Automated Forecasting That Identifies Your Business Needs

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• A better way to plan for your demand
• automated forecasting that identifies your
  business needs

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• Confidence in the Future

• Key Features
• Fast Setup
• Forecast Sales and Transactions
• Events-Based Forecasts
• Optimize Workforce Productivity
• Labor Budgeting
• POS Integration

• Benefits
• Create forecasts on your first day
• Easily import sales data from your POS
• Adjust forecasts for weather and events
• Tailor forecast settings for each site
• Control labor costs with budgeting tools
• Reduce over and under scheduling

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Forecast Sales and Transactions
Make Business More Predictable

• Generate sales and transaction forecasts with a
  single click.
• Detailed forecasts allow you to drill down to
  15-minute intervals ensuring the most pinpoint
  accuracy.
• When used with Zip Schedules, these forecasts
  make business more predictable helping you reduce
  over and under scheduling.

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Events-Based Forecasts

• Easily Adjust Forecasts
• Anticipating increased demand because of a big
  event or maybe fewer sales because of bad
  weather?
• Forecast makes it easy to adjust forecasts for
  upcoming weather and events.
• Sales and transactions can be edited at the day
  level and on 15-minute intervals.

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Fast and Easy Setup
Start Forecasting Day 1

• With Zip Forecast, youll be ready to start
  forecasting your staff on day 1.
• Easily import past sales data, set up a simple
  forecast matrix, and assign it to your site.
• Then generate your first forecast to project
  sales and forecast staff demands.

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Optimize Workforce Productivity

• Eliminate Overscheduling
• Need to know how many employees to schedule
  during any specific time slot? What about how
  many Cashiers, Supervisors, or any other
  position?
• With Zip Forecast you can generate daily staff
  forecasts on 15, 30 or 60-minute intervals.
• You can also eliminate over and under scheduling
  by forecasting how many staff members you need at
  each position throughout the day.

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Control Labor Costs
Know How Much youre Spending

• Are you getting a clear picture of how much your
  labor will cost when you create schedules?
• When you use Zip Forecast with Zip Schedules, you
  can get labor costs under control by setting up
  your preferred labor percentage of sales to use
  as a guide during schedule creation.