Add Spread Standard dialog box

Select one of the following radio buttons:

• Fixed – Select if you want to add a fixed spread standard. Fixed standards are based on KBI values for the day.
• Dynamic – Select if you want to add a dynamic spread standard. Dynamic spread standards that are based on KBI values that are in time increments less than one day.

Enter the numerals to define the volume range of the standard. If the number falls within the range of these values, the specified number of employees will be staffed.

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Values can range from 1 to infinity.

The From Volume field is REQUIRED. If you leave the To Volume field blank, the value is infinity.

If the range is not important to the spread standard, you can type 0 in the From Volume field and leave the To Volume field blank. For example, suppose you use the KBI for Total Rooms. You know that you will never have more than 500 rooms, so you would enter 1 in the From Volume field and leave the To Volume field blank.

If you use a KBI based on the number of rooms, and the time required to perform the variable work increases or decreases with higher volume, you should create and specify additional ranges. Conceivably you can have multiple ranges for each KBI. Be careful to make the top end of the range a number that is higher than you could ever encounter. In the previous example, if you set the range as 1-500 and then enter 501 rooms (because a room was sold twice in one day), RMS will ignore the 501 and return a 0 standard.

Select one of the following:

• Minutes/Unit – How many minutes an employee devotes to a unit (that is, a KBI value). For example, Minutes/Unit would be used to measure how many minutes a server devotes to a guest.
• Units/Person per period – How many units are accomplished by an employee for a given period.

This drop-down menu appears only if you selected the Dynamic radio button.

Add a volume for each day of the week.

• If you are adding a fixed spread standard, enter a volume for periods throughout the days.
• If you are adding a dynamic spread standard, the Period rows does no appear. Enter only a volume for the days.