Shift Planner for labor cost control
Build weekly employee schedules, estimate labor cost in real time, compare payroll against projected revenue, set coverage targets, and make better staffing decisions before the week begins.
Faraj Software Solutions builds practical business software for operators who need cleaner decisions without messy spreadsheets. Shift Planner and Pricing Assistant Pro help owners and managers in Hartford, Manchester, Tolland, and beyond plan weekly labor, estimate costs, protect margins, and make pricing decisions with more confidence.
Available business scheduling software from Faraj Software Solutions: staff scheduling, labor cost control, and weekly workforce planning for SMBs.
Build weekly employee schedules, estimate labor cost in real time, compare payroll against projected revenue, set coverage targets, and make better staffing decisions before the week begins.
Available now by subscription or 7-day trial through the client portal.
Calculate the real cost of a menu item or service visit, average labor and overhead inputs, compare against competitor prices, save reusable cost configurations, and make stronger pricing decisions before margin gets squeezed.
Pricing Assistant Pro is available now at $19.99/month with a 7-day trial available after creating a client portal account.
Clear answers for the two available web apps: Shift Planner and Pricing Assistant Pro.
Shift Planner helps you build weekly employee schedules, estimate labor cost before the schedule is finalized, compare payroll against projected revenue, and check whether each day has enough coverage.
It uses each employee's wage and scheduled shift hours to calculate daily and weekly labor cost. When projected revenue is entered, it also shows labor percentage so you can spot expensive days before publishing.
Yes. Shift Planner includes a suggested schedule builder that uses employee settings, availability, roles, wages, max hours, revenue targets, and coverage needs to help create a starting point.
Yes. You can save schedules for later, export schedule data to CSV, and use a print-friendly schedule view for sharing with managers or staff.
Create an account in the client portal, start the 7-day trial or subscribe, then open Shift Planner from the software dashboard.
It calculates a recommended price using item or service costs, labor, overhead, waste, packaging, card fees, delivery app fees, competitor pricing, and your target margin.
No. It works well for restaurants and menu pricing, but it can also support service-based businesses that need to estimate cost per client visit using supplies, labor, equipment, overhead, and margin.
Yes. You can save full cost configurations, including basic costs, advanced labor tiers, itemized overhead, delivery app fees, card fees, waste, packaging, and other pricing assumptions.
Yes. Pricing Assistant Pro lets you add priced items to saved menus, create new menus, delete saved menu items, export menu data, and return to prior pricing work later.
Yes. Pricing Assistant Pro includes a monetary backdrop section that can use M2 money supply data as a long-range pricing pressure signal alongside your cost-based recommendation.
Focused resources that explain how Faraj Software Solutions supports employee scheduling, labor cost planning, menu pricing, and cost-based business decisions.
How Shift Planner helps create weekly staff schedules and manage coverage.
Read More →Why software-based scheduling is cleaner than spreadsheets and scattered messages.
Read More →Why payroll, projected revenue, and coverage should be checked before publishing shifts.
Read More →How cost-based pricing helps restaurants and service businesses protect margins.
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