertise in Workforce Design, Rostering, and Operational Research - Workforce Planning Studio

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We design and create the most efficient shift operation specifically to fit our client’s requirements. No two organisations are the same and so each needs their unique shift pattern to operate efficiently at minimum cost








We supply a large range of unique products and services
Shift working is ubiquitous in every sphere of life. Starting from students working in bars and restaurants, Saturday jobs, there can’t be many people that haven’t worked shifts at some point in their lives. Shift working continually makes everyone’s life safer and more interesting. The amenities expected by the society in which we live include the ability to live and work 24-hours a day. This is in such fields as transport, power, shopping, health care, manufacturing, telecoms, security, entertainment, Care, TV. It is a shorter list of those areas of society which do not offer a 24 hour service, such as Taxation, education, the ’high street’, legal, corporate offices, construction, museums, local stock markets.


A 24hr service can only be provided by shift workers, who by definition work shifts and would like to know what shifts they will be working for the next year, as a minimum.

If we look into the future when we have space travel, the International Space Station, Moon base and Mars base, what will be the ideal shift pattern for the travellers and the colonists?
Shift working quietly powers the world around us. From the bread on your table to the aircraft you fly in, from your mobile phone network to the ports, pharmacies, and food producers that keep life moving — shift workers make it all possible.
You can download our booklet to explore the full range of products and services we offer, complete with clear diagrams that illustrate our proven methodology.

Our brochure lifts the lid on how different industries rely on smart, well‑designed shift patterns to stay safe, efficient, and resilient. If you want to understand how better shift operations can transform performance, reduce costs, and improve work–life balance, this is the perfect place to start.
Creating a shift pattern isn’t just a calculation — it’s an art. It means balancing holidays, skills, workload, wellbeing, budgets, fatigue, and future growth to build a sustainable operation where the business performs at its best and shift workers can truly thrive. If you want to see how we design the right people, in the right numbers, in the right place, at the right time — this booklet is the perfect place to begin.
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Workforce Planning Studio

C-Desk Technology’s Workforce Planning Studio by OR Analysts helps organisations design and implement evidence-based shift systems, capacity models, and operating rhythms. We combine management consultancy, operational research, and training to improve performance, fairness, and wellbeing.
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The Old Vicarage, Station Road, Rolleston, Newark, Notts, UK NG23 5SE
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