1. TOP STRATEGIES FOR
OVERCOMING LABOR
COSTING CHALLENGES
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2. ABOUT THE SPEAKER
As President & CEO at DATIS, Erik's focus is
on delivering value, productivity, and
efficiencies for Health and Human
Services organizations through a fully unified
HR and Payroll platform. With over 25 years
of experience in Finance and Technology,
Erik combines this knowledge to help
organizations better manage their workforce
and achieve their mission.
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
3. • Review the top labor costing challenges and concerns
for HHS organizations
• Discuss strategies that enable you to:
• Distribute labor costs across multiple organizational dimensions
• Report back to funders on labor costs down to the cent
• Maintain budget compliance and improve financial efficiency
• Identify the true cost of delivering programs
• Question & Answer
WEBINAR OVERVIEW
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
4. CHALLENGES
• Multiple organizational dimensions to manage and track
• Reporting back to funders on labor costs and accounting for every dollar
• Determining financial efficiency and resource allocations
• At the end of the day, how much does it cost to run this program?
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
Program Funding sourceCost center Location …and more!
5. • Timesheets
• Transfers on a timeclock
• Effort reports
• Standard percentages
• Revenue/production-based
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
STRATEGIES FOR DISTRIBUTING LABOR COSTS
6. UNIFY YOUR DATA FOR ROBUST REPORTING
• Create a single source of truth
• Reduce the risk of errors and eliminate
redundancies
• Have all of your data accessible in one place
• Provides the breadth and depth of
information you need
• Allows you to report back to funders on
labor costs and account for every dollar
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
7. POSITION CONTROL TO ORGANIZE YOUR WORKFORCE
• Position Control organizes
the workforce by position
rather than employee for
better budgeting
• Calculate allocations in real
time to maximize resources
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
8. TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
Program A
2
Hours
Program B
2
Hours
Cost Center 2
3
Hours
Funding Source 1
1
Hour
Total Daily Hours
8
Hours
=+ + +
LABOR COST ALLOCATIONS
9. BUDGETED VS ACTUAL COSTS
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES
10. SUMMING IT ALL UP
• Key tools for your labor costing strategy:
• Unified, accessible data
• Position Control
• Drill-down reporting capabilities
• Technology can help us stay organized when dealing with complex
organizational dimensions to ensure we are allocating labor costs
effectively and maximizing resources
TOP STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING LABOR COSTING CHALLENGES