Michele C Fisher

US Patent:

20140324499, Oct 30, 2014

Filed:

Apr 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/872027

Inventors:

Vidas Placiakis - Walnut Creek CA, US
Vytautas Staraitis - Castro Valley CA, US
Vytautas Saulis - Castro Valley CA, US
Gintautas Budvytis - Castro Valley CA, US
Laura Stevens - Manchester, GB
Thomas Tritten, II - Charlotte NC, US
Michele Fisher - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06

US Classification:

705 716

Abstract:

A system and method for forecasting shrinkage of employees is provided. According to one embodiment, scheduled shrinkage values are identified from a work schedule and stored in a data file. A command is received by a processor to predict shrinkage of employees for a future forecast period. Selection of the data file is received, and in response, the processor is configured to automatically populate shrinkage fields for the forecast period with the scheduled shrinkage values retrieved from the data file. According to one embodiment, the scheduled shrinkage values are set as the shrinkage values that are forecast for the forecast period. A work schedule of employees is the generated for the forecast period taking into account the forecast shrinkage values. According to one embodiment, the processor may also engage of automatic shrinkage forecasting based on analysis of historic shrinkage data.