Man-minutes: measures the total man-minutes spent on that particular assignment. It can be calculated as the number of team members multiplied by the elapsed cleaning time (measured from the moment the team arrives outside an address, to the moment it departs from the address). The cleaning time does not include driving time. For the dataset, Man-minutes has a mean value of 372, and ranges from 156 to 1,002 minutes.
Hourly Rates: The operator establishes standard hourly rates for regular cleanings (applies to both weekly and bi-weekly), and initial cleanings. The hourly rate can be adjusted and saved via the Member Desktop Pricer; such prices determine the results of all HCA Pricing Tools.
Minimum Prices per Visit: The Member Desktop Pricer allows an operator to fix minimum prices per visit for three types of cleanings: Initial Cleaning; Weekly Cleaning; and Bi-weekly Cleaning. These minimum prices result in a floor being applied to prices resulting from all HCA Pricing Tools.
Scenarios: refer to the set of observed variables for a household. They are defined (and saved) by the operator of a house cleaning company via the Member Version of the Desktop Pricer. Scenarios can include a mix of hypothetical assignments as well as actual assignments. An operator can adjust the results of the HCA Pricing Tools and then analyze the results based on multiple scenarios which he defines himself. "Big Dirty House" might include a large square footage, high number of bathrooms, and high scores for usage variables. Scenarios allow a company to analyze the effect on the clean times and prices associated with actual customer households, which arise from tweaking one or more variable coefficients via the Member Desktop Pricer.
Companies with different scope definitions and operating configurations will experience different results in terms of man-minutes to complete a given assignment. The scenarios provide a means for the operator to customize the HCA Pricing Tools to reflects these configurations and arrive at the desired Man-minute estimates.
Scenarios provide a means for an operator to customize the HCA Pricing Tools to meet the Company's own needs. Allowing operators to adjust the results of the HCA Pricing Tools allows HCA to accommodate any number of different operating profiles of professional house cleaning companies.