Build a labor cost forecast pipeline by combining 7shifts sales projections with scheduled labor data

Steps

1. Authenticate with the 7shifts API (OAuth 2.0, Bearer token + x-company-guid header).
2. GET the sales projection for a future date range using the Custom Sales Projections endpoint for each location; these values represent predicted revenue by daypart or day.
3. GET the published shift schedule for the same date range and location; each shift includes the employee, start/end times, position, and wage rate (if accessible via the API).
4. Calculate projected labor cost per shift by multiplying each shift's duration by the employee's hourly wage; sum by day and compare against the revenue projection to compute a labor-cost percentage.
5. POST updated sales projections to 7shifts if your external POS or forecasting system produces more accurate forward-looking numbers, which 7shifts will use to generate revised labor recommendations.
6. Surface the labor cost percentage as an alert if it exceeds a configured threshold (e.g., 30% of projected sales), triggering a manager notification to adjust the schedule.