Method and system for informed decision making to locate a workforce

摘要

The present invention concerns a computer-implemented method and system that aides in reducing the amount of regret experienced when deciding between and amongst geographic areas having a suitable workforce. More specifically, the present invention includes a user selecting critical factors relating to worker demographics that define geographic areas. Data is returned to the user's computer as a virtual table and is a mixture of critical or informational factors qualifying all areas returning data. Each area is ranked according to the value of lowest returned index number, which gives the user a quick assessment of problematic critical factors for each area. Area utilities are created and give the user the ability to simultaneously compare all remaining areas to one another so that they may select at least one area amongst many with the smallest chance for a bad surprise. This reduces the regret of a user having to select one area over another having a suitable workforce for their business needs.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method that locates a workforce across many geographic areas and allows a user to assess the amount harm each area presents to their business needs, the method comprising:
a. a user search that identifies and returns into a matrix geographic areas and their raw values relating to occupation variables, industry variables, or workforce variables; b. the user assessing the returned areas from step a.) by their values to subjectively remove unacceptable areas that are overly harmful to the their business needs; c. the user employing a Min-Max Regret to select at least one remaining area from step b.) having the least harmful values to their business needs; d. wherein, the Min-Max Regret of step c.) includes the ability to simultaneously compare all remaining areas of step b.) with total utility numbers and subjectively weighted variables and values from each area, wherein a total utility number for an area is created by indexing values returned for any variable for an area against their respective national average, the user subjectively weighting the importance of each variable and their index value by a percentage or five point scale, adding all weighted indexed values for an area into one total utility number; and e. wherein, each total utility number of step d.) qualitatively allows the user to simultaneously assess and compare all area's workforce size, occupation variables, industry variables, and workforce variables to select the least harmful area with the desired workforce, thereby completing the Min-Max Regret.