Labor Planning tool is a web-based application that calculates the number of resources required in an organization and enables users to conduct scenario planning, as well as test the impact of changing factors such as workload, policy or governance.

The Labor Planning tool enables:

1.Strategic workforce planning: Calculation of the number of resources required by department, duty and rank/grade, based on the demand for service and governance policies / strategic direction.

2.Scenario planning: Enabling the organization to test the impact of changes in demand or strategic decisions on the required number of resources (e.g. changing forecasts of demand volumes, response time goals, and staffing factors).

The Labor Planning tool provides evidence-based and transparent calculation of resource requirements. It enables leadership teams to understand how workload translates into resource requirements. It allows leadership teams to test the impact on resource requirements of changes to policies, demand, enabling technology or processes.