The Prep Planning and Buffet Planning features of Operations Planning are designed to help reduce food costs through accurate food requirement forecasts. SpeedLine evaluates your sales history and sales forecast and recommends an optimal plan that can help even your newest managers and prep staff prepare efficiently for the day’s business.
A prep plan report.
Before Using Prep Planning or Buffet Planning, set up Sales Forecasting. To set up sales forecasting quickly, follow the guided instructions in the Sales Forecasting SpeedStart Tutorial
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For guided, step-by-step instructions on setting up Prep Planning, see the Prep Planning SpeedStart Tutorial.
For guided, step-by-step instructions on setting up Buffet Planning, see the Buffet Planning SpeedStart Tutorial.
To check the accuracy of your prep plans use the Prep Variance report to show you if there is any variance between the forecasted prep and the actual sales. For instructions on running this report, see Check the Accuracy of Prep Planning.
Prep Planning is part of the SpeedLine Operations Planning group, and receives information from the Sales Forecast and other sources (see below).
See also:
•Sales Forecasting
