Input KBIs define factors that are not forecast 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 who are not available to food outlets or rooms that are out of service. Events that affect the available guest market are also considered common input KBIs. For example, you might need to use information about guests at a nearby convention or a local theater to determine your available guest market; or if you have a nearby golf course and your guests are out playing golf (and not available for lunch), you can create an input KBI for the golf guests. Within the appropriate revenue center period KBI, you could indicate whether the counts entered for golf guests should be subtracted from the available guest market for lunch or analyzed as an independent factor to determine whether there is any impact on the lunch period for the available guest market.

With LMS, you can establish all of these variables as input KBIs, which are then available for planning and reporting standards and configuring labor standards.

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.

Related topics:

• Forecast Structure
  • Calculated KBIs
  • Environmental Tab
  • Input KBIs
  • General Tab
  • Percent of Base KBIs
  • Statistical KBIs