Schedule costing and optimized schedules

When using the Staff Groups model to generate schedules, the optimization engine uses the LFSO algorithm to estimate the cost of assigning shifts. When using the Auto-Assignment model, the optimization engine uses the Auto-Assignment algorithm to estimate costs. This is important to note because the estimated costs using either of these algorithms do not include adjustments for pay rules that adjust employee compensation. When using the budget rules with budgets in dollar amounts, this may cause discrepancies between the cost estimates used to evaluate the budget and the displayed or actual costs.

For details on the Auto-Assignment algorithm, see "Budget rules" in the Infor Workforce Management Auto-Assignment Implementation Guide.