About Input KBIs
Input KBIs define factors that are not forecasted by LMS, but need to be available for use in calculated or statistical KBIs. Input KBIs are not dependent upon, or related to, any other KBIs.
The most common input KBIs are related to activities within the Banquet department. Other common input KBIs account for hotel guests that are not available to food outlets or rooms that are out of service. Events that impact the available guest market are also considered common input KBIs. For example, you may need to use information about guests at a convention or a local theater to determine your available guest market. Or if you have a nearby golf course and guests who go to play golf that are not available for lunch, you can create an input KBI for golf guests. Within the appropriate revenue center period KBI, you could indicate that the counts entered for golf guests should be subtracted from the available guest market for lunch, or simply analyzed as an independent factor to determine if there is any impact on the lunch period available guest market.
LMS lets you establish all of these variables as input KBIs, which are then available for planning and reporting standards, and configuring labor standards. It is important to note how important KBIs are when creating labor standards. Let's say you create a KBI for a morning coffee break. This KBI is a relevant variable for the Stewarding job that performs this task. When you create the labor standards for this job, you will attach this KBI and any others that are relevant.
Creating Input KBIs
You create input KBIs by selecting Input as the Type on the General tab. No additional steps are required. By default, all KBIs are Input KBIs. The data provided by Input KBIs is manually entered in the Enter Input KBIs Forecast screen or the Enter Actual KBIs.