HotSchedules, the leading provider of
online employee scheduling and labor management solutions, today announced it will feature its suite of solutions and
supporting mobile applications at the 2010 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show at McCormick Place, Chicago, on May 22-25 in the North Hall Technology Pavilion at
booth #5672.
At NRA 2010, HotSchedules will feature its successful iSchedule iPhone application, as well as its recently released BlackBerry employee-facing app. The company plans to release the BlackBerry manager app in early Q3, and will release an Android app later this year. Additionally, Ray Pawlikowski, president and CEO of HotSchedules, will participate in a panel session titled "Better Connections through Mobile Solutions," on Sunday, May 23 at 2 p.m.
As restaurants continue to focus on lowering operational costs and improving employee retention, HotSchedules' suite of online restaurant scheduling and communications solutions provide businesses of all sizes with innovative tools to control labor costs, reduce the time it takes to create employee schedules, and improve employee engagement through enhanced communications.
Built by restaurateurs with decades of combined operational experience, HotSchedules' solutions create scheduling and communication efficiencies for any restaurant by providing:
- Ability for managers to easily create schedules to reduce scheduling time by 75 percent
- Access to employee schedules online or via phone anytime, anywhere
- Easy management of shift trades, swaps, or employee schedule requests
- Accurate manager reporting with the powerful Digital Logbook to replace the paper-based manager's communication log
- Instant confirmation of schedule changes by Web, phone, SMS text message and email
- Powerful reporting capabilities to track and analyze labor to control overtime and monitor declining labor budgets
- Optional interface with major point of sale and time and attendance systems
"We look forward to participating at this year's NRA show, which is a wonderful opportunity for us to demonstrate our technology and interact with operators one-on-one," said Ray Pawlikowski, president, HotSchedules. "Accurate sales forecasting and efficient labor scheduling are critical to running a successful restaurant business. With HotSchedules, restaurants can achieve the most appropriate staffing levels to ensure superior service for guests, and employees benefit from greater flexibility in their schedule, enhancing work-life balance."
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