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LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH AND DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
The Hotel or Casino Labor Cost Optimization Audit
A Professional Service Offered by Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr.
2
The Hotel or Casino Labor Cost
Optimization Audit
To Be Completed by Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr.
My Approach and Details For My Potential Clients
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
3
Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr.
Labor Cost Optimization Expert
Thirty-nine years of labor cost management consulting
experience to the Hotel, Restaurant. Casino and Theme
Park Industries and ten years in Corporate Restaurant and
Private Club Management Operations.
• Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr. (Sole Proprietor)
• Digital Instinct LLC
• Productivity Management International
• The Hospitality Group Inc.
• Syn-Cronamics, Inc.
• Playboy, Inc.
• Restaurant Associates, Inc.
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
4
What is Labor Cost Optimization?
 It is the development & implementation of a complete weekly
forecasting and labor cost management process.
 It is the development & implementation of fixed and variable employee
staffing guidelines based upon business process engineering, work
measurement and service & quality standards.
 It is the development & implementation of volume demand driven
employee scheduling practices by hour of the day.
 It is maximizing employee productivity levels, capacity and output.
 It is pro-active labor planning & labor utilization at various volume
levels applying established labor, service and quality standards.
 It is the intelligent elimination of unnecessary labor hours and labor
cost.
 It is the advanced planning of short & long term full-time and part-time
labor resources/headcount requirements seasonally.
 It is reducing employee overtime, turnover and benefits cost.
 “It is establishing a culture to provide world class customer
service & maximization of revenue at the best possible labor
cost.”LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
5
My Approach To The Labor Cost Optimization
Audit of Your Hotel or Casino
• I would begin your Hotel and/or Casino Audit process by scheduling
interviews with your department Managers with the focus being on
Volume Forecasting, Labor Standards, Employee Staffing & Scheduling,
Time & Attendance System(s), Labor Planning & Reporting and
operational challenges that affect their department labor cost.
• I would perform extensive “on the floor” observations of various
operating departments job positions to identify potential employee
productivity/output, labor cost, quality and guest service improvement.
I would conduct a comprehensive review of:
• The entire organization structure – looking at it’s efficiency, span of
management control and the potential for improvement.
• Historical labor usage versus actual business volume.
• Year-over-Year labor cost comparison for all positions.
• Labor compendiums, labor budgets and labor reports.
• Labor standards and actual performance to standard.
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
6
My Approach To The Labor Cost Optimization
Audit (cont.)
I would conduct a comprehensive review of: (cont.)
• Employee missed meal breaks and their associated annual cost.
• Employee turnover statistics.
• Actual full time to part time employee ratios.
• Approved open position requisitions.
• Volume forecasting accuracy of all key labor drivers.
• Guest surveys and scores.
• Guest traffic patterns for justification of F&B outlets hours of operation.
• Engineering department Preventive Maintenance work completed and
not completed for all property equipment and hotel guest rooms.
• Labor hours of work backlog by type for the Engineering department.
• Actual Hotel Room Attendant Guest Room Cleaning Credits assigned
versus the established Guest Room Cleaning Credit Standard.
• Employee training and training materials.
• Temporary/outside contract labor and it’s control (if utilized).
• Potential annual labor cost savings.
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
7
My Approach To The Labor Cost Optimization
Audit (cont.)
 Evaluation of These Key Labor Management System Components:
– FORECASTING – estimating future customer volume and how far out.
– LABOR STANDARDS - understanding how many employees / labor hours
are needed to service different levels of customer volume according to
established service expectations.
– SCHEDULING - using forecasts & labor standards to determine staffing
needs and then communicating work requirements to employees.
– TIME & ATTENDANCE - recording the actual labor hours incurred.
– LABOR REPORTING & MANAGEMENT INFORMATION - answering the
question: “How was the quality of service offered to our guests while
managing our labor costs versus our established labor standards?”
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
8
Labor Cost Optimization Audit Details
 The typical property configuration/profile for an Audit would be:
 A 300 to 500 rooms stand alone Hotel with four or less Food Outlets plus
Bars.
 A medium to large size stand alone Casino with Slots and Table Games,
etc. with four or less Food outlets plus multiple Bars.
 A 300 to 500 rooms Hotel with an adjoining medium size Casino with four
or less total Food Outlets plus multiple Bars for both properties
combined.
 Two on site visits annually at two weeks per visit (14 full work days per visit)
once every six months.
 The number of weeks per visit could be revised upwards depending on a larger
property size with more F&B Outlets.
 The annual Audit professional fee is $30,000 and is $15,000 per visit. (The
total fee is the annual labor cost savings of one Full Time Equivalent Employee.)
 The number of weeks per visit could be revised upwards depending on a larger
property size with more F&B Outlets which would affect the cost upwards.
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
9
Labor Cost Optimization Audit Details (cont.)
 Room accommodations (with Internet) and meals with gratuity (no alcohol)
are to be provided for the two on site visits.
 Airfare, airline baggage fees, ground transportation, car rental (with gasoline
cost) and tolls are to be reimbursed.
 A Microsoft PowerPoint® Presentation consisting of; data, charts,
observations and recommendations by department will be made online/by
phone with Executive management two to three weeks after each visit.
LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
10
Next Steps
If you are the Hotel or Casino Executive Decision Maker who can
approve this Labor Cost Optimization Audit for your property/
properties then please contact me at your earliest convenience for a
discussion concerning;
 The Scope of the Audit, the Audit Approach and the Deliverables to
you the Client.
 The man-weeks required for the two Audit visits.
 Contractual Matters (the professional fee plus specific expenses to be
reimbursed and billing).
 Signed letter of agreement by both parties and the retainer to be
received before commencement of the first visit.
 The first Audit Schedule Date, the Audit Logistics and the Audit Data
Requirements.
Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr. @ (941) 730-8297 or rdemonsijr@aol.com
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MY HOTEL OR CASINO LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - A Professional Service Offered By Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr.

  • 1. 1 LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH AND DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS The Hotel or Casino Labor Cost Optimization Audit A Professional Service Offered by Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr.
  • 2. 2 The Hotel or Casino Labor Cost Optimization Audit To Be Completed by Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr. My Approach and Details For My Potential Clients LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 3. 3 Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr. Labor Cost Optimization Expert Thirty-nine years of labor cost management consulting experience to the Hotel, Restaurant. Casino and Theme Park Industries and ten years in Corporate Restaurant and Private Club Management Operations. • Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr. (Sole Proprietor) • Digital Instinct LLC • Productivity Management International • The Hospitality Group Inc. • Syn-Cronamics, Inc. • Playboy, Inc. • Restaurant Associates, Inc. LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 4. 4 What is Labor Cost Optimization?  It is the development & implementation of a complete weekly forecasting and labor cost management process.  It is the development & implementation of fixed and variable employee staffing guidelines based upon business process engineering, work measurement and service & quality standards.  It is the development & implementation of volume demand driven employee scheduling practices by hour of the day.  It is maximizing employee productivity levels, capacity and output.  It is pro-active labor planning & labor utilization at various volume levels applying established labor, service and quality standards.  It is the intelligent elimination of unnecessary labor hours and labor cost.  It is the advanced planning of short & long term full-time and part-time labor resources/headcount requirements seasonally.  It is reducing employee overtime, turnover and benefits cost.  “It is establishing a culture to provide world class customer service & maximization of revenue at the best possible labor cost.”LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 5. 5 My Approach To The Labor Cost Optimization Audit of Your Hotel or Casino • I would begin your Hotel and/or Casino Audit process by scheduling interviews with your department Managers with the focus being on Volume Forecasting, Labor Standards, Employee Staffing & Scheduling, Time & Attendance System(s), Labor Planning & Reporting and operational challenges that affect their department labor cost. • I would perform extensive “on the floor” observations of various operating departments job positions to identify potential employee productivity/output, labor cost, quality and guest service improvement. I would conduct a comprehensive review of: • The entire organization structure – looking at it’s efficiency, span of management control and the potential for improvement. • Historical labor usage versus actual business volume. • Year-over-Year labor cost comparison for all positions. • Labor compendiums, labor budgets and labor reports. • Labor standards and actual performance to standard. LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 6. 6 My Approach To The Labor Cost Optimization Audit (cont.) I would conduct a comprehensive review of: (cont.) • Employee missed meal breaks and their associated annual cost. • Employee turnover statistics. • Actual full time to part time employee ratios. • Approved open position requisitions. • Volume forecasting accuracy of all key labor drivers. • Guest surveys and scores. • Guest traffic patterns for justification of F&B outlets hours of operation. • Engineering department Preventive Maintenance work completed and not completed for all property equipment and hotel guest rooms. • Labor hours of work backlog by type for the Engineering department. • Actual Hotel Room Attendant Guest Room Cleaning Credits assigned versus the established Guest Room Cleaning Credit Standard. • Employee training and training materials. • Temporary/outside contract labor and it’s control (if utilized). • Potential annual labor cost savings. LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 7. 7 My Approach To The Labor Cost Optimization Audit (cont.)  Evaluation of These Key Labor Management System Components: – FORECASTING – estimating future customer volume and how far out. – LABOR STANDARDS - understanding how many employees / labor hours are needed to service different levels of customer volume according to established service expectations. – SCHEDULING - using forecasts & labor standards to determine staffing needs and then communicating work requirements to employees. – TIME & ATTENDANCE - recording the actual labor hours incurred. – LABOR REPORTING & MANAGEMENT INFORMATION - answering the question: “How was the quality of service offered to our guests while managing our labor costs versus our established labor standards?” LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 8. 8 Labor Cost Optimization Audit Details  The typical property configuration/profile for an Audit would be:  A 300 to 500 rooms stand alone Hotel with four or less Food Outlets plus Bars.  A medium to large size stand alone Casino with Slots and Table Games, etc. with four or less Food outlets plus multiple Bars.  A 300 to 500 rooms Hotel with an adjoining medium size Casino with four or less total Food Outlets plus multiple Bars for both properties combined.  Two on site visits annually at two weeks per visit (14 full work days per visit) once every six months.  The number of weeks per visit could be revised upwards depending on a larger property size with more F&B Outlets.  The annual Audit professional fee is $30,000 and is $15,000 per visit. (The total fee is the annual labor cost savings of one Full Time Equivalent Employee.)  The number of weeks per visit could be revised upwards depending on a larger property size with more F&B Outlets which would affect the cost upwards. LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 9. 9 Labor Cost Optimization Audit Details (cont.)  Room accommodations (with Internet) and meals with gratuity (no alcohol) are to be provided for the two on site visits.  Airfare, airline baggage fees, ground transportation, car rental (with gasoline cost) and tolls are to be reimbursed.  A Microsoft PowerPoint® Presentation consisting of; data, charts, observations and recommendations by department will be made online/by phone with Executive management two to three weeks after each visit. LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS
  • 10. 10 Next Steps If you are the Hotel or Casino Executive Decision Maker who can approve this Labor Cost Optimization Audit for your property/ properties then please contact me at your earliest convenience for a discussion concerning;  The Scope of the Audit, the Audit Approach and the Deliverables to you the Client.  The man-weeks required for the two Audit visits.  Contractual Matters (the professional fee plus specific expenses to be reimbursed and billing).  Signed letter of agreement by both parties and the retainer to be received before commencement of the first visit.  The first Audit Schedule Date, the Audit Logistics and the Audit Data Requirements. Robert R. DeMonsi, Jr. @ (941) 730-8297 or rdemonsijr@aol.com LABOR COST OPTIMIZATION AUDIT - MY APPROACH & DETAILS FOR MY POTENTIAL AUDIT CLIENTS