Scheduling Operations 12 Articles

Scheduling Operations

Running the booking side of a business: availability rules, buffers, round robin, recurrence, capacity and time zones.

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Scheduling Operations 8 Min Read

Buffer Time Between Appointments: How Much, Before Or After, And What It Costs You

Buffer time is padding either side of an appointment that stops the next booking landing immediately against it. Used well it absorbs overruns, travel and note takin...

Aug 2, 2026 Read

Scheduling Operations 8 Min Read

Time Zone Handling In Appointment Scheduling

An appointment is an instant in time, not a reading on a clock. Store it in UTC, attach IANA zone names to people rather than to timestamps, and convert only at the...

Jul 7, 2026 Read

Scheduling Operations 9 Min Read

Round Robin Scheduling Explained: How To Distribute Bookings Across A Team

Round robin scheduling shares one booking page across several people and decides who gets each booking. The choice of distribution strategy, strict rotation, availab...

Jul 4, 2026 Read

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