Contribution margin in temporary staffing, calculated per assignment.

Whether an assignment earns money, you often only know once the invoice has gone out. In alluvo the contribution margin sits on the assignment, and the forecast shows revenue, hours and costs for the time ahead. The market analysis adds what is moving around you.

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Forecasting & Margin

Module
Controlling
Included in
alluvo, with all modules
One data model Part of alluvo, with the same data as every other app.

At a glance

What next month brings, before it arrives.

  1. Revenue, hours and costs as a forecast, not a gut feeling.
  2. The contribution margin sits on the assignment, not in a spreadsheet next to it.
  3. Plus the market analysis: what is moving around you.

From everyday work

Two scenes from management. Both end in a spreadsheet.

  1. Mit alluvo 01

    The contribution margin sits on the assignment.

    alluvo calculates the contribution margin where the assignment is. You see which assignment carries its weight while it is still running.

    A thing of the past

    The contribution margin is in Excel. From last quarter.

    Once a quarter someone pulls together hours, wages and invoices and recalculates per client. By the time the spreadsheet is done, the assignments have long since carried on at the same rates.

    The consequenceAn assignment with a fixed rate tips as soon as an industry surcharge moves up to the next step (for agencies operating under German law, the sector surcharge under the collective agreement). Until someone notices, you lose money every month.

  2. Mit alluvo 02

    Revenue, hours and costs as a forecast.

    The forecast calculates revenue, hours and costs from the data in alluvo. For a quick look there is the simple forecast, and the market analysis shows what is moving around you.

    A thing of the past

    The forecast is made by gut feeling. Which is sometimes right.

    The bank asks for the plan, the shareholder for the next quarter. You estimate from last year and from what the schedulers tell you.

    The consequenceIf you are off, the money is missing in exactly the month with the most wages. Or you hire too late when demand picks up.

AI in the app

Say it to alluvo.

With the alluvo operator, Claude or ChatGPT does the work in this app at your word, with your permissions and in your data. Somebody types these sentences exactly as they are written here.

  • „Show me the forecast for the quarter.“

    Coordinate sales · Pipeline, weighted forecast, BDR performance and pipeline review, plus the distribution of research and outreach work.

  • „Give me the dispatch overview for this week.“

    Coordinate staffing operations · Utilisation, assignments ending, open demands, gaps in the shift plan and the backlog of hours, in one overview.

In the same module

Controlling. The same data.

Forecasts, margin and the reports on your business. More about the module

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Price

One price. All modules.

Forecasting & Margin is included, together with all the other modules. You pay per employee on assignment, no matter how many modules you use.

€691

per employee on assignment and month

€55 with annual payment

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Questions

Questions about contribution margin in temporary staffing.

How is the contribution margin calculated in temporary staffing?

From the revenue of an assignment you subtract the costs it causes directly, mainly the employee's wage and non-wage labour costs. alluvo calculates it per assignment; how rate, duration and idle time affect it in advance is shown by the free assignment calculator.

What does alluvo forecast?

Revenue, hours and costs. In addition there are the simple forecast for a quick overview, the contribution margin and a market analysis for your area.

Where does the forecast get its numbers?

From the data your team maintains in alluvo anyway. There is no import into a second tool, and if you still want to process the numbers further, you fetch them through the public API for reporting data.

Does the forecast help with liquidity?

The cost forecast shows which costs are coming, the revenue forecast what is meant to come in. How much cash a long payment term ties up is calculated by the free liquidity calculator.

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