Key figure method
In the context of personnel requirements planning , the key figure method / key figure method is a (primarily) past-oriented method for determining the quantitative personnel requirement.
It is assumed that there are stable relationships between personnel requirements and their reference values. The following can be considered as determinants:
- Labor productivity (production volume / number of employees - a frequently used measure),
- Sales per employee per month,
- Number of customers and
- Number of customer orders.
The required personnel requirements are determined in three steps:
- Determination of the key figure for the personnel requirements per process,
- Forecast of the operation quantities and
- Determination of the personnel requirement by multiplying the respective key figure with the corresponding volume of operations.
example
The expected workload usually results from the sales or production plan. Based on the quantities contained therein, work preparation determines the production time per unit of measure. The total time required results from the multiplication of the quantity by the production time per piece. This is divided by the average working time of an employee per month. In addition, vacation, illness-related and other downtimes must be added by a cancellation surcharge (distribution surcharge).
One company plans to produce 900 units. A production time of 8 hours was determined per unit. The average monthly working time per employee is 155 hours. A failure surcharge of 14% is set for times due to vacation, illness or machine failure.
Personalbedarf = (900 * 8) / 155 = 46,45 Mitarbeiter Zuschlag 14 % = 46,45 / 100 * 14 = 6,50 Mitarbeiter Gesamtbedarf = 46,45 + 6,50 = 52,95 Mitarbeiter = 100 % + 14 % = 114 %
This target demand is now compared with the actual stock:
| Target stock | 53 employees |
| Actual stock | 49 employees |
| - Departures (military service, etc.) | 6 employees |
| + Additions | 5 employees |
| = Over or under cover | 5 employees |