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 rooms needing to be...
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 there are departments...
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 by the property,...
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 non-productive hours added...
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 non-productive hours imported...
The SMART forecast in PMI is a daily breakdown of your monthly productivity/hours forecast. The SMART forecast allocates the month forecast to each day based on the expected activity levels of hotel using the cost driver forecast and historic staffing patterns. This...
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We’re diving into the Go Green Doing Cockpit in the PMI. This tool helps you monitor and manage your environmental resources like energy, water, and waste. Let’s check out how to use it to meet your monthly targets and keep things green. Overview Summary: The Go Green...
It is possible to use Arrivals and/or Departures as a cost driver in a cockpit.When you activate the forecasting feature for Arrivals/Departures in Rooms Live forecast, it will generate a daily forecast for arrivals and departures. This forecast will be derived from...
Summary There are different ways to work with labor cost in PMI R&P. The rate will always be displayed in the Cockpit and the box where it is displayed can either be opened for editting or closed, depending on the settings selected. We differentiate between...
What is Min/Max? MIN/MAX hours is a setting in the labor cockpits in PMI. It allows you to manually set a minimum and maximum number of hours to be scheduled each day of the week for your department. Exceptions can be added holidays and fixed dates. What is its...