Every decision matters in restaurant operations. That's why this month's updates focus on helping guide managers to make better decisions in the moment. Whether it's identifying unusual increases in food costs, highlighting labor inefficiencies, assigning tasks, or seating guests faster, these enhancements help your teams stay one step ahead so they can spend less time navigating systems and digging through data, and spend more time running a profitable operation.
Inventory: Catch unexpected price increases before they impact food costs
New Recommended Actions: Built-in alerts automatically flag dramatic price changes with your vendors, helping managers quickly spot discrepancies and take action before they impact costs.
Learn how Recommended Actions work here.
Edit Location Products from Corporate: Corporate administrators can now update location-level products directly from the corporate view in Enterprise Manager, eliminating the need to switch between locations.
Learn more about the new Inventory features and enhancements here.
Labor: Automatically flag unnecessary labor spend and inefficiencies
New Recommended Actions: Built-in alerts help managers stay ahead of staffing issues by highlighting labor hour variances, unscheduled active employees, and patterns with employees who frequently decline or swap shifts. Learn how it works here.
Enhancements to Staffing Level Templates: Staffing Level Templates are now more flexible and easy to configure with the ability to add new demand ranges anywhere within an existing template without rebuilding from scratch. To prevent gaps or overlaps, adjacent range bounds now auto-adjust (or prompt for adjustment).
Learn more about the new Labor features and enhancements here.
Kitchen & Host: Assign tables faster with fewer taps
Recommended Table Indicator: Crunchtime Host now shows table suggestions directly on the waitlist screen for each party, so hosts can immediately determine available seating options and assign tables faster.
Learn more here.
Ops Execution: New ways to use follow-up actions
Follow-up Actions Have Expanded to Completed Tasks: You can now create follow-up actions from any completed task. This makes it easy to quickly assign, track, and resolve issues as they arise. Learn more about how to use follow-up actions.
Show Me How Learning Center: Need help building forms, updating your hierarchy, or completing common tasks in Ops Execution? Starting June 30, you can access step-by-step guidance directly in the product through our new learning center, Show Me How. To access it, go to Help > Show Me How.
Learn more about the new Ops Execution features and enhancements here.
Insights: Spot low adoption before it becomes a problem
Track Usage Metrics for Ops Execution: Easily monitor how all of your stores are adopting and using the Ops Execution platform and identify teams that may need additional coaching or support. The new metrics include measurements around tasks, submissions, images, failures, questions, closed tasks, and projects. Learn more here.
As always, we're committed to delivering new capabilities in the Crunchtime Suite that help restaurant teams work smarter, make better decisions, and operate more efficiently. Stay tuned for more product updates next month.
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