Building on their award-winning real-time model the Capability Transformation and Planning teams worked together to conceive and develop 3Cal, a tool that the whole business can use to plan activity with customer or colleague impact, so that it is visible and built into the forecast and plan.

In an extremely volatile and sensitive working environment, see how a team was able to introduce a long-term forecasting and capacity planning process to improve performance and tactical planning.  Working in collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure that all activities were in the capacity plan, including training and recruitment, this have meant trust in the plan and focus on the long-term.

Working towards the mantra of “we want to offer the best service in the country” the Sky planning team are constantly looking for improvements for their customers and colleagues.  Always looking for new and pioneering approaches for their customer to contact, this has seen the introduction of an invisible IVR and use of asynchronous messaging. The team is also passionate about making life easy for their colleagues and improving planning process.

As part of A&E transformation that started in 2017, following a review by external consultants, YAS created a Capacity Planning & Scheduling Department to be able to deliver accurate call and response forecasts, vehicle hour requirements and implement a dynamic workforce plan with a view to providing consistent patient care for varying patient demand across the year.