JDA Workforce Projections

Gains made through Workforce Projections

• Good Sales predictions
• Keeps the organization within budget and ensures budget compliance
• Help floor/store managers meet customer demand
• Regional and store/floor managers can view the projected schedule
• Make dynamic changes for unexpected events
• Finance and operation executive can monitor current spending against the budget
• Provides remedy for over the budget spending by reallocation of funds
• Sales target can be distributed down to the department level
• Streamlines labor allocation process
• Provide supervisors with instant access to all projection activities through Workforce Interaction

Workforce Projections Engine

• Uses General Ledger(GL) data and POS data to estimate revenue for upcoming time period
• Allows the ability to analyze the data determining the projection, override the projection and adjust trend
• Methodologies used:

• Financial based
  • Labor hours are determined based on projected sales
  • Different cost ratios such by region, department can be calculated
  • Allows the movement of staff during unexpected events
• Work Standard based
  • Here the labor hours required to meet projected business volumes is calculated using labor standards
  • This data enables us to align the workforce for appropriate service level set by organization

 

Interaction

Datawarehousing

CRM