Staff Redeployment Framework
Turn Robot-freed Time Into Revenue
This guide shows restaurant teams how to redeploy hours into guest value, higher checks, and faster service — with simple tools and a weekly rhythm you can run next shift.
Who is this for?
Managers and operators who have added automation or plan to, and want a practical way to convert freed capacity into measurable business outcomes without losing service quality.
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Quick-start checklist
How the Framework Works
A clear, three-phase pattern any manager can run. Simple enough to launch this week, structured enough to sustain for months.
Identify where hours are freed (robots, prep, handoffs) and quantify them by role and shift.
Assign hours to activities that raise revenue or speed (offers, pacing, portion control, menu yield).
Set a small bet, run it for a week, review simple metrics, keep what works, adjust what doesn’t.
Start Here: 20-Minute Manager Checklist
Find Answers and Detailed Steps Here
The Guide is Divided Into Three Stages
First, map where the time comes from.
Second, plan how to redeploy it.
Third, follow a weekly rhythm to keep the changes working and visible.
Expand a topic below to see its purpose, timing, inputs, and outputs. Each one links you directly to the Library where you’ll find the supporting downloads and tools to put it into practice.
Work the guide by steps
Open a topic to see what it’s for, when to use it, required inputs, and what you’ll get. Each item links to the matching section on the Library page so we don’t duplicate tiles.
Time Mapping
Make freed capacity visible and quantify weekly hours by role and shift.
- Purpose: Frame the decision to keep hours and move them to guest value, revenue, and speed.
- Use when: Aligning owners/GM before the pilot.
- Inputs: Last month’s labor %, RevPASH, NPS or complaint rate.
- Outputs: One-page story and decision frame.
- Purpose: Explain why “reduce burnout + keep hours + reassign” outperforms pure cuts.
- Use when: You need buy-in from finance or kitchen leadership.
- Inputs: Turnover %, overtime, training hours.
- Outputs: Talking points + model example.
- Purpose: Identify pools of time by station and shift.
- Use when: Quantifying time savings from robots or process changes.
- Inputs: Task list by station, cycle times, weekly volume.
- Outputs: Time map + top three pools of time.
Redeployment Planner
Assign freed hours to activities that increase contribution or throughput.
- Purpose: Choose 2–3 high-leverage activities per week.
- Use when: Deciding how to allocate BOH/FOH hours.
- Inputs: Menu mix, bottlenecks, current attach items.
- Outputs: Weekly redeployment plan.
- Purpose: Turn BOH hours into yield gains and new sellable items.
- Use when: Chefs have freed prep/line time.
- Inputs: Variance reports, waste notes, prep cycles.
- Outputs: Portion audits, mise deadlines, dessert/sauce pilots, batch tests.
- Purpose: Turn FOH hours into higher checks and faster turns.
- Use when: Hosts/servers/bussers have spare cycles.
- Inputs: Attach items, pacing gaps, payment flow delays.
- Outputs: Natural offers, pacing rules, pre-bus flow, expo/runner guardrails.
Weekly Operating Rhythm
Set the bet Monday, huddle daily, review Friday. Keep what works, adjust what doesn’t.
- Purpose: A clear narrative to onboard the team.
- Use when: Kicking off the pilot or resetting cadence.
- Outputs: Week-by-week milestones and checkpoints.
- Purpose: Easy, no-jargon math to prove impact.
- Use when: Planning and reviewing the week’s bet.
- Inputs: Covers, checks, item counts, ticket times.
- Outputs: Attach lift, RevPASH change, portion economics.
- Purpose: The heartbeat that turns ideas into habits.
- Inputs: Weekly bet, KPI sheet, notes from service.
- Outputs: Keep/kill/change decisions, next week’s bet.
- Purpose: Minimum metrics to manage and scale.
- Outputs: Store-level and roll-up views, weekly alerts.
- Purpose: One pack with all sheets and one-pagers.
- Use when: Running the loop and weekly reviews.
- Purpose: Clear lines managers can use in the moment.
- Use when: Huddles, on-line coaching, and service recovery.
Foundations & Scale
Keep adoption high and roll the program out across stores.
- Purpose: Practical adoption toolkit to keep habits in place while you scale.
- Outputs: Sponsor map, stakeholder heat map, risk log, adoption checks.
- Purpose: Plan to move from one pilot store to multi-store.
- Purpose: Quick answers that reduce friction and keep momentum.
- Purpose: Definitions and sources to ramp new managers fast.