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How does SMART allocate daily hours?

How does SMART allocate daily hours?

SMART is a monthly forecast based on the productivity/hours forecast set (How is SMART calculated?). It identifies historical trends to suggest how many hours should be scheduled each day in order to meet the monthly productivity/hours forecast. The manual primary...

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SMART forecast explained

SMART forecast explained

What is a SMART forecast?  The SMART forecast in PMI is a daily breakdown of your monthly productivity/hours forecast . SMART forecast allocates the month forecast to each day based on the expected activity levels of hotel using the cost driver forecast and historic...

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Labor cockpit cost driver

Labor cockpit cost driver

Summary The Cost driver tab in the Labor cockpit is used for managing the department’s cost driver. Most hotel groups have corporate standards to be able to compare like for like, please verify with your head office before changing the settings. Intended Users Cockpit...

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Labor Cockpit Preparations

Labor Cockpit Preparations

Summary PMI Labor Cockpit (and Schedule) are used to manage labor cost and adjust the staffing according to expected level of activity in the department, both short and long term. This article covers the Budget and Forecast preparations needed for managing...

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Labor cockpit overview

Labor cockpit overview

What is the Labor cockpit?  The Labor cockpit is where department heads manage their staff schedules.   The Cockpit provides details on hours, productivity and labor cost both for past and future months. It includes hours imported from your time keeping system (TKS),...

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Review and Maintain Food Cost

Review and Maintain Food Cost

Summary The procedure below allows you to record your food cost and manage your food purchases by adequately measuring your stock turnover rate on a daily and monthly routine in order to maximize profit on the margin. Intended Users F&B Managers, Executive Chefs,...

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Resource consumption and purchase patterns

Resource consumption and purchase patterns

Summary This summary will help you to understand and manage the Food Cost Cockpit. Intended Users Executive Chefs, Chefs = Kitchen Food Cost Owners Instructions The purpose of the Food Cost Cockpit is to manage resource consumption and purchase pattern in order to...

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Kitchen food cost overview

Kitchen food cost overview

Summary Food Cost Cockpit is always part of a Labor Cockpit − usually the Kitchen or Breakfast Cockpit. Intended Users Executive Chefs and Food Cost Cockpit Owners. Instructions The PMI Kitchen Food Cost cockpit helps the Executive Chef to manage the food cost and...

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Imported food cost purchases overview

Imported food cost purchases overview

Properties with PMI Planning have the possibility to import actual food purchase into PMI. All food purchases are imported daily into PMI, giving the kitchen food cost owner an effortless overview of monthly expenditures. A kitchen normally has different types of...

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Monthly routine food cost cockpit

Monthly routine food cost cockpit

Summary Monthly tasks in the food cost cockpit Intended Users Kitchen Food Cost Owners Instructions 1. The food cost cockpit is found in (one of) the kitchen labor cockpit(s). Click on Food Cost in the Cockpit view located in the upper menu bar. 2. Enter the closing...

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