Produce detailed staff plans and labour costs for your new facility

If you are moving into a new warehouse facility you will reach the point when you need to answer some fundamental questions about your labour resource:-

• How many staff do I need to employ
• How do I match shift patterns to operating hours
• What mix of skills do I need
• How do I allow for seasonal variations
• What additional staffing do I need at start up
• How do I allow for the learning curve
• What will my staff costs be
• Can I work within my budget

Answering these important questions accurately at the outset, will save a lot of time, money and anguish later on.

We have the expertise and experience to help you get it right first time so that you can open your new facility with the right staff and have a staffing plan that you can be confident will match the growing demands on the new warehouse. We employ our skills in simulation and modelling to produce remarkably accurate results even if there is no precedent for the new facility in your organisation.

Our approach is to:-

• Calculate overall annual cost and cost per unit for each direct process and functional area
• Set an annual staffing budget/operating plan showing warehouse staff requirements and costs by week
• Use detailed simulated time standards as the basis for costing, planning and budgeting
• Develop a resource model to calculate staffing requirements
• Use the model to test new materials handling equipment, systems and processes
• Produce a detailed breakdown of weekly labour resources taking into account weekly volumes and the impact of seasonality on key business variables

Our logical and thorough approach will enable you to build your staffing plan and calculate your budget with confidence.

Please have a look at our list of white papers and case studies for more detail of how these systems can be applied.

If you would like to talk this over with an experienced consultant, at no obligation then call us on 01527 834689 or email us at info@broadoakpartnership.co.uk