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Automate your scheduling.Give hours back to the field.

Iselia Projects automates scheduling and operational coordination: schedules are built from your constraints, assignments and changes are sent to teams automatically, and checklists and jobs are tracked in real time. Depending on the industry, 0.8 to 4.9 hours back per week, as an indicative estimate.

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Example · Insurance brokers

4.9 h

back per week · this family alone

Indicative estimate, default assumptions

This family in numbers

15

industries concerned

industry pages with tasks in this family

24

typical tasks costed

volume × minutes × automatable share

4.9 h

back per week, at the top end

Example: Insurance brokers, 6 people, around 2,000 clients

Indicative estimates based on the default assumptions of our industry pages. These are not client results.

Definition

Scheduling automation, explained.

Scheduling and operations automation A system that builds and maintains your schedules from your constraints (skills, availability, areas, priorities), sends assignments to the right people, tracks progress in the field and reacts to the unexpected. AI helps propose and summarise; the calls remain your managers’.

Today

  • A schedule rebuilt by hand for every absence
  • Teams informed through a chain of phone calls
  • Job reports typed up in the evening
  • Progress that depends on who you ring

Automated

  • A schedule proposed automatically, adjusted in one click
  • Everyone gets their assignments at the right time
  • Checklists and reports entered once, in the field
  • Progress visible in real time, alerts when things slip

Automatable tasks

Eight coordination tasks that can organise themselves.

Coordination is essential; the re-keying that comes with it isn’t. Here is what we automate most often.

  1. 01

    Building schedules

    Schedules proposed from availability, skills, areas and priorities, ready to approve.

  2. 02

    Assignments and cover

    Absence or last-minute change: possible cover is proposed and the people involved are notified.

  3. 03

    Team notifications

    Assignments, time changes, instructions: everyone gets what they need by text, email or messaging app.

  4. 04

    Digital checklists

    Inspections, check-in reports, hygiene or safety logs completed on mobile, time-stamped and archived.

  5. 05

    Job tracking

    Start, finish, photos, report: each job is tracked in real time, with no calls and no re-keying.

  6. 06

    Keeping customers informed

    Confirmation, a reminder the day before, arriving soon, running late: customers are told automatically.

  7. 07

    Orders and restocking

    Needs worked out from planned activity; supplier orders are prepared, ready to send.

  8. 08

    Timesheet reconciliation

    Planned and actual hours reconciled automatically, ready for payroll or invoicing.

How it works

From request to job done, without the phone tree.

The automation connects your calendars, your teams and your customers. Your managers keep the decisions; the rest follows.

  1. 01

    Gathering needs

    Bookings, orders, job requests and availability flow in automatically from your tools.

    Your tools

  2. 02

    Proposed schedule

    A schedule is proposed according to your rules: skills, areas, travel time, priorities, fairness.

    Your constraints

  3. 03

    Approval & dispatch

    The manager approves or adjusts; teams and customers immediately receive what concerns them.

    Human approval

  4. 04

    Tracking & adjustments

    Progress, checklists and issues come back from the field; the schedule updates and alerts go out.

    Real time

Examples of tools we connect to

  • Google Calendar
  • Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Slack
  • WhatsApp Business
  • SMS
  • Google Sheets
  • Excel
  • Notion
  • Airtable
  • Trello
  • monday.com
  • Asana
  • Odoo
  • Hostaway
  • Smoobu
  • Lodgify
  • Shopify

Examples of possible integrations. Brands belong to their respective owners; no partnership is implied.

Task → time saved

What coordination costs, industry by industry.

For each industry, the most time-consuming scheduling or operations task, costed with the default assumptions of its page. Adjust them in the calculator.

Indicative estimate: the most time-consuming task in this family for each industry, using the default assumptions of its page (typical business). These are not client results. Hours/week = Σ (volume × minutes × automatable share) ÷ 60 · hours/year = hours/week × 47 · Methodology
Task Volume / wk Time per unit Automatable Saved / wk
Recruitment agencies & HR Schedule interviews 40 interviews 8 min 70 % 3.7 h
Travel & events agencies Manage registrations and rooming lists 150 participants 2 min 70 % 3.5 h
HOA & condo association management Track incidents and work orders 20 incidents 15 min 50 % 2.5 h
Insurance brokers Notify and follow up claims 12 claims 25 min 50 % 2.5 h
Marketing & creative agencies Write meeting notes and create tasks 12 meetings 20 min 60 % 2.4 h
Short-term rental management Schedule turnovers and linen 35 turnovers 5 min 70 % 2.0 h
Real estate agencies Book viewings 25 viewings 8 min 60 % 2.0 h
Training providers Track funding claims and approvals 15 funding files 15 min 50 % 1.9 h

Why no total? Each row comes from a different industry, so adding them up would be meaningless. Your own total is what the calculator gives you.

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Industries concerned

15 industries where coordination is still done by hand.

Cleanings and check-ins, building sites, interviews, training sessions, delivery rounds: every industry has its puzzle. Each page covers yours.

All industries

Estimated hours for this task family only, for the typical business of each industry page.

Human oversight & compliance

Schedules shape whole days. They stay under control.

A schedule affects your teams and your customers. The automation proposes; your managers decide.

  • GDPR
  • EU AI Act
  • EU hosting available
  • Every action logged

The manager decides

Proposed schedules are approved or adjusted before they go out. No decision about a person is made without human involvement.

Respect for your teams

Working hours, rest, preferences and fairness built into every proposal, for schedules everyone can live with.

Employee data protected

GDPR and EU AI Act: only the data needed, role-based access, no constant location tracking, EU hosting available.

Traceability

Who was assigned, who was told, who approved what and when: the history is complete and searchable.

Comparison

Spreadsheet, scheduling software or custom: which one for you?

Good off-the-shelf scheduling software is sometimes enough. Here is an honest look at where each option stands.

Custom automation

Iselia Projects

Your business rules
YesSkills, areas, priorities, exceptions
Connected to your other tools
YesBookings, CRM, payroll, invoicing
Last-minute changes
YesCover proposed, people notified
Keeping customers informed
YesAutomatic
Getting started
YesBuilt around your habits
Cost over time
YesUpfront build, light maintenance

Standard scheduling software

Off-the-shelf solution

Your business rules
PartlyWithin the configuration limits
Connected to your other tools
PartlyDepends on connectors
Last-minute changes
PartlyManual adjustment in the tool
Keeping customers informed
PartlySometimes, as an add-on
Getting started
PartlyYou adapt to the tool
Cost over time
PartlyPer-user subscription

Spreadsheet and phone

How many teams still do it

Your business rules
YesIn the manager’s head
Connected to your other tools
NoRe-keying
Last-minute changes
NoA chain of phone calls
Keeping customers informed
NoBy hand
Getting started
YesAlready familiar
Cost over time
NoHours of coordination every week

If standard software already covers most of your needs, we plug into it rather than replace it: the automation fills the gaps.

FAQ

Automating scheduling: your questions.

Can’t find yours? Ask us — you’ll get an answer within one business day.

Can building a team schedule be automated?
Yes. From your needs (bookings, orders, jobs) and your constraints (skills, availability, areas, working hours), a schedule is proposed automatically. The manager approves or adjusts it, then everyone receives their assignments.
How are absences and last-minute changes handled?
The automation spots the gap in the schedule, proposes possible cover according to your rules and, once approved, notifies the people and customers concerned. What used to take a string of phone calls is settled in a few clicks.
How many hours does scheduling automation save?
According to our industry pages, the indicative estimate ranges from 0.8 to 4.9 hours per week for a typical business, on this task family alone. The calculator applies the formula (volume × minutes × automatable share ÷ 60) to your own figures.
Do we need to replace our scheduling software?
No. If you already use a shared calendar, industry software or a scheduling tool, we plug into it to automate what it doesn’t do: proposals, notifications, tracking, reconciliation.
Do field teams need to install an app?
Not necessarily. Depending on your teams, information goes out by text, WhatsApp, email or a simple mobile page, with nothing to install. A dedicated app is only suggested when it brings a real gain.
Does the AI decide instead of the manager?
No. It proposes, the manager decides. No decision about a person is made without human involvement, in line with the GDPR and the EU AI Act.
Can jobs be tracked in real time?
Yes: job start and finish, checklists, photos and reports are entered once in the field and appear straight away in your tools, with alerts when something runs late or looks wrong.

Keep exploring

The other families, and our guides.

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