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Activities Excepted From Incrementing In Global Minimum Staffing Although Included In Satisfying Global Minimum Staffing

  • US 20140039961A1
  • Filed: 08/01/2012
  • Published: 02/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method performed in one or more computers, the method comprising:

  • receiving input on a first activity to be performed in a facility, the first activity having a first workload to be kept unchanged;

    checking in each time period among a plurality of time periods during which the facility is open, whether a difference is greater than zero, between a minimum number of employees needed to open the facility and a current number of employees obtained based at least partially on a plurality of second workloads of second activities in the facility and the first workload of the first activity; and

    when said checking finds that the difference is greater than zero in any time period among the plurality of time periods, at least one processor allocating an excess number of hours that are obtained based at least on said difference, to obtain and store in a computer memory changed second workloads while keeping at least the first workload of the first activity unchanged, such that a new current number of employees obtained based on at least the changed second workloads and the first workload, equals or exceeds in said each time period the minimum number of employees needed to open the facility.

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