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Labor Planning Homepage: Job Plan Drawer

A quick run through of the job plan side drawer from the Labor Planning Homepage.

Contents

Navigation

Forecast

Over/Under Allocated

Publish Forecast

Quick Action Buttons

Jump To Date

Forecast Cells

Labor Needed

Role Ratio

Requests

Recommendations

Related Material

Schedule To Your Forecast


 

Navigation

  • Navigate to the Labor Planning Homepage by clicking on the icon in the Quick Action Buttons on the Baseball Card
  • Open the Job Plan Drawer by clicking the button in the upper right.

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Forecast

  • The Forecast section of the Job Plan drawer will open by default
  • To change which section of the Job Plan Drawer you're viewing, click in the header menu.

 

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Over/Under Allocated

  • The over/under allocated metric will update dynamically as the forecast of the job is edited
  • Manipulate the job's forecast as well as the current hours budget to bring them both inline

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Publish Forecast

  • After manipulating the cells in the Job Plan Drawer click Publish to make your changes throughout the application

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Quick Action Buttons

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From left to right the Quick Action buttons in the job plan drawer are:

Revert To Last Published: If changes have been made, undo those changes and revert to the last published version.

Forecast Builder: Open the RIVET Forecast Builder to automate the build of an initial forecast for the job.

Move Forecast: Move the forecast start/end dates forwards or backwards in time.

Mark Last Updated As Today: Change the last updated date to today.

 

 

 

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Jump To Date

  • Jump to a specific date in time
  • Use the quick action buttons at the top to zoom to landmark dates on the current job

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Forecast Cells

  • Click the cell to edit the amount of workers/hours forecasted that week
  • Publish the changes to make them visible in the rest of the application

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Labor Needed

  • Navigate to the Labor Needed section by clicking in the header menu.

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Role Ratio

  • Navigate to the Labor Needed section of the Job Plan Drawer
  • Click the Role Ratio button at the top
  • Either set the lower limit of supervisors as a percentage of total labor or set a maximum amount of supervisors on site at any time as a number.

💡 Note: The Role Ratios will effect the role recommendations RIVET makes in accordance with your Forecast. Changing the amount of supervisors and sub-journey workers will change the roles RIVET recommends in real time.

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Requests

  • Labor Request chips have a grey background
  • Clicking on the Labor Request chip will access the Labor Request Baseball Card.

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Recommendations

  • Role Recommendation chips have a white background
  • They are added to the job automatically in accordance with the forecast and the Role Ratios set by the user.

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