Work out staff scheduling for footfall instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Labour scheduling should follow footfall hour by hour: expected visitors divided by the visitors one person can serve, grossed up for breaks and non-selling tasks, and floored at the minimum needed to open the floor safely. Flat rotas systematically mis-place labour.
Demand requirement
Requirement = Visitors per hour / Visitors served per staff hour x (1 + Break allowance %)
Staff to schedule
Staff = max(Minimum on floor, ceiling of Requirement)
From hours where conversion was at target and no queue formed. Using average hours understates capability because it includes overstaffed periods.
For security, till coverage and legal lone-working restrictions, regardless of how quiet the hour is.