{"id":"ops-peak-season-staffing-memo","audience":"managers","category":"operations-work","track":"operations","technique":"verification","level":"advanced","title":"Size peak-season staffing from forecast volume and recommend an ask","free":false,"task":"You must request temporary labor for the holiday peak. Write a prompt for a memo with exactly three headings: Numbers, Gap, Ask. Under Numbers give one line per week showing lines / 60 = hours, then hours / 34 = people rounded up. Under Gap compare to the current 30 people. Under Ask recommend how many temps to request, saying HR and the ops manager approve the headcount. Under 150 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PEAK SEASON PLAN - Nov 17 to Dec 5\n\nFORECAST (order lines to pick)\nWeek 1 (Nov 17): 54,000 lines\nWeek 2 (Nov 24): 72,000 lines\nWeek 3 (Dec 1): 90,000 lines\n\nPRODUCTIVITY\nPickers average 60 lines per labor hour.\nA full-time picker works 40 hours a week, of which 85% is productive picking time, so 34 productive hours.\nRound people up to the next whole person.\n\nCURRENT STAFF\n30 pickers on the schedule. 2 have approved leave in Week 2 (not counted above; ignore for this exercise).\n\nBACKGROUND\nLast year Week 3 volume came in 10% above forecast. The ops manager wants a plan for the forecast figure only; any buffer is a separate decision.\nTemps need a 5-day lead time to onboard. HR approves all temp requests.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":150}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the headings","patterns":["numbers","gap","ask"]},{"label":"Shows the math","patterns":["/ 60","/ 34","rounded up","round up"]},{"label":"Compares to 30 staff","patterns":["30","current"]},{"label":"Says who approves","patterns":["hr","ops manager","approve"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Rounding down or skipping the math","why":"The AI states people needed without showing hours or rounding up.","fix":"Say: \"Show lines / 60 = hours, then hours / 34, rounded up.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding a buffer","why":"The AI adds the 10% last-year overage to the forecast.","fix":"Say: \"Use the forecast figures only; do not add a buffer.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong headings","why":"The AI writes its own sections.","fix":"Name the three headings in order.","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague \"keep it short\" lands over the limit.","fix":"Cap each part instead of the total, for example \"each line under 15 words\".","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Give the three headings, the line format with the math, and what the Ask must say.","mission":"Request the right number of temps for the holiday peak.","musts":["Round people up","Compare to current 30","HR and ops approve"],"rubricLabels":["The memo has exactly three headings Numbers, Gap and Ask in that order","Numbers shows 54,000 / 60 = 900 hours and 900 / 34 = 27 people, 72,000 / 60 = 1,200 hours and 36 people, and 90,000 / 60 = 1,500 hours and 45 people (rounded up)","Gap shows the extra people over the current 30 as 0 short in week 1 (3 spare), 6 in week 2 and 15 in week 3, and Ask recommends 15 temps with HR and the ops manager approving, without adding the 10% buffer"]}