A combines Harmony - Schedule Master system project was agreed with WBC (Workers Beer Company) for the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, taking place from 23 June to 27 June 2010 in the UK. The Glastonbury Festival is the biggest music festival in the world, hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world come to celebrate with their pop groups and pop stars.


During the festival, the system will collect data from SY-765 Mifare terminals through Wi-Fi connectivity, processing the attendance data and comparing actual versus planned attendance.
1200 festival employees will use pre-printed Mifare ID cards to record their attendance.
The Harmony system will also produce meal vouchers for the employees, taking into account actual worked hours.

The Schedule Master module within Harmony - Synel's complete system for managing all employees' activities in the organization - is an intuitive module that streamlines assignment and shift management, providing optimal assignments and significant savings.
When making routine shift assignments and performing diverse tasks, organizations look to gain maximum benefit from their staff, while minimizing costs.
Schedule Master 's sophisticated scheduling algorithm organizes staff rosters and deploys employees in the most time and cost-effective manner.

Schedule Master provides an infrastructural solution for assigning, managing, and monitoring employees, such as nurses, paramedics, doctors, x-ray technicians, retail workers, janitors, security officers, teachers and lecturers, and other personnel participating in the operation of an organization. The system facilitates assignment of each type of employees, keeping in mind various relevant constraints, such as qualifications, employment laws, contracts, preferences, and time and place limitations.

Among Schedule Master's main features:
• Web based solution which enables central management and control
• Online alerts on miss-attendance and staffing problems
• Event driven planning and scheduling option
• Cuts needless expenditure and saves money on staff management
• Open interface for complementary systems and applications

Ultimate Integration
Schedule Master 's web-based architecture enables total integration with all existing HR, payroll and customer billing systems at your organization. This modular solution can be  structured with self-service features and programmed to fit your specific organizational characteristics, establishing a platform for updates and future upgrades.

Cost Effective
Schedule Master is a money saver for any organization. By dramatically enabling to gain greater control over staff placement and presence, it prevents unnecessary expenditure and ensures that the most cost-effective employees are utilized at all times.

"This unique project emphasizes Synel's Harmony system capabilities, and positions Synel as a meaningful player in the scheduling field" says Daniel Ferber, Synel UK's managing director. "This project joins additional major Harmony and Schedule Master projects carried out around the world, and we are certain it will pave the way for additional projects in the UK", he added.

From Wikipedia: The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest open-air music and performing arts festival in the world. The festival is best known for its contemporary music, but also features dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and many other arts. For 2005, the enclosed area of the festival was over 900 acres (3.6 km²), had over 385 live performances and was attended by around 150,000 people. In 2007, over 700 acts played on over 80 stages and the capacity expanded by 20,000 to 177,000.