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Sales per labour hour

Labour hours are every hour worked by staff in the week.

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The idea

Labour hours are every hour worked by staff in the week:

Formulas

Sales ÷ Hours

Key points

Sales per labour hourSales for every hour the staff worked.
Work it outDivide sales by labour hours.
Read itLow can mean more hours than the sales need. Very high can mean long queues and lost sales.

Managers use it to plan rotas: hours go where the sales are.

Practice

Try each one in your head first, then open the answer.

1. What are Vancouver's sales per labour hour?
$15,000 ÷ 120 = $125 per hour
2. What are Halifax's sales per labour hour?
$6,000 ÷ 60 = $100 per hour
3. In D4, work out Montreal's sales per labour hour.
=B4/C4
4. Calgary and Vancouver both make $5 per square foot, but Calgary makes less per labour hour. What does that suggest?
Calgary may have more staff hours than it needs

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