SAP customers using the Workforce management

SAP Unwraps New Tool

SAP, of Waldorf, Germany, announced a new Web-based workforce management capability that will be part of its mySAP Retail offering. [...]SAP customers using the Workforce management application can look to transform their labor scheduling into an analytical business management process, officials said.

Chain stores, for example, can use the Workforce application to schedule across store locations, or optimize scheduling of several stores in a similar geographic area based on traffic patterns. [...]The tool has capabilities for forecasting, employee data maintenance, reporting and analytics. Users can configure settings across their enterprise for multiple or individual locations, as well as conduct categorization and queries based on a number of attributes.

Forecasts can be generated based on such indicators as traffic, items, transactions and sales.

Workforce management with mySAP Retail will be available in the fourth quarter.