Cost Management
Budget Better
Slack
Identify points in the shift where you are overstaffed and use that time to get some tasks done.
Base & Flex
Right-size your labour budget to meet demand and grow sales.
True Visibility
Stay ahead of the tide with all the data and insights you need to plan and budget effectively.
What is slack?
Slack is the extra labour that exceeds what is required to deliver the agreed service standards of your business.
Learn how to make the most of this opportunity, with our short series on reducing slack in your business:
Reducing the number of slack hours in the rota enables managers to significantly improve labour costs.
Reducing slack to under 20% of hours used typically saves operators £10,000 a year on labour.
Base & flex budgets
Sales vary from one shift to the next, making labour a variable cost. This means a fixed budget is not the most effective way to schedule your teams.
Introducing a weekly budget that starts with a baseline standard and flexes as sales increase is a much more efficient way of managing labour cost.
Drag the bar in the chart to see how a base and flex budget can dramatically reduce labour cost.
True cost visibility
To set the right budgets, you need complete visiblility of the true cost of every hour of labour.
Every rota is fully costed, including NI and holiday pay accruals, so you can focus your efforts on hitting labour ratio and driving sales every week.
Line by line cost breakdown
Weekly and daily rota costs
Forecast and budget data to ensure accuracy and efficiency of rota.
Accurate forecasting
View hour-by-hour trends, like-for-like sales and check the weather to ensure you take into account all the factors influencing sales before you set your budget. This way, you’re not overspending or under-staffing.
“S4labour has reduced the amount of time Oowee spend on labour significantly.”