@1forum1 wrote:
You don't need A I to replace schedulers. We already have the ability to self-assign and make at least one schedule change for some shops with a few companies. A simple program change could be made and all shops could be self-assign, and you could expand the one time ability to make a self schedule change to the capability of making multiple changes. I like dealing with most of my schedulers, but I also really like self-assigning and making independent schedule changes. About these driverless cars, not gonna do it, not gonna do it. As long as there are options, I'll have a driver.
A I may one day, in the distant future, be able to do everything a scheduler does, but we're definitely not there yet.
Self assign cannot be used for every project for several reasons, and it would not be a simple change even if a company would want to give shoppers full control of scheduling.
Self assign doesn't call and text shoppers to fill shops (not everyone has emails turned on and not everyone who does even looks at them). It doesn't answer a shopper's questions when they need help almost immediately. It will not upload photos for the shoppers who can't figure it out. While self assign can figure in rotation, it can't break that rotation at the end of a round when needed to fill a tough location. There are several other possible client restrictions that self assign cannot factor in without setting up several different sessions of shops for each project (very time consuming).
As far as date changes, I'm sure you and everyone reading this is a fantastic shopper that never flakes, and at worst will only need to change a date once. Fact is though, you're in the minority. There are shoppers I wouldn't want to allow one date change, forget about multiple, and if they had that kind of control the shops would never get done without the companies paying ridiculous amounts in bonuses at the end of every month once the shoppers exhausted their limits.
I'm sure that when a shopper is very competent and reliable 100% of the time, and never needs any assistance, self assign is way more convenient and easy. Unfortunately, there's just way too many people that pick up shops that are not all of those things 100% of the time, so self assign is not a feasible way for companies to run scheduling if they want all the shops completed each month. It may be perfect for those few projects that do not require close to 100% completion.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/2023 06:28PM by KSSPete.