Being able to identify core operational issues across your restaurant chain can be difficult regardless of the size of your organization. Whether you stand at a few or a few hundred locations, having access to the correct data is key to recognizing areas of improvement. Paper and excel based field assessments limit your access to quality data in a few ways:

In every restaurant chain, District Managers (DM’s) complete field inspections on the locations they are responsible for. During these store visits, there are certain areas of the store that often require more focus in the form of a follow up or Action Plan. With paper and excel based field assessments, creating these Action Plans can be a challenging experience, lowering the probability that...

Regardless of the size of your restaurant chain, whether it’s 5 or 500 locations, your District Managers (DM’s) play a pivotal role in helping each restaurant flourish. As they conduct store visits, DM’s coach General Managers and Franchisees on how to run their store better, acting the part of the “Operational Guru”. During these visits, each District Manager inspects individual locations with a...

For in-store visits to have a strong impact on improving a restaurant chains operations, they must provide actionable content with photo imbedded field assessments. This means that the assessment should provide concrete and specific examples of which components of the location operated successfully and what areas have room for improvement. Having images saved and organized throughout each...

Does your organization still rely on paper and excel for District Managers to conduct field assessments on your stores? Here we’ve looked at the top 5 reasons why excel based field assessments are hurting your business operations.