The most common challenge for almost every organisation during these "coronatimes" is demand forecasting and resource planning.
Almost every business is effected with some reporting increased demand for their services or product whilst many reporting significant drops in orders.
To add more pressure, the coronavirus is likely to create unprecedented absences of up to 20% of your workforce.
So businesses are having to plan and model the potential for significant fluctuations in demand and the potential that 20% of their workforce will not be available for work.
This requires a significant amount of modelling and analysis. Just creating one model can take as long as a week to produce, but with such uncertainty around the impact of coronavirus there is a need for many models with differing assumptions. As the picture becomes clearer these models need updating based on revised assumptions and estimates.
Planning for the future has never been so precarious and now more than ever is the need for instant analysis, modelling and assessments.\ Two frequent questions are;
What if my business suffers a 30% reduction in orders? How many staff would I need, what shift patterns would they work to cover gaps in delivery?
What if 20% of my staff were off sick at any one time? What shift patterns make the most of the remaining staff, how many staff would I need to cover 20% absence over the next 3 months?
These complex calculations require more than a knowledge of the business, they require a tool that can rapidly provide detailed analysis, costing and optimised shift patterns based on the requirements or predictions provided. Some tools take months to implement and require extensive training and configuration.
However, HFX has developed "Workforce Design" that not only can be implemented in a day, provides real-time analysis of "what if" predictions and during these coronatimes, HFX is offering a consultant lead remote session using the tool to model your scenarios for you, eliminating the need for any training. The other benefit to business is that this service (time limited) will provide you with a 50 page analytics report (produced by Workforce Design) and guidance for a fixed price without the need for subscription or any on-going cost.