Owning or managing a restaurant is challenging enough when your goal is to earn profits and satisfy customer expectations. Add in the responsibilities of managing staff scheduling, payroll and inventory and the idea of performing restaurant back office duties may seem a bit daunting. There are software solutions, however, that can wrangle these tasks and help streamline your operations, saving you time and money.
Automated Payroll
Consider your current method of processing payroll. Are you wasting valuable management time and effort collecting, correcting and manually entering time data before actually being able to run the payroll?
An automated labor management solution is what you need. Your staff can clock in and out by clicking or tapping a screen on a POS terminal. The data is stored locally or in the cloud and can be accessed easily when its time to approve time sheets. This information can be automatically shared with payroll to eliminate the time it takes to upload or rekey information.
Scheduling Software
The task of building the employee schedule week to week takes up a lot of a your time especially if you use manual scheduling processes like a pen and paper or spreadsheet files. The balancing act of employee availability, call-offs or no-shows, make it difficult to maintain adequate staffing for your shift needs.
Take the stress out of this process by using scheduling software for your restaurant back office. This cost-effective and time-saving method will cut hours off your scheduling duties. You also have the ability to share the schedule with your staff ahead of time and make any required changes needed. This helps prevent miscommunication and curb missed shifts to keep your restaurant running smoothly.
Inventory Tracking
Many restaurants still use manual methods such as spreadsheets for tracking food and supply inventories. Because inventory numbers change constantly, it almost becomes a full-time job in itself just to keep it up to date.
Your restaurant back office needs real-time inventory management software. Access to updated, clean data helps you make better inventory ordering decisions. It can also manage theoretical vs. actual inventory depletion more accurately which helps you save money and increase profit margins.
Real-Time Reporting
Running a restaurant sometimes means you cannot be on the premises due to business travel or personal time off. You still need to manage your restaurant back office, but may not have access to hard reporting data. The solution?
A cloud-based management application will provide you with real-time reporting for sales, labor, and inventory when you log in from any computer or from your mobile device. Whether you are on the road or in an airport, you have the ability to address problems or make changes without the need to be physically present on site.
Give your restaurant a competitive edge by managing your restaurant back office more effectively.
To learn more, contact the Focus POS team for expert advice on where your restaurant is experiencing loss and how the right solutions can help.
