1. A system for compacting a work area, comprising: a compactor having a variable vibratory mechanism for providing a compaction effort to the work area; a location sensor generating a location data for the compactor; and a controller in communication with the location sensor and the variable vibratory mechanism, and configured to: determine a pass count for the work area based on the location data; determine a target compaction effort provided by the variable vibratory mechanism of the compactor for the work area based on the pass count; and modify the compaction effort provided by the variable vibratory mechanism of the compactor to the target compaction effort.