Dollar tree

17200

MANAGED RETAIL STORES

5900

AUTOMATED STAFF SCHEDULES

REDUCED ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD

A prominent national retailer, Dollar Tree, partnered with InAir to overhaul their staff allocation approach. The project centered on implementing a smart scheduling algorithm that analyzes key workforce variables—employee skills, geolocation, and availability—to optimize operations across their growing store network.

This initiative represented a critical shift from reactive to proactive workforce management, enabling the retailer to anticipate staffing needs while reducing administrative overhead. The solution was designed with scalability in mind to accommodate the company's ambitious expansion plans.

Dollar Tree’s corporate office had outgrown their manual, spreadsheet-based approach to workforce management. Store Development staff and Regional Managers were being assigned to locations through disconnected processes that created operational problems and unnecessary costs.

Each region maintained separate scheduling spreadsheets, while corporate headquarters operated with a different system. This fragmentation made coordinated assignments difficult and undermined consistency across the organization.

No Unified Platform For Tracking Large Events – Budgets, resources, and expenses created inefficiencies across global operations.
Disconnected Enterprise Systems – Valuable insights lost between disconnected tools.
Absence Of Real-Time Visibility Into Vendor Availability And Budgets – Made verification processes cumbersome and prone to errors.

InAir collaborated with Dollar Tree to design and implement a transformative workforce management solution that addressed their scheduling challenges at scale. Our approach focused on creating a sustainable system that could grow alongside Dollar Tree's expanding retail footprint while significantly reducing the administrative burden on both corporate and regional management teams.

Intelligent Allocation Algorithm – Developed a sophisticated matching system using employee skills, location, and availability.
Centralized Management Platform – Created a unified Airtable system replacing all disconnected regional spreadsheets.
Geolocation Optimization – Implemented mapping tools to minimize travel time and maximize efficiency.
Intuitive Visualization Interface – Designed user-friendly dashboards for both corporate and regional leadership.

InAir designed and engineered a comprehensive Scheduling Operations Management System in Airtable that transformed the Dollar Tree’s workforce allocation approach across their network of stores. The advanced team resource allocation tool intelligently assigns staff members based on critical factors—geolocation, specific store needs, employee skill sets, and availability—creating optimal schedules across the entire network.

Custom Airtable interfaces provide intuitive visualization of scheduling projects and employee assignments, making complex workforce data accessible to all. The solution created collaboration between corporate leadership and regional teams, with all parties now working from a single source of truth and maintaining real-time visibility into operations nationwide.

Comprehensive Management System – Built a Scheduling Operations Management System in Airtable that dramatically streamlined the assignment process.
Advanced Resource Intelligence – Developed team allocation tool using geolocation, need, skill-set, and availability, ensuring optimal staff-store matching.
Unified Collaboration Platform – Created a single system enabling seamless interaction between corporate headquarters and regional managers.