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Restaurant Business Intelligence for Managers Using the Microsoft Office System

With volumes of granular data, restaurateurs need to be able to analyze business performance quickly to respond to an ever-changing marketplace. Unfortunately, many enterprises rely on proprietary database solutions that require batch reports to be manually created, resulting in analysis of stale data. Restaurant business intelligence solutions based on the Microsoft Office System give food service management the tools they need to analyze and collaborate on unit performance in real time, improve efficiency, lower costs, and identify key business trends to help keep them ahead of their competition.


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These featured partners have solutions based on the Microsoft Office System that are deployed at customer locations. Case studies of their solutions are available through the Solution Showcase.

THINKNET INC: Restaurant Metrics
Imagine having a pre-built food service business intelligence and enterprise reporting solution that you can leverage immediately. ThinkNet has packed ten years of experience in the food service industry into a solution that is easily integrated into your operations. ThinkNet’s Restaurant Metrics product does just that; it links together the technology and data sources that your organization has already invested in. ThinkNet makes it easier to get more out of our operations and maximize profits.

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OCULUS INFO INC: Excel(TM) Visualizer

Oculus Excel Visualizer is a Microsoft Excel add-in designed to give users immediate understanding of the data that drives their business intelligence. By leveraging the ubiquity, power and ease-of-use provided by Excel spreadsheets, Oculus has created a new paradigm in rapid data visualization. Users can now take advantage of our integrated charting capabilities to provide new views on data to provide further insight and comprehension.

 

Fractal Edge Limited: Fractal Map Add-in for Excel 2007
Making full use of breakthrough pivot table technology incorporated in the latest version of Office, the Fractal Map Add-in for Excel 2007 delivers Fractal:Edge's award-winning data visualization system to a broad base of Business Intelligence and Information Workers for the first time. The Fractal Map Add-in transforms large pivot table reports into an interactive pictorial format that enables faster, more reliable identification of key values and patterns hidden in your data.
SONATA SOFTWARE LIMITED: Food Cost Solution
Sonata’s Food Cost solution is a fully functional BI solution based on SQL Server platform with Office 2007 Integration designed to measure and monitor key parameters like Sales, Food Costs, Procurements, Labor and Finance through Key Performance Indicators. This easy-to-use, out-of-the-box framework is designed for restaurant operations, with very high integration and scalability features. The solution offers simple, role-based Dashboards and Scorecards that provide quick and convenient access to users, with detailed drilled-down information and dynamic reporting. Key highlights of the solution include; vertical–specific preconfigured frameworks, seamless framework delivered over the web and seamless integration with customer data source. Key benefits include faster implementation through ready-to-use solution thereby lower risk, cost effective and seamlessly mapped to customer data source that is powerful, yet cost effective and easy to use.

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