QKPIs (version 1.0)

lavail: Labour Availability

Description

It assesses, as a percentage, the time employees are available to perform their duty against the time they are bound

Usage

lavail(twk, tbr, tdwn)

Arguments

twk

the total time, measured in hours, the employees are supposed to work

tbr

the time measured in hours for break at work

tdwn

the time, measured in hours, that the employees are not working due to machine or material downtime

Value

a string giving the Labour Availability as a percentage

Details

The function could be applied to any organisation where labour is utilized in any form, such as a purely service establishment

References

Overall Labor Effectiveness, Wikipedia

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## Two employees (workforce) are scheduled to work 8 hour shifts.
## The normal shift includes a scheduled 1/2 hour break.
## The employees experience 1 hour  of scheduled downtime
lavail(twk = 8, tbr = 0.5, tdwn = 1)
# }