Labour demand forecasting software to help you build a better roster
- Efficiently reduce labour cost
- Ensure optimal coverage across the roster
- Scale the perfect schedule to meet changing demand
- Minimise administration time
TRUSTED BY 380,000+ WORKPLACES ACROSS THE GLOBE
Powerful insights at your fingertips
Identify trends that matter
Surface the most important insights about your business, such as labour percentage and demand trends. View business performance on a day-to-day basis or over a period of time.
Optimise your roster
Roster the right people at the right time. Use real-time data visualisation to compare forecasts to actual data for your business metrics to identify performance gaps and optimise your schedule.
Effortlessly scale
With demand-based automation models, Deputy uses unique business logic to effortlessly scale your optimal roster. Ensure minimum coverage is always met while always sticking to budget.
Leverage data and insights to build a better roster
Business Insights Dashboard
Get the whole picture on performance
With all your key business trends accessible in a central dashboard, you can use unique data-driven insights to make cost improvements across your roster.
Scheduling Statistics for Mobile
Make informed decisions on the go
With real-time wage to sales data pulled directly into our mobile apps, you can confidently make important rostering decisions from wherever you’re running your business.
Budgets and Forecasting
Control costs with clear benchmarks
Use hour and wage budgets to set tangible targets for cost-effective rosters. Real-time variance tracking provides the guardrails to self-correct while rostering.
Custom Labour Models
Take the guesswork out of rostering
Create the perfect, scalable roster based on unique business logic with custom demand-based rules. Ensure the minimum coverage requirements are met — while staying within budget.
Software Integrations
Link Deputy with your POS and payroll systems
Connect Deputy with your POS provider to pull sales data into your schedule. With accurate demand data in Deputy, you can save even more administration time and reduce errors.
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Why choose Deputy?
Our software’s power, simplicity, and mobility has earned us 380,000 happy customers — who are our greatest advocates. With Deputy, you’re not just saving time and money. You’re making life easier for your teams and helping them provide better service.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is demand forecasting?
Demand forecasting is the process of gathering historical data to estimate expected future customer demand. To businesses, this process helps estimate the proper staff needed to meet future needs while avoiding unnecessary staffing costs.
- What is the benefit of demand forecasting?
Demand forecasting can help management understand the optimal labour force needed to support customer demand at a given time. Benefits also include the ability to prevent staff shortages in rostering, reduce unnecessary labour costs, and scale your optimal roster.
- How can I increase efficiency with demand forecasting?
Because demand forecasting takes into account future staffing needs, it ultimately impacts labour costs. Understanding future demand and adjusting rostering makes for a more efficient and cost-savings rostering process for your business.
- Will I save on labour costs using the Deputy app?
The demand forecasting feature in Deputy will help management teams and leaders lower labour costs and optimise roster coverage by leveraging historical data from your POS and payroll systems. Using one central dashboard, you're able to visualise insights to help make smarter rostering decisions.
- How does employee rostering help scale my business?
Using a platform for employee rostering can provide huge time savings for management teams allowing leaders to address larger business issues or other immediate operational concerns. Using demand-based automation models, you are able to create better rosters that are constantly adapting to changing needs.
