Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Today's post is a case study of a Chinese buffet restaurant chain that increased profitability with TimeWorksTouch schedule enforcement. The eight location restaurant chain's margins were diminishing due to rising food costs, so the owner was searching for ways to shore up the bottom line. The competition was tight in the working class community and an [...]
Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Case Study: Health Club

In the last few years, fitness center memberships have dropped in price due to increasing industry competition. To stay profitable, gyms must serve hundreds of clients with a small staff, and our example gym is no exception. The gym's owners knew that it was easier to improve their profit by delivering additional services to existing [...]
Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Case Study: Landscaping Business

Today's case study focuses on a landscaping business with 18 full-time employees, 6 part-time workers, and 15-20 seasonal contractors during peak months. The company provides landscaping and lawn maintenance services to businesses and residential customers in a large suburban area. During the six months previous to implementing Workforce Management Suite, the owner had been setting [...]
Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Case Study: Staffing Agency

Today's post describes a company that, by its very nature, demands a robust Workforce Management system. As more and more companies hire temporary contractors as part of their business strategy (as opposed to an occasional stopgap fix during a staffing emergency), savvy temp staffing firms can seize the opportunity and expand and diversify. Consider the [...]
Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Case Study: Contract Manufacturer

Today's post is a Workforce Management case study of a nutritional supplement contract manufacturer with 45 full-time employees. The company had only been in business for 18 months but was running at an impressive 80% capacity. The owner had a product development background but no experience managing a staff. She was trying to control labor [...]
Case Study: Hotel Workforce Management

Case Study: Hotel Workforce Management

Today's case study describes how the owner of a small hotel received a competitive edge by adopting Workforce Management Suite. Our example business is a 45-room hotel located on the slopes of a small ski resort. For thirty years, this facility and two similar-sized lodges had furnished the only lodging at the small resort. There [...]