In this episode we interview James Carso – Strategic Partners & Alliances at Netsurion. What I really enjoyed about this interview was listening to James speak to the difficulties that some CIO’s have getting franchisees to implement security and how that could effect the brand. To learn more about Netsurion Click Here: www.netsurion.com
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Interview With Mark Fowles – Co Founder Of Send Board And Yumbi
In this episode we interview Mark Fowles – Co Founder Of SendBoard and Yumbi. What I really enjoyed about this interview was listening to Mark speak about how his platform was able to reduce losses from theft. To learn more about SendBoard, which we use, go to: www.sendboard.com/
Maybe You Shouldn’t Do Checklists
How could paper checklists be bad? Â Paper checklists are bad because people pencil whip them or lie on them. Â We recently conducted a survey of over 100 restaurant owners and managers. Â 94% of respondents believed that their teams weren’t completing their checklists accurately. Which raises the question; why would a sane person have their team …
Choose Restaurant Specific Software Vendors
A prospective client was evaluating the OpsAnalitica Platform against a competitor’s inspection platform recently. Â Even though on the surface we are very similar in that we allow people to conduct restaurant inspections through an app, when you look deeper we are worlds apart. Â You see this other platform is a 3rd party inspection audit platform …
How Checklist Tags Help Reduce Food Cost
Question and response tagging. Sounds great doesn’t it? Well… What is it?  Ok let’s take a look at what question and response tagging is and what it means to your checklists and operations data. It is hugely beneficial and saves you one of your most precious resources. Time. And we all know what time is.  …
Inspection, Managerial and Custom Reports
We have spent all of 2015 to get to this point; our data warehouse is up and running, and we are releasing our first set of managerial reports. Let me explain how reports work in the OpsAnalitica platform. We have three types of reports: Inspection, Managerial and Custom: Inspection Reports: consist of summary views of …
5 Reasons Why You Should Automate Checklists
We have recently received more proof from our clients that automating checklists and conducting manager follow-up are increasing restaurant profits.  Our customers see a 1/2 to 1% reduction in food cost when their restaurants conduct daily line checks and  follow-up with the OpsAnalitica platform. Automation and apps add value that’s why they’re everywhere. They make …
Face the Facts: It’s a Drag and Drop World – Part III
Here’s part III of the series, the final installment. To catch up on part I click here, part II click here. How to Craft a Workflow Strategy Seek out a check-list driven workflow app provider that has restaurant specific knowledge. Examine the pedigree of the management of the app provider. The restaurant business is perhaps …
Face the Facts: It’s a Drag and Drop World – Part II
Here’s part II of this series. Part I was posted yesterday. If you haven’t read part I yet click here and read it first. Signs you are ready for Workflow Management Apps The obvious signs that you’re ready for workflow management apps are: Your operations are unprofitable You can’t identify where your problems originate You …
Face the Facts: It’s a Drag and Drop World – Part I
You either get dragged (or drag yourself) into restaurant management and accountability technology… Or be forced to drop out for running an unprofitable business. There is no middle ground. That’s for one simple reason: Perhaps 15 years ago it was possible to run a business without a web page, but today it is not. You …