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 time keeping system...
The Min and Max settings allow you to set the minimum and maximum hours required in a department for each day of the week. Using this function will affect forecasted productivity, as you are manipulating hours needed on slow and high activity days. Consider this...
Some departments, like admin & general and sales, may have a fixed number of hours each month regardless of occupancy and activity at the property. The total fixed hours for a cockpit will be divided equally between every weekday in the month, which will give a...
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 operational productivity,...
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 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,...
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...