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What is a cost driver?

What is a cost driver?

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...

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What are productive and non-productive hours?

What are productive and non-productive hours?

Productive hours are paid hours for work connected to a 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,...

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How does PMI summarize the hours?

How does PMI summarize the hours?

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...

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How can I see the hours that are imported to PMI?

How can I see the hours that are imported to PMI?

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...

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What is SMART?

What is SMART?

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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PMI GoGreen – Cockpit overview [2:49]

PMI GoGreen – Cockpit overview [2:49]

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...

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Using arrivals and departures as a cost driver

Using arrivals and departures as a cost driver

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...

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How to work with labor cost

How to work with labor cost

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...

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Min/Max explanation

Min/Max explanation

What is Min/Max? MIN/MAX hours is a setting in the labor cockpit 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 for holidays and fixed dates, ensuring...

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