AI Labor Deployment

The next generation of workforce management.

Turn rich operational data into trusted, store-specific workforce decisions. Explain every recommendation, adapt schedules live, and get visibility to improve performance.

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Hitting your labor target does not mean optimal labor deployment.

Your labor percentage is a metric, not an operating procedure. And you can't optimise the headcount for each day using a weekly average.

The problem

Staffing to labor targets costs you twice.

Understaffed peaks turn guests away, overstaffed lulls burn payroll. The week's labor target average hides both.

The Solution

Staff to demand – optimize your labor fit.

Sona forecasts demand per site, models the correct head count, and builds the schedule. Labor % becomes an outcome rather than a control.

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How it works

Predict. Translate. Deploy.

Three steps between what your sites will sell and who is working. Sona AI gives you clear reasoning to make better decisions at each stage.

A demand curve that reads catering, sentiment, and store conditions (not just sales and weather), and shows exactly why it built your schedule.

POS historyBookingsOwn eventsPromotionsWeatherLocal eventsCateringSentiment

Sona combines the demand forecast and nuances of each site to determine an optimal headcount and schedule for every role.

Role by roleTime between stockroom and kitchenNumber of floorsTotal square feetAdaptive labor model

Sona builds the schedule accounting for individual employees availability, skills, certifications, contracted hours, and local state compliance. Managers review and publish rather than build from scratch.

Fifty-state compliancePredictive scheduling ordinancesAvailability, skills, certificationsPublishes to crew app

Why Sona

Clear decisions. Lower costs. Better performance.

Sona's AI gives managers the insights and reasoning they need to make better decisions.

Profitability

Match headcount to real demand; reduce over and understaffing.

Performance at scale

Run every site like your best site; improve quality service.

Full compliance

Maintain full compliance with labor laws across all 50 states.

Enterprise-ready

AI-native workforce management, at production scale today

Backed by Google to build the category leader in frontline AI.

Enterprise clients

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Active employee users

Active sites

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Shifts scheduled

Meet Raffy

Make every manager your best manager

Raffy is Sona's in-product AI assistant. It explains what's happening, why it matters, and what to do next, so managers can act with confidence instead of reacting too late.

Less admin. Better decisions. Stronger performance.

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Customer Stories

Popeyes cut labor cost 3.8% across 120+ locations in four months.

“I would rate this as the best launch we have ever done.”

Neil Williamson

Chief Operating Officer, Popeyes

3.8%

Labor Cost Reduction

1ppt

Labor Spend Improvement

Client results

Business impact is immediate and measurable

Labor costs come down. Service quality goes up. Admin work that once took hours now takes minutes – or happens automatically.

1-2%

Labor cost reduction in the first month

25%+

EBITDA improvement at enterprise scale

8 hours

Per manager per week saved on admin

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See how Sona helps large organizations improve efficiency, protect service quality, and perform better at scale.