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Staff Scheduling For Footfall Calculator

Work out staff scheduling for footfall instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Staff Scheduling For Footfall Calculator

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.

Formulas

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)

Worked example

With the default values below, Staff Scheduling For Footfall Calculator returns Staff to schedule this hour of 5. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Expected visitors per hour
180
Visitors one staff member can serve per hour
45
Minimum staff on the floor
2
Allowance for breaks and non-selling tasks
18

Results

Staff to schedule this hour
5
Demand-driven requirement before rounding
4.72
Visitors per scheduled staff member
36.0
Cover above the minimum
3

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Demand requirement
  3. 3Staff to schedule
  4. 4Staff to schedule this hour= 5
  5. 5Demand-driven requirement before rounding= 4.72
  6. 6Visitors per scheduled staff member= 36.0
  7. 7Cover above the minimum= 3

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I measure visitors served per staff hour?

From hours where conversion was at target and no queue formed. Using average hours understates capability because it includes overstaffed periods.

Why is a minimum needed?

For security, till coverage and legal lone-working restrictions, regardless of how quiet the hour is.

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