After you set the budget and forecast, you can adjust the sales target and the amount of non-service hours that you think your location requires. You can make these adjustments at any point before you create the schedule for the week.
Your adjustments reflect your knowledge of your location and its environment, taking into account:
- Trends that you noticed in the past days or weeks. For example, being over-budget on sales every day and needing to schedule more staff to stock your shelves.
- Upcoming events, such as a local competitor having a major sale this weekend that could hurt your sales.
Anything that impacts your location’s sales or non-service hours must be accounted for in your location’s plan by making a manager adjustment. You can make these adjustments in Plan (see Adjust Your Plan). Any adjustments that you make have an impact on the rest of your location’s KPIs.
When you adjust the sales target, Dayforce:
- Calculates an adjusted Labor Cost. In the example using wage %, Dayforce multiples the adjusted sales by wage %.
- Calculates an adjusted Total Hours. In the example using AHR, Dayforce divides the adjusted labor cost by AHR.
When you adjust the amount of non-service hours, Dayforce calculates a new Service Hours (total hours minus adjusted non-service hours).