When you create a staffing profile, you add jobs to the profile, and then you select the method Labor Management uses to calculate staffing requirements for each job. Use the following table to access more information on staffing methods.
Table 15-1 Staffing Methods
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Define requirements by setting general threshold values based on one or two forecast profiles and forecast components, such as sales and checks. |
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Define requirements by applying a productivity factor to a forecast. A productivity factor is a numeric productivity level your organization assigns to a specific job. |
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Define staffing requirements for job functions, such as cashiers and servers. You set a net sales threshold and Labor Management proposes the number of employees to staff based on forecast values. |
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Define staffing requirements for job functions, such as cashiers and servers, for day parts for each day of the week. You set a net sales threshold and Labor Management proposes the number of employees to staff based on the fixed resource requirements and forecast values. |
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Define staffing requirements according to the level of effort required to prepare menu items. You create skills, create stations, and then assign skill level requirements to the jobs associated with the profiles. |
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Define staffing requirements by combining staffing methods:
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General Step
Define general forecast thresholds and assign staffing requirements based on the thresholds, as described in the following examples:
Table 15-2 Single Forecast Staffing Requirements
| Forecast | Staffing Requirements |
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Greater than or equal to 0 |
1 |
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Greater than or equal to 150 |
4 |
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Greater than or equal to 500 |
7 |
If the forecast generates the value 120, the General Step method outputs a staffing requirement of 1. If the forecast generates the value 300, the General Step method outputs a staffing requirement of 4.
The following table shows staffing requirements based on two forecasts:
Table 15-3 General Step Example for Two Forecasts
| Forecast 1 \ Forecast 2 |
Greater than 0 |
Greater than 125 |
Greater than 230 |
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Greater than 0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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Greater than 150 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
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Greater than 500 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
If the forecast generates the values 215 and 135 for Value 1 and 2, Labor Management generates a staffing requirement of 8.
Check amounts can impact staffing requirements. For example, you have several guest checks. One check is for a very expensive bottle of wine. The check for the bottle of wine increases the forecast value causing Labor Management to increase the staffing requirement. Even though the forecast increased, additional staff is not necessary.
Forecast Productivity
Define productivity factors and then apply the factors to the forecasted values to determine the staffing requirements, as described in the following example:
Table 15-4 Productivity Example
| Forecast | Productivity Factor |
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Greater than or equal to 0 |
0.037 |
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Greater than or equal to 500 |
0.042 |
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Greater than or equal to 1000 |
0.050 |
If the forecast generates the value 832, the Productivity method calculates 832 x 0.042 and outputs a staffing requirement of 35.
Shift
Define staffing and shift requirements for each job code based on thresholds for Net Sales of the entire system for the entire business week, as described in the following examples:
Table 15-5 Shift Example for Net Sales Greater Than or Equal to 0.00
| Job Code | Staffing Requirement | Start Day | End Day | Start Time | End Time |
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Cook 1 |
2 |
Monday |
Friday |
0800 |
1600 |
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Cook 1 |
1 |
Monday |
Saturday |
1200 |
2000 |
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Cook 2 |
1 |
Monday |
Friday |
1500 |
1900 |
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Cook 3 |
3 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
1800 |
2000 |
Table 15-6 Shift Example for Net Sales Greater Than 50,000
| Job Code | Staffing Requirement | Start Day | End Day | Start Time | End Time |
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Cook 1 |
4 |
Monday |
Friday |
0800 |
2200 |
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Cook 1 |
3 |
Monday |
Saturday |
1000 |
2000 |
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Cook 2 |
3 |
Monday |
Friday |
1500 |
2300 |
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Cook 3 |
4 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
1700 |
2100 |
Fixed Resources
Define staffing requirements for a day or day parts based on thresholds for Net Sales of the entire system for the entire business week. The following examples show requirements based on day parts:
Table 15-7 Shift Example for Net Sales Greater Than or Equal to 0.00
| Day Part | Monday Requirement | Tuesday Requirement | Wednesday Requirement | Thursday Requirement | Friday Requirement | Saturday Requirement | Sunday Requirement |
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Breakfast |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Lunch |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Dinner |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Table 15-8 Shift Example for Net Sales Greater Than 50,000
| Day Part | Monday Requirement | Tuesday Requirement | Wednesday Requirement | Thursday Requirement | Friday Requirement | Saturday Requirement | Sunday Requirement |
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Breakfast |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
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Lunch |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Dinner |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Recipe
Define staffing requirements based on the effort required to prepare menu items. For example, you specify 90 seconds as the effort required to prepare a pizza, and the forecasted value of pizza sales for a shift is 250. The total effort required to make pizzas for the shift is 22,500 seconds (90 x 250) or 375 minutes. To determine staffing requirements for 15-minute intervals for the forecast, the total effort in minutes is divided by 15 (375/15) for a staffing requirement of 25.
Advanced General
Labor resource requirements by shifts.
Labor resource requirements by forecasting components.
Labor resource requirements for non-sales-driven activities, such as cleaning equipment and performing administrative tasks.
Related Topics
Parent topic: Staffing