I first heard of Broken Windows Theory in the book Freakonomics. A synopsis of the theory is that there are social norms and expectations of how things are supposed to be. When expectations aren’t met then society reacts poorly by lashing out. The example that is commonly cited is an empty building in a city, if …
restaurant inspection app
Let’s take a look at your temp logs and line checks
Depending on where you operate, the first thing that the local health inspector will ask for when they show up randomly is something to the tune of “let’s take a look at your temp logs and line checks for the past month”. Depending on how organized your operations are this can be an easy …
What Happened to the Inspection Data?
“PC Load Letter? What the F*#@ does that mean?” – Michael Bolton Every day, every shift we conduct our line checks and pre-shift inspections with the tried and true tools that have been available to us forever: a clipboard, pen, and paper. It’s great! We accomplish our goal of documenting this data, but where …
Cool Stuff From the NRA Show
We are having a great time at the NRA Show in Chicago. Below is a picture of the booth with the food service robot. The cost is 25K, and it can be trained to do one function. It was cool and just imagine where this tech will be in a couple of years. Below …
Making the Most of Your 30-Day Free Trial – Part 2
This is part II, click here to read part I. Real World Testing(RWT) is the time to start doing more configuration and adding real data to your test. Keep it to a minimum at the beginning because you aren’t sure if you are going to be using this app in 25 days. If it’s a …
Making the Most of Your 30-Day Free Trial – Part 1
As more and more cloud apps are being designed for business consumers, the 30-Day Free Trial is becoming more and more common in the corporate setting. OpsAnalitica, my company, offers a 30-Day Free Trial for our Inspector App. The Free Trial is not a new concept; it is one of the best sales models for …
Bad Manager vs. Good Manager Part II
Restaurant Managers Without Line Check Technology Are Just “Putting Out Fires With Gasoline!” “Lexi” Without A Line-Check App vs. “Lexi” With a Line Check App, With OpsAnalitica to the Rescue. Don’t be embarrassed if the person we describe sounds exactly like you. Actually, it may be you, but not for long. You won’t have to read far …
Bad Manager vs Good Manager Part I
Restaurant Managers Without Line Check Technology Are Just “Putting Out Fires With Gasoline!” “Lexi” Without A Line-Check App vs. “Lexi” With a Line Check App, With OpsAnalitica to the Rescue. Don’t be embarrassed if the person we describe sounds exactly like you. Actually, it may be you, but not for long. You won’t have to read far …
Moneyball for Restaurants. It ’s Here. On Your Tablets and iPads. – Part I
Ever wish there were a “Moneyball approach ” to managing multi-location restaurants? It would be a business model where we would field dozens of “scouts ” who could fan out across multiple locations, logging in data, observing and recording “in-game activity, ” and making note of even the smallest thing … like the fact that the day the dumpster was overflowing, the location sold 23 fewer …