ATOSS Retail Solution

The sales anticipated by a retailer in a given month, a given week, or a given day are generated from the data collected within the individual branch or department – based on so-called forecast models. However, the forecast also takes into consideration all other events that could have a direct effect on sales or customer flow. These are noted down in an event calendar. Past years experience has taught us that, for instance, it is possible to anticipate the buying behaviour on a certain day or during seasonal sales. As a result, our ATOSS Retail Solution determines the expected turnover as well as the distributed sales per time slice over the course of the day. The established value is immediately used to identify the personnel requirements.

The ATOSS Retail Solution is capable of making forecasts with regard to anticipated personnel requirements, even without relying on data collected. Annual sales are broken down by month, week or day. The personnel requirements are deduced from these forecasts or planned figures. The solution simplifies and reduces the administrative workload for all employees responsible for the planning process while quantifiably improving the planning quality at the same time. Employee requests with regard to their working hours and/or their time-off can easily be considered without having to fear that, unintentionally, there will not be sufficient staff available. The result is an significant  increase in employee motivation and productivity.

Each Employee can check by himself how much vacation he has left or during which period he is assigned to which department. Naturally, their superiors always have the complete insight on the working hours and areas in which their teams are deployed, too.