Enter positions, shifts, contracted hours and absences to get the required headcount, the coverage factor per position, the annual cost and what reducing absenteeism saves.
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From contracted hours to hours actually available at the position.
People needed to staff the positions with absenteeism from 0% to 10%.
Cash flow of the improvement: investment in year 0 and annual savings escalated at the rate entered, discounted at the MARR.
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With 40-hour weeks, 14 days of vacation, 10 paid holidays and 3% absenteeism, each continuous position needs about 4.8 people.
It is the ratio of required headcount to position-shifts. It shows how many extra people are needed to cover days off, vacation, holidays and absences.
Each point of absenteeism raises the required headcount by about 1%. In a crew of 100 people costing $62,000 each per year, that is roughly $65,000 per year.
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