ZDF

About ZDF

ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) is Germany's national public television broadcaster. With 3,600 employees plus a similar number of freelancers, around 900 types of production resources and 30,000 stocked items at the ZDF broadcasting center in Mainz and 17 other sites in Germany, ZDF is one of Europe's largest broadcasters.

Project Scope

Around 170 ZDF planners use the system for the short - and long-term scheduling of staff in real time – taking account of staff’s personal skills, internal contracts and legal requirements, holiday plans, as well as individual preferences and time accounts. The broadcaster also plans to optimize resource planning, starting with production handling. The solution will be seamlessly embedded in the ZDF infrastructure and integrated with around 10 different systems, including SAP R/3, via online interfaces.