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Forecasting and labour planning

Turn your forecasts into staffing requirements

Rotageek’s labour modelling works out how many people each task needs through the day at every location, based on how the work is actually done, so every number is one you can explain.

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Forecasting and labour planning

What labour modelling does for you

  • Top down, bottom up, or both

    Start from your labour budget and spread it across the day in line with the forecast, or build up from the work itself, with a formula for how long each task takes. Steady tasks can have set cover instead.

    • ✓Budget spread to the forecast
    • ✓A formula for each task, such as time per customer
    • ✓Set cover for steady tasks

  • One model, tuned for each site

    Build a model once and apply it across your estate, then adjust the values where a site works differently. Changes can be scheduled to start on a future date, so new standards roll out when you’re ready.

    • ✓Assign formulas to one or many locations
    • ✓Set location-specific values
    • ✓Schedule changes with Effective From dates

  • See the impact before you save

    Change a value and watch the labour demand graph update before anything is saved, so you can test a new standard without affecting live rotas.

    • ✓Live preview on the demand graph
    • ✓Peaks by role through the day
    • ✓Every number explainable and auditable

Staffing numbers you can explain

Rotageek’s labour modelling turns your forecasts into the people you need through the day, starting from your budget, from the work itself, or both.

  • Top down or bottom up. Spread your labour budget to the forecast, or build headcount from the time each task takes.
  • One model, many sites. Local values where a site works differently, with changes scheduled in advance.
  • See it before you save. Preview how demand moves through the day and where each role peaks.
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Labour modelling FAQs

It needs forecast data for your business, such as expected customer numbers, sales or deliveries. Rotageek sets this data up with you during implementation, and formulas cannot calculate without it.

Yes. Set a default value for each variable, then add location-specific values for sites that differ. You can also date a change in advance with an Effective From date.

You choose the rounding rule for each task: round up, round down, or Shift Left, which carries the part-person into the earlier time slot.

Access is controlled by permissions. Your administrator decides who can view the labour model and who can edit formulas.

See it with your own data.

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

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