Patent ID: 8639543

Claim:
A method for dispatching, in real-time, employees of a business, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer, information in at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader located in a work area, wherein receiving the information in at least one RFID tag reader comprises receiving the information in a plurality of RFID tag readers, the plurality of RFID tag readers arranged in a grid near a plurality of point of sale stations wherein the information is from a plurality of RFID tags that are affixed to a plurality of goods; determining, by a computer, a calculated length of time needed to process the plurality of goods based on the information from the plurality of RFID tags that are affixed to the plurality of goods; analyzing, by a computer, the information from the plurality of RFID tags to determine a required number of employees to work in the work area; further determining, by a computer, the required number of employees to work in the work area based upon the calculated length of time needed to process the plurality of goods; selecting, by a computer, the required number of employees to work in the work area based upon: said analyzing, by a computer, the information from the plurality of RFID tags to determine the required number of employees to work in the work area, and said further determining, by a computer, the required number of employees to work in the work area based upon the calculated length of time needed to process the plurality of goods; and dispatching, by a computer, via a computer communicably coupled with the at least one RFID tag reader, a first employee to the work area according to the required number of employees selected to work in the work area.