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No new app to learn.Plain-language WhatsApp prompts on staffing, registers and stock, timed to the business day. No new app to learn. [Speak to us](https://predictiveinsights.net/contact?hsLang=en) ✕ YooDoo demo Labor Stock Prep + Production Shift start · 06:55 ‹ ![YooDoo](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/yoodoo-mark.svg) **YooDoo**online YooDoo at 06:55: Sales forecast, week of November 9. Mon, Nov 9 C$13,400, Tue, Nov 10 C$13,100, Wed, Nov 11 C$17,500, Thu, Nov 12 C$14,200, Fri, Nov 13 C$24,800, Sat, Nov 14 C$29,400, Sun, Nov 15 C$27,600. Total C$140,000. Busier than usual. School breaks start Friday, and Saturday is your peak. **Sales forecast, week of November 9** - Mon, Nov 9C$13,400 - Tue, Nov 10C$13,100 - Wed, Nov 11C$17,500 - Thu, Nov 12C$14,200 - Fri, Nov 13C$24,800 - Sat, Nov 14C$29,400 - Sun, Nov 15C$27,600 **C$140,000** Busier than usual. School breaks start Friday, and Saturday is your peak. 06:55 YooDoo at 06:56: Generate the schedule for Store 12 from this forecast? Generate the schedule for Store 12 from this forecast? 06:56 Generate schedule Message Tap the phone to try the demo ## The brands that already use us as their intelligence partner. - ![Nando's](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/41/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/Nandos-logo.png?width=320&height=180&name=Nandos-logo.png) - ![Toy Kingdom](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/376/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/logo-toy-kingdom-wordmark.png?width=320&height=39&name=logo-toy-kingdom-wordmark.png) - ![Gong Cha](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/41/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/gongcha-trans.png?width=240&height=120&name=gongcha-trans.png) - ![Tekkie Town](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/372/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/logo-tekkie-town.png?width=288&height=47&name=logo-tekkie-town.png) - ![KFC](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/41/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/KFC-logo.png?width=260&height=116&name=KFC-logo.png) - ![City Lodge Hotel](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/372/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/logo-city-lodge.png?width=287&height=80&name=logo-city-lodge.png) - ![Botle Buhle Brands](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/372/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/logo-botle-buhle.png?width=240&height=80&name=logo-botle-buhle.png) Scale 25+ countries Founded in Cape Town in 2017 by economists with Oxford PhDs. Forecasting and intelligence partner to a leading global restaurant brand. Revenue lift +1.4% Annual revenue uplift from optimized labor allocation. ## The ten intelligence services. Founded in Cape Town in 2017 by economists with Oxford PhDs. 25+ countries, and forecasting and intelligence partner to a leading global restaurant brand. ### Operational - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/labour.svg) Labor scheduling #### Staff for the demand that is coming. Stop overstaffing slow periods and understaffing busy ones. How it works Shifts are usually planned from last week's sales and a manager's memory. We forecast demand in 15-minute intervals for every location, so every shift matches expected sales. The right people on at the right time means faster service: more of the customers who arrive go on to buy, and fewer walk away. Margin is protected through better scheduling, not fewer people, and managers get time back to train the staff starting out with them. The schedule can flow into your existing scheduling system, or reach the manager on WhatsApp through YooDoo. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/stock.svg) Stock #### Order what will sell. End waste and stockouts with precision ordering. How it works Order too much and cash sits on the shelf until it becomes waste. Order too little and you run out in front of customers. We forecast demand for every item, in every location, and turn it into a recommended order that the location manager or your central ordering team can confirm or adjust. Stock is ordered against forecast demand, not habit, and corporate sees where orders and outcomes diverged. Recommended orders can go into your existing ordering or inventory system, or to the manager on WhatsApp through YooDoo. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/prep.svg) Production and prep #### Prepare for the demand that is coming. Prepare to the demand that is coming, so what you sell is ready, less is wasted, and nothing runs out. How it works Prep decisions are made under pressure, every day, in every location. We forecast demand for every item in 15-minute intervals, so each location prepares the right quantity at the right time. What you sell is ready. Less waste. Nothing runs out at the peak. Prep plans can go into the systems you already run, or reach the manager on WhatsApp through YooDoo. ### Commercial - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/promotions.svg) Promotions #### Know the profit before the promotion runs. Run promotions that drive profit, not just traffic. How it works A promotion can fill the location and still lose money. We design the promotion itself: the products and the price that go into it, set using the price elasticity of each product at each location, to maximize profit. We predict the profit effect of each campaign before it runs, then measure what it actually did, so you know which to scale and which to stop. Operations gets the uplift in the forecast, so stores are staffed and stocked for it. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/product.svg) Product #### Back the winners early. Launch winners and stop losers before they hurt profitability. How it works New products take shelf space, prep time and marketing budget. We predict how a launch will perform, including how much it will take from products already on sale, and track it against that prediction from the first day, so you know early which products to scale and which to stop. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/pricing.svg) Pricing #### Price for profit. Stay competitive. Set prices that protect margin without losing customers. How it works Price increases are often blanket decisions made with no view of how demand will respond. We forecast the demand effect of a price change from the price elasticity of that product at that location, so you can protect margin where customers will accept it and hold price where they will not. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/menu.svg) Menus and assortment #### An assortment engineered for profit. Placement, pricing and upsells for a menu or product assortment. How it works Every item you sell competes for attention, space and margin. We show which items earn their place, where they should sit, what they should cost, and which pairings and upsells maximize profit, using item-level demand from every location. ### Growth - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/delivery.svg) Delivery #### Deliver where it pays. Radius optimization and delivery driver forecasting. How it works Delivery grows revenue and erodes margin at the same time. We forecast delivery demand so you schedule the right number of drivers, and we show which delivery radius each location can serve profitably. Labor scheduling adapts too: delivery-heavy periods need fewer people out front and more preparing the order. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/location.svg) Locations #### Find what each location is leaving on the table. Identify the levers to pull to maximize revenue and profit per location. How it works Small differences across many locations add up. We understand your brand's DNA in its real market, and how it should flex at each location to capture all the demand there. We compare every location against its own forecast and against the network, and show which levers, products, offers, operating hours and more, will capture the unmet demand at each one. Area managers see which stores need attention today, so they manage by exception. - ![](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/icons/expansion.svg) Expansion #### Open the next location with the numbers already in hand. Maximize the return on every new location. How it works A new site is one of the largest capital decisions a group makes. We forecast demand up to 18 months out and model how a new location will perform, using your brand DNA and what your existing locations have already taught us, including the effect a new site will have on the locations you already run. The investment case is built on evidence. [Book a consult](https://predictiveinsights.net/contact?hsLang=en) Proof from the floor ## Results you can hold us to. Case study · Global food brand ### How a leading food brand closed the gap between data and decisions How Predictive Insights helped a global food brand make better decisions, in every market, in time to matter. [Read the full case study (PDF, opens in a new tab)](https://predictiveinsights.net/hubfs/case-studies/PI-generic-case-study-full.pdf?hsLang=en) ![A smiling barista in a mustard beanie and glasses working at the counter of a busy café](https://predictiveinsights.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/391/public/@projects/predictive-insights-hubspot/pi-theme/images/v2-oct30/img/case-study.jpg?width=2000&height=1333&name=case-study.jpg) Median forecast error in the pilot Before: budget plus judgement**over 30%** With Predictive Insights**12%** Before: forecast missed byover 30%median error, budget plus manager judgement With Predictive Insights: misses by**12**%median error in the pilot The bars show the published median errors from the pilot: a subset of locations in two regions, forecasts compared with what actually sold. They are not a chart of one business day. The bar for “over 30%” is drawn at 30 on a scale that ends at 40. - \+**1.4**%Annual revenue uplift from optimized labor allocation - −**14**%Wasteful staff allocation, as a share of payroll. Same people, better timed - −**10** to **30**%Food waste, with the highest-waste locations recovering the most #### The story in five steps *1*The problem *2*The proof *3*The rollout *4*The delivery *5*The foundation ‹ Forecasts off by over 30%. Managers pulled up a budget set months earlier, compared it with a 3 to 6 week day-of-the-week average, and adjusted by judgement. The median forecast error was over 30%, and one in every 20 manager forecasts was out by 100%. None of it reflected poor management: it was the math of judgement plus budget. Call it decision debt. › Working with franchise and multi-site groups across Canada and South Africa. 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