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Use the Grounds Labor Estimate window to estimate the amount of labor required for a given criteria selection.
The Query Fields Section includes Facility and Template Type Description.
When you select your criteria and click the Get Estimate button, you can view results in the four Sections:
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Totals
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Facility Totals
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Building Totals
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Template Totals
In addition to the total weekly hours, the system provides separate Projected Hours for Cleanliness Level 1 through Level 5 as well as Projected Hours for each level route.
Labor Estimate Filters
After you click the Get Estimate button, the results display in the related Sections.
Each Section on this window includes two filters. Click a link to change your view of the values in the grid.
Show Projections includes additional columns in the grid. Scroll across to see numerous Projected columns.
- Hide Projections provides a way to conceal the projected columns when not needed.
Grounds Labor Estimate Field Definitions
The columns for each of the Sections have the same field names such as Area Count, Area SF, and Applied Weekly Hours. The following definitions will help you understand your results regardless of the Section.
Area Count. Area Count is the count of all areas that are linked to a Grounds Template. Whether the area is assigned to a route is not considered. The Route Count field lists the count of areas that are linked to a route.
Rules:
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The associated facility must be active
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The associated building must be active
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The associated template must be active
Area SF. Area SF is the sum of the Square Footage value found on the Area records of the Area Count. All the rules for the Area Count apply to this value as well.
Applied Weekly Hours. The value in this field is based on the filter option selected. Depending on your selection, it is one of three:
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Routine Hours
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Project Hours
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Routine + Project Hours
The calculation is: Template Minutes * Area Count
Template Minutes are the number of minutes required to clean the average room to the default level of cleanliness. It does not consider the Actual Square Footage of individual rooms. This is merely the average room size times the number of rooms you have. Be sure to ensure that the average size used on the Template is the actual average size of your rooms. The Grounds module includes the tools you need to do this.
Applied Weekly Cost. The value equals the cost per week to perform the tasks. It is calculated by multiplying the Applied Weekly Hours by the value you have set as your average hourly rate for groundsmen.
Cost/SF. This field is calculated by dividing the Applied Cost field value by the Area SF (both defined above).
Projected fields. The values calculated for these fields are theoretical values based on whether you set cleanliness Levels to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. This allows you to see the time and cost differences if you were to switch to a higher or lower cleanliness standard.
Route Count. This is like the Area Count field, except it only counts Areas that belong to at least one Grounds Route.
Applied Projected Hours (Route). This field contains the work route; therefore, it only counts areas that belong to a Grounds Route. This is very much like Applied Weekly Hours (defined above) but only counts areas that belong to a groundsman’s route schedule.
Applied Projected FTE (Route). Like the Applied Weekly FTE (defined above), this field shows projected full-time employee requirements; however, it only considers Areas that are linked to at least one Route. Where the Applied Weekly FTE considers all Areas that are linked to a Grounds Template, the Applied Projected FTE (Route) only considers Areas that are linked to a Grounds Template and assigned to a Grounds Route.
Grounds Labor Estimate Totals
The values in the Totals Section apply to all the results for the criteria you selected in the Query Fields Section. The label FTE indicates Full Time Employees. Use the Labor Estimate Filters to filter the data to see different columns as needed. Grounds Labor Estimate Field Definitions provide information on the meaning of the values in the various columns.
Grounds Labor Estimate Facility Totals
The values in the Facility Totals Section apply to all the results for the Facilities that were included in criteria you selected in the Query Fields Section. The label FTE indicates Full Time Employees. Use the Labor Estimate Filters to filter the data to see different columns as needed. Grounds Labor Estimate Field Definitions provide information on the meaning of the values in the various columns.
Grounds Labor Estimate Building Totals
The values in the Building Totals Section apply to all the results for the Buildings that were included in criteria you selected in the Query Fields Section. The label FTE indicates Full Time Employees. Use the Labor Estimate Filters to filter the data to see different columns as needed. Grounds Labor Estimate Field Definitions provide information on the meaning of the values in the various columns.
Grounds Labor Estimate Template Totals
The values in the Template Totals Section apply to all the results for the templates that were included in criteria you selected in the Query Fields Section. The label FTE indicates Full Time Employees. Use the Labor Estimate Filters to filter the data to see different columns as needed. Grounds Labor Estimate Field Definitions above provide information on the meaning of the values in the various columns.
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