What Is an Employee Availability & Preference Management App?
This app acts as a self-service platform for employees to input their preferred working times, days off, and shift styles. It syncs automatically with your scheduling engine to ensure rosters are created with real availability data, not guesswork.

It ensures:

• Employees can communicate their availability and constraints easily
  
  
• Managers have a clear understanding of who is available, when
  
  
• Scheduling conflicts are minimized by design
  
  
• Shifts align better with individual preferences, boosting job satisfaction
  
  

Why Do Retailers Need This App?
Without proper availability tracking, shift assignments become chaotic, leading to:

• High rates of absenteeism and last-minute no-shows
  
  
• Frustrated employees with ignored preferences
  
  
• Burnout from inconsistent or unwanted schedules
  
  
• Time-consuming manual coordination between managers and staff
  
  

A preference-aware scheduling process helps create harmony between business demand and employee well-being.

Key Benefits of Availability Management

• Improve scheduling accuracy and reduce friction
  
  
• Enhance employee satisfaction and retention
  
  
• Align business needs with workforce realities
  
  
• Minimize conflicts and emergency shift changes
  
  
• Build a culture of transparency and two-way communication
  
  

Build Balanced Schedules With a Configurable, Low-Code App

With Kissflow’s low-code capabilities, you can configure different rules for how availability is collected, when it’s locked in before a schedule cycle, and who can override preferences. Tailor visibility and editing rights across employee levels and integrate with your smart scheduling engine.

Empower employees to be part of the scheduling process, and build trust by honoring their input.

Why Choose an Availability Management App Built on Low-Code?

• Let employees submit their availability and blackout days via self-service
• Automate collection reminders, preference logging, and approval routing
• Visualize team availability by store, department, or shift
• Adjust form fields, submission windows, or roles without tech help

Who Is This For?

• Teams struggling with spreadsheets and manual tracking
  
  
• Startups & SMBs looking to digitize operations quickly
  
  
• Enterprises wanting a flexible, scalable availability planning solution
  
  
• Managers needing instant visibility into staff preferences and availability

Accelerate Retail Workflows with Low-Code