Budget rules
Budget rules can be used to adjust the schedule based on the budget of the location being scheduled. Auto-Assignment supports the same sources of budget information that are supported in LFSO. This includes defining budget at the store or department level, deriving budgets from external sources, or using the labor budgeting module.
- For details on budget types, see "Stores" in the Infor Workforce Management LFSO Configuration Editor Guide.
- For details on the labor budgeting module, see the Infor Workforce Management Budget Creation and Management Guide.
How is schedule cost determined?
The cost of the schedule, at the time of schedule generation, is displayed in the Original Hours and Original Cost fields in the LFSO Schedule screen. The hours calculation includes any activities in the schedule that contribute to cost.
The optimization engine estimates the dollar cost of the assigned shifts in the schedule. This estimation is used by the budget rules to compare the cost of the schedule with the location budget. Dollar costs are estimated using the LFSO costing algorithm. The cost estimate for budget rules does not include compensation adjustments for pay rules. This can cause discrepancies between the cost estimate and the actual cost of the schedule. The cost estimate may also differ from the displayed cost in the LFSO Schedule when using the Time and Attendance algorithm to calculate the displayed cost. Manual schedule edits that are performed after the schedule is generated also cause differences between the cost estimate and the actual cost.
For details on the costs displayed in the LFSO Schedule screen, see "Schedule costing in LFSO" in the Infor Workforce Management LFSO Implementation and Administration Guide.