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Workforce forecasting

Forecast demand before you build the rota

Rotageek’s workforce forecasting predicts footfall, transactions, orders or patient check-ins for each location, down to 15 minutes, using your history alongside seasonal trends and events, so managers can plan rotas around the demand they expect.

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  • Screwfix
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  • Truworths
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Forecasting and labour planning

What demand forecasting does for you

  • Built on your own data

    Each location gets its own forecast, built from whichever data best reflects how busy you are, and a regular data feed keeps it current.

    • ✓Footfall, transactions, orders or check-ins
    • ✓Separate forecasts for different tasks
    • ✓Kept current from a regular feed

  • See busy times as you plan

    Managers see expected labour demand through the day, task by task, next to the staff they have scheduled.

    • ✓Demand for each task
    • ✓Shown alongside your rota
    • ✓15, 30 or 60-minute slots

  • Peaks and events built in

    Forecasts take account of seasonal trends, bank holidays, sales and local events, so unusual weeks don’t catch managers out.

    • ✓Seasonal trends and bank holidays
    • ✓Promotions and special events
    • ✓Busy periods planned for in advance

See the busy periods coming

Rotageek’s labour demand forecasting shows how busy each location will be through the day, built on your own data, so managers can plan staff to the demand they expect.

  • Your history, your patterns. Footfall, transactions, orders or check-ins by time of day, week and season, with bank holidays and events set up with you.
  • Demand next to the rota. Expected demand in 15, 30 or 60-minute slots, shown alongside the staff you’ve scheduled.
  • Or bring your own. Send your own forecast by file or through the API.
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Demand forecasting FAQs

Your history of sales, transactions or footfall for each location, by date and time, plus a regular feed to keep it current. Our Data Science team sets the forecast up with you.

Yes. Send your own demand by file or through the Rotageek API and managers plan against it. You can also load a daily sales forecast to show alongside the rota.

Yes, for dates you know about in advance. We set up periods like bank holidays, Easter or a planned sale with you, so the forecast uses the values you expect.

See it with your own data.

A 30-minute demo, built around your sites and shift patterns.

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