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Shift Scheduling

Create kitchen and front-of-house schedules based on reservations and forecasted covers

Complexity: Moderate | Duration: 15-30m | Category: Operations/Process

Tags: scheduling labor staffing forecast restaurant

Workflow Diagram​

Steps​

Step 1: Reservation review​

Agent: restaurant

manager - Check upcoming reservations

Step 2: Cover forecast​

Agent: data

scientist - Predict walk-in and total covers

Step 3: Labor budget​

Agent: hr

specialist - Calculate hours within labor cost target

Step 4: Availability collection​

Agent: hr

specialist - Gather employee availability

Step 5: Schedule creation​

Agent: restaurant

manager - Assign kitchen and FOH shifts

Step 6: Station assignments​

Agent: chef

Assign cooks to prep, line, expo stations

Step 7: Compliance check​

Agent: hr

specialist - Verify breaks and labor law compliance

Step 8: Schedule publishing​

Agent: hr

specialist - Post schedule and notify staff

Usage​

To execute this workflow:

/workflow operations/process/shift-scheduling.workflow

See other workflows in this category for related automation patterns.