Sample result
Ideal Staffing Plan Builder for Restaurants
The owner asked this:«I have 14 people and I feel there are too many midweek and too few on Saturday. I do not know where to start moving.»
① The load map: where sales actually come in
Before touching payroll, the map. The daily average said «slow Tuesday, strong Saturday»; the 2-hour band says exactly where.
| Band | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00–14:00 dining room | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 14% |
| 14:00–16:00 dining room | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| 19:00–21:00 dining room | 11% | 12% | 14% | 22% | 28% | 17% |
| 19:00–21:00 delivery | 6% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 10% |
The reading, in two lines: the real peak is Friday and Saturday from 19:00 to 21:00, and dining room and delivery load different roles in the same band. The leak is 14:00 to 16:00 Tuesday to Thursday, where three people cover 3% of sales.
SUPUESTO: the load criterion used is the cubiertos per server the house declares for its format, not a textbook standard. If the real criterion were one cover less per server, the Saturday peak calls for one more person and the valley gap stays the same.
② The ideal plan, with the gap stated in money
| Role | Today | Ideal per shift | Gap in people | Gap in money/month | Shift that corrects it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Server, valley (14–16 h) | 3 | 1 | −2 | saving | Moved to the Friday peak |
| Server, peak (19–21 h Fri-Sat) | 3 | 5 | +2 | cost | Part-time starting 30 min earlier |
| Kitchen, peak | 2 | 3 | +1 | cost | Staggered, starts 18:30 |
| Driver | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | No change |
The verdict: the house does not need to hire two people; it needs to move two. The projected costo laboral stays under the declared ceiling and the Saturday peak ends up better covered than today.
A note printed on the plan itself: the first move is to redistribute, never to cut. Letting the valley people go leaves Saturday just as overwhelmed and takes the best day's ticket promedio down with it.
The full example has 1 more part(s): you see them inside the library, with your account.