In yesterday’s post, Operations Data Use Cases. We discussed two Ops Data use cases and how Ops Data could be used to make better decisions, drive better operations, and run more profitable restaurants. In Today’s blog post, we are going to discuss one more use case and draw some conclusions. Line Pars Do you check that your …
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Operations Data Use Cases
In yesterday’s post, What is Operations Data. We discussed the importance of Operations Data (Ops Data) and how it could be used to make better decisions, drive better operations, and run more profitable restaurants. In Today’s blog post, we are going to discuss more Ops Data use cases. Is your manager any good? The GM of a …
What is Operations Data?
Since we started OpsAnalitica we have been talking about Operations Data(Ops Data) and how powerful it is and it dawned on me last week that we haven’t taken the time to define Operations Data for our readers. This is an oversight on our part but one that I hope to correct in this week’s blogs. Here …
The Importance of Line Checks
I recently stumbled upon a great blog post written by George Barton entitled: “Line Checks: Why So Important?”. To view the original post on Nightclub.com click here. Here are the points he makes that I felt were top notch. All scheduled managers during all shifts should participate in conducting line checks. This is an on-going …
How do you use your operations data?
So you are collecting operations data every day, probably every shift, but what are you doing with it? If you are like most operators you are filing it in a drawer in the GM’s office never to be seen again. But what a waste of time and data. Why go through the exercise if nobody …
“Moneyball approach ” to managing multi-location restaurants
The question is: Which data? What things should our “Moneyball scouts ” be looking at? That’s where SMART Pre-Shift Inspection Protocols come into play. With the SMART Pre-Shift Inspection Protocol, you can leverage your workforce to collect data, which will let you draw correlations between operations, sales, and costs. That will help you determine your shortest path to …
Prices Are Starting To Rise
A couple of interesting stories came out today in the restaurant industry. One, which is not such good news for Subway, being that Jarrod’s house got raided this morning in connection with an investigation into child pornography. That will certainly bring on some unexpected brand damage. The other being that Starbucks is raising prices on …
What are SMART Pre-shift Inspections?
At OpsAnalitica, we are big believers that conducting consistent daily inspections drives better operations, safer restaurants, and increases profitability. We are such big believers we have developed our pre-shift inspection methodology, the SMART Pre-Shift Inspection. We will be hosting a 30-minute webinar on SMART Pre-shift inspections on Tuesday July 14th at 3:00 pm central time. Click …
Operations, Data, & Reporting in Restaurants
This week we are going to be doing a deep dive into restaurant operations, data, and reporting in the industry. We are going to be exploring areas of the restaurant business where operators could be collecting more data, what that data could tell them, and strategies to collect data. The restaurant industry as a whole …
Broken Windows Theory For Restaurants
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 …