Labor Optimization
Automatically generates the optimal labor plan
Legion WFM enables intelligent automation to empower managers with staffing guidance and labor insights.
- Create the most compact labor plan possible. Choose the optimal work role to fulfill the labor demand and perform the work while ensuring all compliance and pay rules are met.
- Create granular, down-to-the-minute task-based labor modeling across all channels automatically.
- Highly accurate forecasts combined with optimized labor plans are used to automatically generate quality schedules that meet business requirements and employee needs.
Highlights
Instantly predict the number of employees and skills needed every 15, 30, and 60 minutes daily – resulting in better customer service and reduced labor costs.
Automatically includes flexible workloads, such as restocking or inventory, without human intervention
Legion WFM enables intelligent automation to empower managers with staffing guidance and labor insights
Reduce hours required in the schedule to create the most compact use of labor possible.
"Optimizing labor spend is critical for retailers, and often, improvements are measured in basis points. Legion WFM helped this retailer achieve a 500 basis point improvement in labor efficiency across thousands of its stores. This improvement in workload efficiency enables them to reinvest that labor to serve customers better and increase customer satisfaction. ‘There are very few projects that have that high a level of impact,’ "
Director of Store Operations, - National Discount Retailer
Save time with automation
Instantly create schedules that meet your objectives.
Automatically computes optimal labor hours based on precisely forecasted demand and customer labor standards. Drives efficient labor plans, giving you more insight into long-term and short-term labor demand with less effort.
Staffing guidance considers all labor-related elements (models, location-specific attributes), optimizing labor demand rather than just the schedule.
Out-of-the-box staffing ratios are provided for labor creation to simplify staffing decisions, streamline resource allocation, and ensure consistent workforce planning.
Empower managers with actionable insights
Optimize labor efficiencies and employee experience simultaneously
Provides a more fine-grained view of scheduling shift increments than legacy tools. AI-based workload computation automatically includes flexible workloads, such as restocking or inventory, without human intervention.
See the total cost of the schedule, identify the gaps between scheduled hours, demand and employee preferences, and automatically adjust to meet objectives.
Get insights on the impact of adding or removing shifts on meeting demand, budgets, and compliance.
Automatically improve compliance
Minimize risk and avoid potentially costly fines
Pre-loaded, frequently updated compliance templates and business rules help ensure schedules follow labor laws, and use optimal labor plans to automatically generate fully compliant schedules that match employee skills and preferences with business needs in a single click.
Automate compliance with minor labor laws by tailoring rules based on each employee's age and local jurisdiction.
The Benefits to Your Bottom Line
Legion’s Labor Optimization Product allows you to create granular, down-to-the-minute labor modeling across all channels automatically.
Improved Performance
Improve store performance and employee engagement by automatically creating labor plans and schedules that meet business and employee needs 96% of the time.
Optimized Labor
Built-in compliance flags and templates enable companies to optimize labor and decrease costly unplanned overtime hours by 10% on average.
Maximized Productivity
Maximize productivity by automatically scheduling variable tasks like restocking during times throughout the day when customer demand may have dropped.
FAQs About Labor Optimization
Labor Optimization software impacts several areas of business operation. Here are a few common questions we receive.
Why Legion?
Legion provides a more granular view of scheduling shift increments than legacy tools. Its Labor Optimization seamlessly manages both routine and flexible workloads, delivering insights for labor planning. Labor standards and tasks integrate seamlessly, with self-service controls to modify tasks and roles, supporting Legion's Automated Scheduling.
With Legion’s workforce optimization capabilities, one organization could reduce its overtime pay by 7% to 10% over three years.
ーForrester TEI Report
Ready to Try It?
Request a demo to see Automated Scheduling in action. Learn more about how Intelligent Automation powered by Legion WFM simplifies and reduces scheduling time.
