Let's face it, in addition to rent and suppliers, labour is one of the biggest cost areas in most business. In fact, in many businesses employee wages are the biggest cost.
Manage you labour costs well and your business will go a long way to driving great profits. Get it wrong and even the best sales results may result in a poor bottom line.
RosterElf provides one of the most powerful yet simple labour budgeting tools on the market.
It is designed to give managers live labour cost visibility throughout the process, giving all the data to optimise the workforce to reflect sales trends and business needs.
There is no point budgeting labour costs without taken into account award penalties such as weekend loadings and overtime. But this can be a complex task to do accurately.
RosterElf makes the process of award interpretation for budgeting easy.
Our rostering platform automatically calculates labour costs including set award rules, taking into account all the penalty rates to give managers the full picture.
Set awards up and have confidence your labour costings are 100% accurate.
Small tweaks to shift start and finish times can mean the difference between a profitable business and an unprofitable one.
RosterElf's rostering platform makes it super easy for managers to see the costs live and then adjust shift times to meet budgets.
Our drag and drop rostering view makes small adjustments and changes easy to visualise, making sure of sufficient coverage across each day.
Optimise the roster, review costs and then publish.
Live roster and payroll data is important but long term labour cost trends often tell the full story.
RosterElf has a range of budgeting reports which will clearly show how your business is tracking over time, providing powerful insights.
Reports include total rostered hours, estimated cost, average pay-rate and even labour percentage.
Clearly see the overall rostering and payroll trends to identify opportunities to optimise resource allocation that can be implemented easily in future planning.
RosterElf's apps are a great way for managers to view important budgeting trends on the go.
Download and keep track of how you business is performing.
RosterElf is great.... simple, logical and intuitive. No complicated settings just easy setup, now rostering each week is a 2-3 minute task and weekly payroll is done in max 5 mins.
The budgeting tool is powerful yet simple and have saved me money from day one.
Brad McMaster | Shaka Cafe
Yes, you can budget for full weeks with our budgeting management software. RosterElf has been designed by business owners for business owners, so we aim to make everything we do so magically simple.
Yes, the budgeting updates are live if you have good internet connection around you. The figures will update as you build out your staff rosters and ensure you’re scheduling to budget.
Yes, absolutely you can input sales data into the RosterElf budgeting app. Once you’ve added your sales data you can move straight to costed rostering, ensuring you’re building cost effective rosters that hit your labour cost targets.
The fast and easy budgeting process in our roster budgeting makes it the best software in the market. This fact means whether you are a tech-newbie or tech-savvy you can use the platform effectively whenever you need to.
Definitely! Inputting sales forecasts is simple and easy to do with our software. With the aim of making the process Magically Simple you’ll find nothing is too much trouble when you’re using RosterElf.
The features you should look for in roster budgeting software is an automated system where you can add your customisable roster templates, view live budgeting information, automatically calculate employee award rates, and ideally the system has mobile rostering apps for managers and for staff.
No, RosterElf believes in the importance of your personal information and your trust. That’s why we guarantee that we won’t share your business details with anyone on the internet.
If you encounter a problem with our roster budgeting apps feel free to contact us via live chat, email, or phone. Our customer support team would be happy to help you out and give you answers to your queries.