CrunchTime!’s Technology Platform

For over 15 years, Crunchtime!’s passion and constant innovation has made the most powerful technology simple , accessible, and reliable for leaders across the hospitality industry. CrunchTime!’s broad experience in hospitality, deep expertise in technology and usability, and award-winning customer service team all combine to provide operators with the best tools and the lowest technology costs. Features include:

Web-Based Zero Footprint:

• Real-time information enables proactive decision-making
• Our 100% web-based solution requires no local components to be downloaded or installed on your computers (no DLLs, Java Applets, or Active X controls) enabling easy rollouts, instant upgrades, and access from anywhere.
• CrunchTime!’s Software as a Service (SaaS) model provides a lower cost point of entry with faster return on investment.
• Our hosted architecture eliminates dependencies on hardware and avoids conflicts with other local applications.

One Vision. One Console.

• One daily playbook for your restaurant operator to run his entire business – order food, receive invoices, count inventory, track waste, process payroll, manage people, create schedules, and forecast sales.
• One cost analysis console for your procurement team to scrutinize your spend, compare vendor bids, negotiate contracts, set up product lot tracking, and manage vendor performance.
• One nutritional console for your culinary team to evaluate menu item nutritionals, perform recipe modeling, and manage one online recipe book.
• One coaching console for your operations team to gain real-time transparency into each operation with stacked ranking results across all areas of the business.
• One operational analysis console for your leadership team with all key performance metrics aggregated onto one master scorecard and drilldown to each region, each restaurant, each transaction, and each manager.
• CrunchTime! aligns your entire organization toward one vision on one console.

Fewer Systems. Higher Return.

• Create a single collaboration portal where all your teams can access the same information – Operations, HR, Purchasing, Accounting, Culinary, and Finance.
• Centralized data repository eliminates the need for redundant systems and reduces mistakes caused by multiple data entry points.
• The many systems that CrunchTime! replaces include tools for:
• Vendor ordering
• Timeclock adjustments
• Labor scheduling
• Sales forecasting
• P&L reporting
• Theoretical food cost management

Full Integration to Other Systems:

• Seamless integration to all your business systems – Point of Sale, Payroll, General Ledger – providing a true enterprise view in real-time.
• Platform independence and open interfaces ensure a collaborative business environment for all business units.

Data Integrity that Ensures Compliance:

• CrunchTime! is a SAS70 Type II certified company, ensuring compliance with the highest standards for data security and integrity.
• Centrally define and control user access to financial data, personnel information, and system features – down to the button-level.
• Audit trails are created for all sensitive data changes to ensure accountability, integrity, and compliance with SOX and other financial audits.
• All data is hosted in a secure top-tier environment with multiple layers of redundancy, fail-over, and business continuity.

Standardization through Centralization:

• One centralized database ensures that all transactions are visible in real-time, allowing for increased business transparency across the enterprise.
• Centrally defined brand standards to ensure local execution of operational best-practices and maximum profitability at each location.
• Creation of a personalized blueprint for each location reduces variability in operational execution, guest experience and profitability.
• Centralization ensures that company standards are upheld throughout corporate, franchise and global locations.

Workflow Efficiency:

• Reduce ambiguity by driving employees through system-defined workflows to ensure tasks are completed on time and in sequence.
• Receive alerts if workflows are abandoned and tasks not completed on time.
• Workflows are enforced by the system to keep your team on track even when an internet connection is lost or other disruptions occur.

Intuitive. Personal. Easy to Use.

• Provide your operators with tools that are flexible, intuitive and specifically designed for the restaurant industry.
• Empower your employees and keep them focused on your strategic priorities with personalized dashboards, dynamic task lists, and real-time alerts.
• Standardize operations with a simplified interface that reduces time-consuming tasks and eliminates human errors.
• Simplify access with user profiles that are easily maintained and highly customizable.
• CrunchTime!’s intuitive interface ensures that your operators spend more time with your guests and less time in the back office.