Rostima unveils new service to enhance labour cost savings for customers

Rostima launches 'Rostima Activity Value Analysis' service.

London UK – 19th April 2005: Rostima Ltd, a global leader in the development and supply of Enterprise Workforce Management solutions, has introduced the “Rostima Activity Value Analysis” (RAVA) service to provide in-depth analysis of employee scheduling and produce schedules that reduce costs and optimise business efficiency.

The Rostima Activity Value Analysis (RAVA) service assists companies in understanding the cost drivers associated with the workforce of the business and thereby maximises the cost reductions of future scheduling and business planning.

“The RAVA service concept has been developed from Rostima’s extensive experience of analysing customers’ businesses prior to implementation of Rostima solutions,” said Kim Berknov, Rostima CEO.

“To achieve unique labour-cost savings,” said Berknov, “businesses have to re-assess the way they establish workload, and use the RAVA concept to identify where and how their businesses can change and gain.”

The RAVA service involves Rostima consultants working with customers to establish an Activity based Value profile in which a value is placed against each performed activity. Data from all activities carried out by employees is compiled; the cost of carrying out each activity is assessed, and each activity is categorised according to whether it contributes significant value to the business going forward.

A value based model of the business’s overall workload is then developed, and the allocation of labour resources (employees) to activities is simulated by feeding workload data into the Rostima “Schedule Creation Engine” (a heuristic scheduling algorithm developed by Rostima).

The Schedule Creation Engine automatically generates schedules which meet the requirements of workplace rules including government regulations and staff contract details. This powerful system performs millions of calculations to find the least-cost schedule to satisfy the work that needs to be covered.

The simulation stage allows adjustments to be made to optimise cost savings from increasing workforce efficiencies. The activity mix can be changed to reflect the understanding of which activities add value; new activities to help meet demand can be added, and activities that don’t add value can be eliminated.

About Rostima
Established in 1996, Rostima is a global leader in Enterprise Workforce Management solutions. The open, flexible technologies developed by Rostima enable organisations to optimise their labour schedules by matching workload to staff resources thereby increasing operational efficiency, reducing labour costs, improving staff retention, and improving service levels.

Rostima's flagship software, Rostima Scheduler™, has been selected by major corporates and medium sized organisations in the transport, logistics, airport services, hospitality, and retail sectors. Clients include Compass Group, P&O Ports, Securicor, ASIG and Australian Air Express.

Today, Rostima is defining the way organisations approach labour scheduling. For more information, call +44 (0)1628 581 630 or email sales@rostima.com

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