TempGuru ProIndustrial Ops — /staffing/light-industrial
Light Industrial Staffing Software
You don't need more software. You need the line staffed.

Pro runs high-volume industrial staffing — shift orders, worker pools, credential tracking, geofence clock-in, fill-rate reporting, invoicing — with AI that recommends and coordinators who decide. Built for the floor, not the desk.

100k+
Workers staffed
5,000+
Events run
99%
Fill rate
300+
Markets
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TempGuru
01 / 10 — The Ground Truth
Client (DC) — 5:38 am2nd shift short 6, line starts at 6
Worker — 5:40 amoverslept, not gonna make it
No-show — 5:41 amPick line down two. Trucks waiting.
Your coordinator — 5:42 amopening the spreadsheet. again.
Demand is year-round now Fill rate = your scorecard Trucks don't wait
2nd shift, currently
1
Order arrives by text, files itself
2
Fill raised hands + ranked recs, human approval
3
Dispatch app confirmations, no thumb cramps
4
Clock-in geofence + selfie at the door
5
Timesheet writes itself as the shift runs
6
Invoice out same day, synced to QuickBooks
7
Pay clean records, no re-keying
One system owns the whole route
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Guru · TempGuru
Today 6:47 PM
Need 6 for the DC tomorrow, 6am, pick/pack
Got it — 6 × Pick/Pack, Eastside DC, tomorrow 6:00 AM call. $22/hr bill, 4-hr min. Confirm?
confirmed. who do i have coming?
Order #4817 filed — 9 workers raised their hands, ranked list is with your coordinator. Confirmed so far: D. Reyes, K. Osei +2. I'll text you as the last spots fill.
swap one to forklift and approve last week's timesheets
Swapped one slot to Forklift (cert verified), crew notified. Timesheets for week of 6/22 approved — invoice on its way.
Orders Who's coming Changes Timesheets Invoices
Guru, verbatim — your client's whole portal, no login
24 min
Text to staffed
6:47 pmDC adds 6 to the 6am shift
6:48 pmGuru confirms & files it
6:52 pmAI ranks 14 workers
7:04 pmCoordinator approves six
7:11 pmConfirmed. Client sees roster.
$1,685–$3,835
The stitched stack
$424
TempGuru Pro
You keep $1,261–$3,411 / mo
D. Reyes warehouse ×41 · 0 no-shows · raised hand
98
K. Osei forklift cert · on-time 97% · raised hand
94
M. Tran new · strong references
86
J. Whitfield 2 late clock-ins, 30 days
71
Approve — your coordinator, not the machine
Decision support, not automation
W-2
Not 1099
Workers' comp NYC AEDT-ready Human approval CO SB24-205
Compliance isn't a feature
Essentials
$254
Most popular
Pro
$424
Scale
$999+
Annual pricing · month-to-month available
MONDC adds a 2nd shift; filled before the line starts
TUEForklift cert expires — worker held off dispatch, no OSHA surprise
WEDGeofence catches a gate-lot punch before invoice
THUClient pulls live fill rate in the Hub — no call to you
FRIInvoices out, synced to QuickBooks. Done.
One production week on Pro
01 / 10The Ground Truth

Industrial staffing is a fill-rate business.

The DC needs bodies on the line by six. A picker oversleeps. The client isn't grading your résumés — they're grading your fill rate.

Warehouse and manufacturing clients used to call for seasonal surges. Now they staff ongoing operations through you — the demand is year-round and the fill pressure never lets up. TempGuru was built inside that reality — by a founder who owned staffing agencies and covered those 6am gaps herself.

The pool churns hard — the average industrial temp cycles out in about ten weeks — so you're rebuilding the roster while you fill today's shift. Credentials, safety certs, and reliability scores stay attached to every worker, so the person you dispatch is the person who's cleared to be there.

Quick answer

Light industrial staffing software handles high-volume, shift-based placement for warehouse, manufacturing, and logistics agencies. Core needs: shift orders, worker availability, no-show detection and backfill, credential tracking, and client fill-rate reporting. TempGuru Pro is that system, W-2 by default, for $424/month.

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02 / 10The Map

Seven steps. One system.

Every temp job on earth moves through the same seven steps. Each one is a place your week goes to die when it lives in a different tool.

Order, fill, dispatch, clock-in, timesheet, invoice, pay. Run them in five tools and you become the integration — retyping, reconciling, apologizing. Run them in one and the data walks itself from the client's text to the paid invoice.

Rule

If a step lives in a spreadsheet, that step is where you'll lose Saturday.

03 / 10What You're Buying

Pro is not a feature list. It's your operation, running.

Guru is your client's entire interface, by text — they place orders, ask who's coming, change details, approve timesheets, and ask about invoices without ever logging into anything. The staff portal lets workers see open shifts and raise their hands — interest and availability flow in instead of being chased down. AI recommendations rank those hands by reliability and history; your coordinator approves every assignment. The mobile app clocks workers in with geofence and selfie verification. The Client Hub puts it all under your logo for clients who like dashboards — Guru covers the ones who don't. QuickBooks sync and e-signature close the books without a second job.

And because software alone never fixed an agency: Pro ships with an operator-written AI-for-staffing playbook and a cohort of agencies working the same problems.

Plainly

What you're buying is a shift that fills before the line starts.

04 / 10The Clock

From text to staffed.

A real order shape, on Pro: the DC adds six to tomorrow's 6am shift at 6:47 the night before.

Guru confirms and files the order in a minute. The AI ranks fourteen available workers four minutes later. Your coordinator approves six from the couch — dinner isn't cold yet. Workers confirm in the app; the client watches the roster fill in their Hub. Twenty-four minutes, no phone tree, no spreadsheet.

The point

Speed isn't a luxury in temp staffing. It's the product.

05 / 10The Math

Fire the stack. Keep the work.

Industrial agencies don't lack software. They run five subscriptions stitched together with exports and prayer — and explain the fill-rate miss to the client on Monday.

Staffing ATS/CRM (Bullhorn, Avionté)$800–$2,500
Scheduling & time clock$200–$400
Time tracking~$500
Client portal$50–$300
E-signature (3 seats)~$135
The stitched-together stack$1,685–$3,835
TempGuru Pro, annual$424 + 2.5%

The service fee is simple: $10,000 in billed shifts = $250. It scales with revenue you invoiced, not seats you might use.

06 / 10The Brains

AI recommends. You decide.

Every AI feature in Pro is decision support, not automation. That's a design position, not a disclaimer.

The fill is two-sided. Workers raise their hands in the staff portal; the model ranks the hands it can defend — availability, reliability score, history on this kind of shift — and shows its reasoning. No worker is assigned by a machine. The report builder answers plain-English questions and hands you the chart; you decide what it means. That shape is why agencies trust it — and, increasingly, why regulators require exactly it.

And let's say it now: someday a recommended worker will no-show anyway. The model flags the risk before call time, your coordinator sees it early, and backfill is one tap. Judge the system on the season, not one at-bat.

Bright line

Recommendations carry reasons. Decisions carry a name.

07 / 10The Fine Print
Compliance isn't a feature.

This is where shortcuts get expensive. Gig apps rent you 1099 crowds and leave the classification risk on your desk. We built for W-2 agencies on purpose.

W-2

Payroll handoff, workers' comp, and wage records that survive an audit.

Human

A coordinator approves every AI-recommended assignment — the architecture NYC's AEDT rule and Colorado's AI law point at.

No traps

No setup fee. Migration included. Your data stays exportable. Month-to-month exists.

08 / 10The Rate

Three plans. One is the answer for most.

Essentials, $254/mo + 2% — the full platform: scheduling, dispatch, timesheets, invoicing, base reporting. For agencies replacing the spreadsheet.

Pro, $424/mo + 2.5% — everything above, plus the parts that replace your stack: Guru (clients run orders, changes, timesheets, and invoices by text — no login), AI recommendations, geofence clock-in, your-brand Client Hub, AI reporting, QuickBooks, e-signature, the playbook and cohort, same-day support. $499 month-to-month if you'd rather we re-earn it every four weeks.

Scale, from $999 — white-label on your domain, SSO, API, dedicated CSM.

Included

Roster migration, client setup, rate configuration — every plan, no setup fee. Branches $99/mo. SMS metered honestly at $29–$79.

09 / 10A Real Week

What Pro looks like by shift change.

Monday, the DC adds a second shift; text recruiting and ranked recs fill it before the line starts. Tuesday, a forklift cert expires — the worker is held off dispatch automatically, so there's no OSHA surprise at the gate. Wednesday, geofence clock-in catches a gate-lot punch before it reaches an invoice. Thursday, the client pulls up live fill rate in their Hub instead of calling you. Friday, invoices go out same-day and QuickBooks agrees with itself.

You held the fill rate without living in the spreadsheet. That's the product.

10 / 10Your Move

Your floor. Our problem.

A demo takes thirty minutes. Bring a real shift order — your headcount, your certs, your chaos — and watch the clock yourself.

“Pro was built by someone who owned staffing agencies. This is the system we wish we'd had when we ran ours.”

Megan Hayward — Founder & CEO, TempGuru

FAQThe Questions

Plainly answered.

What is light industrial staffing software?

Software that handles high-volume, shift-based placement for warehouse, manufacturing, and logistics staffing agencies — shift orders, worker availability, no-show detection and backfill, credential and safety-cert tracking, and client fill-rate reporting. TempGuru adds SMS job orders through Guru, AI candidate ranking your coordinator approves, and geofence clock-in.

What's the best software for a warehouse or manufacturing staffing agency?

The one that holds your fill rate. Industrial agencies need shift orders, a warm worker pool, instant backfill, credential tracking, and fill-rate reporting in one system — not a résumé pipeline. That's Pro at $424/month.

How do industrial staffing agencies improve fill rate?

Keep the pool warm and backfill fast. TempGuru fills by text, scores reliability, flags no-show risk before call time, and lets your coordinator approve a ranked backup in a tap — so the shift is staffed before the line starts.

Does it track safety certifications and credentials?

Yes. Certs and credentials stay attached to each worker, and an expired cert holds a worker off dispatch automatically — so the person you send is cleared to be on that floor.

Do my clients have to log into a portal?

No. Guru gives clients full access by text — placing orders, asking who's on shift, changing headcount, approving timesheets, and invoice questions. The Client Hub is there for clients who want live fill-rate dashboards.

Does the AI auto-assign workers?

No. It recommends best-fit workers with reasoning; your coordinator approves every assignment. Decision support, not automation.

What does Pro replace?

A typical stitched stack of ATS/CRM, scheduling, time tracking, client portal, and e-signature — $1,685–$3,835/month — for $424/month plus 2.5% on billed shifts.

Is there a setup fee?

No. Roster migration, client setup, and pay/bill rate configuration are included on every plan.

How much does industrial staffing software cost?

Standalone staffing platforms typically run $800–$2,500/month before add-ons. TempGuru is $254–$424/month plus a 2–2.5% service fee on billed shifts. Pricing is public — it's on this page.