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Running a large workforce across many project sites is hard enough. Doing it through scattered processes for onboarding, attendance, skills, leave and payroll makes it harder. A large Indian engineering and construction group asked MXTechies for something better. We built a Mendix Workforce Management platform that covers the whole worker lifecycle, and a tablet screen where supervisors assign workers to tasks by simply dragging and dropping.
Workforce management software manages workers from onboarding to payroll in one system. In this project, the solution digitises the complete worker lifecycle across project sites: onboarding, attendance, skills and certifications, deployment, leave and payroll. Supervisors allocate workers to projects and tasks on a tablet by dragging a name from the available workforce list onto a task, with no typing or searching. The result is skill-based deployment, cleaner attendance-to-payroll processing and better compliance.
- Client
- A large Indian engineering and construction group
- Scope
- Onboarding, attendance, skills, certifications, deployment, leave, payroll
- Signature feature
- Single-screen drag-and-drop allocation, optimised for tablets
- Users
- Site supervisors, HR, payroll and project managers
- Platform
- Mendix
- Delivered by
- MXTechies, Mendix Certified Partner and Siemens Certified Partner
The challenge
The client runs a large, geographically spread workforce across many project sites. Two problems stood out.
Fragmented workforce processes:
- Onboarding, attendance, skills, certifications, deployment, leave and payroll ran through separate processes.
- This created payroll discrepancies and compliance risks.
- It was hard to deploy the right skilled people to the right project at the right time.
Slow task allocation on site:
- Supervisors assigned workers on tablets, but had to search, type and select each worker and each task.
- With large crews and frequent changes, allocation took too long and frustrated users.
The solution
MXTechies delivered a centralised Workforce Management platform on Mendix that brings the full worker lifecycle into one system. It automates day-to-day workforce operations, supports skill-based deployment and connects attendance directly to payroll processing. For site allocation, we designed a drag-and-drop interface on a single tablet-friendly screen.
Supervisors see the available workforce on one side and projects or tasks on the other, and simply drag a worker onto a task. No typing, no searching, no extra screens.
Key features
01Worker onboarding
- On site
- New workers are registered once, with their details and documents.
02Skills and certifications
- On site
- Each worker’s skills and certificates are recorded and visible.
03Skill-based deployment
- On site
- Supervisors match the right skills to each project.
04Attendance capture
- On site
- Daily attendance is recorded in one system.
05Attendance-to-payroll
- On site
- Attendance feeds payroll processing, reducing discrepancies.
06Leave management
- On site
- Leave is requested, approved and tracked in the app.
07Drag-and-drop allocation
- On site
- Workers are assigned to projects or tasks in one move on a tablet.
08Site-wide visibility
- On site
- Managers see who is deployed where.
How it works
- OnboardHR registers each worker with skills and certifications.
- PlanProject managers see available workers by skill and site.
- AllocateSupervisors drag workers onto projects or tasks on a tablet.
- RecordDaily attendance and leave are captured in the platform.
- PayAttendance flows into payroll processing.
- MonitorManagers track deployment, compliance and utilisation across sites.
Outcomes
- One system for the whole workforce: no more stitching together separate processes.
- Faster allocation: drag-and-drop removes typing and navigation from every assignment.
- Right skills, right site: deployment is based on recorded skills and certifications.
- Cleaner payroll: attendance and payroll are connected, cutting discrepancies.
- Better compliance and visibility: certifications, attendance and deployment are all on record.
See more of our work for manufacturing and engineering companies.
Why build this on Mendix
- Tablet-first screens: Mendix builds touch-friendly interfaces like drag-and-drop allocation.
- One platform for the whole lifecycle: onboarding, skills, attendance and payroll share one data model.
- Scales across sites: new projects and sites are added without rebuilding the app.
Who this is for
Construction, EPC, manufacturing and engineering companies with large site-based or contract workforces.
It also fits any industry that needs to allocate workers to tasks quickly, track skills and certifications, and keep attendance and payroll in step, including appraisal and task management needs.
Frequently asked questions
What does a workforce management app do?
It manages the worker lifecycle in one place: onboarding, skills, attendance, deployment, leave and payroll.
How does drag-and-drop allocation work?
On a single tablet screen, supervisors drag a worker from the available list and drop them onto a project or task. No typing or searching is needed.
Does it support skill-based deployment?
Yes. Skills and certifications are recorded for each worker, so supervisors can deploy the right people to each project.
Is attendance linked to payroll?
Yes. Attendance captured in the platform feeds payroll processing, which reduces discrepancies.
Is it built for tablets?
Yes. The allocation screen is optimised for tablet use on project sites.
About MXTechies
MXTechies is a Mendix Certified Partner and Siemens Certified Partner with delivery teams in India, the USA and the UAE. We build enterprise apps on Mendix, the low-code platform from Siemens, for manufacturing, banking, real estate and retail. See more of our case studies.
Last updated October 2026
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