HotSchedules Showcases Labor Management Solutions at FS/TEC 2009

HotSchedules will showcase its full suite of restaurant labor management and employee scheduling solutions at FS/TEC 2009, including the Core, Team, Workforce, and Enterprise packages as well as the HotSchedules Digital Logbook.
 
Innovators of web-based employee scheduling, HotSchedules has grown its client base to include restaurants of various sizes and from all segments, from single-location restaurants with 35 employees to national chains with over 100,000 employees and 1,200 locations. Depending on the size and unique needs of any restaurant, HotSchedules has a solution to fit the bill. HotSchedules solutions create scheduling and communication efficiencies for any restaurant or retailer by providing:

• Ability for managers to easily create schedules to reduce scheduling time by 75
• Access to employee schedules online or via phone anytime, anywhere
• Easy management of shift trades, swaps, or employee schedule requests
• Instant confirmation of schedule changes by Web, phone, SMS text message and email
• Powerful reporting capabilities to track and analyze labor and control overtime
• Optional interface with major point of sale and time and attendance systems

HotSchedules Core
HotSchedules Core is a secure and cost-effective on-demand restaurant scheduling solution designed for smaller, single unit businesses with less than 35 employees, such as quick service, cafes, diners, bars, pizza/ice cream parlors, and coffee house operators. This package offers intuitive online scheduling with a user-friendly employee interface to check schedules, swap shifts and request schedule preferences. The Manager interface offers a shift trade/ swap approval process, the ability to review schedule requests in one simple portal (instead of sifting through stacks of scattered papers), print reports, and view staff availability.
 
HotSchedules Team
HotSchedules Team is an intuitive on-demand restaurant scheduling solution designed for larger, single-unit restaurants, clubs and entertainment venues with up to 100 employees. This powerful scheduling portal empowers restaurants to control labor costs and improve their bottom line. In addition to the benefits of HotSchedules Core, such as reduced scheduling time and improved employee satisfaction, HotSchedules Team allows managers to target labor optimums and match expected budgets.
 
Through its powerful Budget Tracker and Labor Templates, managers now have the tools necessary to develop the most effective and cost-conscious labor plans. HotSchedules Team is available for a nominal monthly subscription with no contracts or start up fees.
 
HotSchedules Workforce
HotSchedules Workforce is an intuitive on-demand restaurant scheduling and labor management solution designed for small to medium-sized restaurant chains. Workforce edition can be fully integrated with most major point of sale and time and attendance systems. This package also includes advanced reporting features such as the automated Labor Proforma, Overtime Warning Report, Staff Schedule Chart, Staff Volume Chart and Forecasting Reports. HotSchedules Workforce is available for a monthly subscription and one-time set up fee.
 
HotSchedules Enterprise
HotSchedules Enterprise is the premier on-demand restaurant scheduling and labor management solution designed to support medium-to-large businesses, such as multi-unit, full-service restaurants with 10 to 2,000 locations. The Enterprise package can be fully integrated with most major point of sale and time and attendance systems and includes advanced reporting plus the Manager's Digital Logbook. Additional features include employee sharing capabilities for chains with multiple concepts, regional manager access levels, employee retention tracking, and advanced labor forecasting.
 
HotSchedules Digital Logbook
The HotSchedules Digital Logbook was designed to simplify manager communication and track critical business information with an intuitive, simple to use solution. It replaces unreliable, vulnerable paper-based manager logbooks, shift notes, staff journals and maintenance logs with an online interface that can be easily updated, searched, and archived. The HotSchedules Digital Logbook ensures accountability and improves communication among the management team. It is available as a separate monthly subscription or as an add-on to any HotSchedules restaurant labor management solution.