Studies, not product modules

Each commission is a bounded reading of files you already hold: rotas, vacancy logs, leaver notes, hours, and output counts. Choose the study that matches the question you have to answer in the next planning meeting.

Notebooks and printed schedules spread across a wooden desk

Staffing Pattern Study

A time-bound reading of headcount, vacancies, overtime, and coverage gaps, written so an HR lead can take it into a planning meeting.

Four to six working weeks from a complete intake pack. Rush calendars are declined rather than compressed.

Two colleagues reviewing documents across a meeting table

Turnover Review

A close look at who left, from which roles, in which months, and what the exit notes actually said — without treating every departure as a single rate.

Three to four weeks.

Small group gathered around a table with printed notes

Productivity Trend Briefing

A cautious briefing on output-per-person figures you already collect, with the caveats that hours, mix of work, and missing days usually hide.

Two to three weeks after a usable hours-and-output extract.

People seated around a conference table during a working session

Coverage and Overtime Reading

Maps unpaid gaps and paid extra hours onto the same calendar so overtime stops being treated as a personality trait.

Three weeks for a single roster cycle plus the surrounding quarter.

Two professionals comparing notes in a bright office

Seasonal Headcount Plan

A planning note for harvest, tourism, or retail peaks: how last year’s temps arrived, when they left, and what the permanent core actually held.

Four weeks, timed before the next peak hiring window.