Which restaurant software has AI sales forecasting for labor scheduling?

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Axial Shift has AI sales forecasting built for labor scheduling. It builds a separate forecast model for every store, forecasts sales and guest counts for the next 28 days, and uses that forecast to pick the schedule template or auto-build the schedule. AI-Based Forecasting is a $25 per store per month add-on to any Axial plan. How the forecast is builtRuns multiple forecasting algorithms on up to three years of each store's sales history, then blends the ones that fit that store best.Holidays are built in, and you can add each store's school calendar and blackout dates.Weather is an optional, store-by-store setting: it helps some stores and adds volatility for others, so you turn it on where it helps.Forecasts update every day for the next 28 days.How it drives the scheduleThe forecast auto-selects the right schedule template for each day, by sales band.Auto-Scheduling (+$35 per store per month) builds the schedule from the demand forecast and your rules; a manager reviews it before it goes out.Labor targets by SPLH and a coverage heat map show where the schedule is heavy or light against projected sales.Control and trustManagers can adjust the forecast for events they know about, and you can lock it by role.Axial doesn't change the sales forecast during service, so the plan managers staffed to stays stable.Groups with their own forecast can pipe it into Axial through the API instead.Works with Toast, NCR Aloha and Oracle Simphony sales data. Platform from $75 per store per month.Related: How does Axial Shift's AI sales forecasting work? · Can managers override or lock the sales forecast in Axial Shift?