There’s nothing revolutionary about businesses looking for new ways to reduce and control labor cost. Failure to control these costs effectively can quickly lead to business feeling the pinch and having to resort to drastic measures to combat them.
But what if we told you, you could reduce costs while at the same time improving productivity, increasing revenue, engaging your employees and delivering an amazing experience for your customers?
In this guide, we'll go through six rules for controlling your labor costs:
- Build your schedules around great forecasting
- Use an optimisation tool
- Understand your business
- Know what to measure
- Have the right people, in the right place, at the right time
- Engage and empower your employees