Managing partimers in Japan
Shifters or CiFTR
On a hunt around the web for more info on Web2.0 in Japanese companies, I came across this article that I have literally picked up and pasted here...from Asiajin, a blog dealing with web services and the like in Asia. In Europe we talk about Web2.0 in companies being a frame of mind...being ready to accept CGC or EGC (employee generated content) and KM sharing...I rather think that in Japan the 2.0 Enterprise will come into existence through a 'tool' or 'IT solution' based revolution...rather than a mind based revolution...Here is a solution worth looking at proof that companies are in fact (contrary to the impression I had) taking into account the Y generation and its mobile addicts.
"CiFTR (JP) (pronounced as shifter) is a software to manage a complicated work shift of part time employees.
In Japanese restaurant industry, most waiting staffs are part-time workers with a complicated work shift. So, work shift management could be a real headache for managers.
CiFTR enables part-time workers to request their desired work shift by mobile phones, and managers can adjust and confirm work shifts from web browsers.
They say this leads to 1. reduced overstaffing and labor cost; 2. reduced management cost; 3. more satisfied employees.
One customer’s testimonial said that they were managing work shift with papers, emails and excel spreadsheets, and it took 10 hours to create and adjust work shift. After introducing CiFTR, it is reduced to 1 hour.
CiFTR is provided as a SaaS (Software as a Service) with a monthly fee of 4150yen ($40). "
Many thanks to Asiajin for this invaluable insite into web services in Japan.
Mots-clés : Web 2.0, Shifter, CGC, Solutions, CiFTR
Ecrit par Caroline
le Vendredi 3 Octobre 2008, 18:56
dans "Innovation & ideas"
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