Labor Standards Development and Maintenance
The use and value of Labor Standards and work measurement has been recognized in many sectors for some time and in Retail and Hospitality, is growing rapidly. It is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for all modern Workforce Management solutions. Labor Standards provide the fundamental building blocks of all activities and tasks. The development of Labor Standards provides your organization with many benefits including:
- Standardization and documentation of all processes
- Definition of local site characteristics and variance to corporate process
- Identification of all business drivers with supportive data
- Optimal Scheduling of tasks to smooth out demand during the day and ensure all activities are performed in a timely manner
- Generation of Workload Demand by activity and time of day based on weekly forecast or budget business levels
WorkPlace can provide a full range of Laborlabor Standards development work including measurement, analysis and design of standards and integration to site specific Workload Demand and Budgeting calculation tools.
WorkPlace uses a full range of work measurement and development techniques ranging from traditional stopwatch to sector specific PMTS database applications.
Within the Retail sector, WorkPlace uses RetailEASE™, the leading standards development software for retail today, used by over 9,700 stores worldwide.
"We selected WorkPlace, because of their software, process review and standards development methodologies and track record in Retail, in particular the DIY sector."
Craig Pickett
Stores Productivity Manager
Wickes