Reaching the monthly productivity target is your key goal. Keeping the blue hours bars as close to the yellow line (SMART Forecast) as possible means that you are achieving your daily productivity target. Keep in mind that this is not always...
The rates that you see in the cockpit are picked up from the Budget & Forecast module. In the Budget & Forecast module, you can enter either the rate or total labor cost, depending on the settings chosen. If you work with total labor cost,...
Rates are average total labor cost per hour in the department (cockpit). It should include taxes and social charges. These are calculated by dividing the total labor cost by the total number of hours worked.
The planned hours in the time keeping system are only calculated for the length of time that the Schedule Horizon is set. After that, PMI uses the SMART forecast suggested hours. Horizon days are used beyond the period you have scheduled in your...
The Min and Max setting allows you to set the minimum and maximum hours required in a department each day of the week. Using this function will affect forecasted productivity, because you are manipulating hours needed on slow and high activity...
Some departments like Admin & General and sales may have a fixed number of hours each month regardless of occupancy and activity. The total fixed hours for a cockpit will be divided equally every day of the month, giving a straight, yellow line...
Productivity is calculated by dividing the output in a department (i.e. revenue, rooms occupied, covers) with the number of hours paid for. We differentiate between total productivity, that takes the output divided by the total hours, and...
A cost driver is an operational factor in the department that effects the need for labor, whether that is guests, rooms or revenue. For example, Housekeeping uses rooms occupied last night as a cost driver, because that determines the amount of...
The cockpit is only a mirror of what is imported from your timekeeping system. The first thing you need to check is whether all hours have been updated/confirmed/approved in your timekeeping system. Incorrect mapping could be another reason, or...
Productive hours are paid hours for work connected to the department. Non-productive hours are a paid absence, i.e. there is a cost for the hours although they have not been used for regular work in the department. This could be sick leave paid for...
In the cockpit, you will see three columns displaying hours. Total, Productive and Non-Productive. Productive hours are hours that have been worked and payed for. Non-productive hours are payed hours that have not been worked. Productive and...
To check the hours imported from a time keeping system for a specific date or period, click the plus sign next to the date double, click on time keeping system hours. A list will appear with an overview of the number of productive and...
SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic & Time-sensitive. In PMI, the SMART calculation uses forecasted, budgeted and/or last year’s productivity in that department's cockpit to calculate how many hours should be used in...