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| SpeedMail Guarantees Results |
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Interested in a marketing tactic with guaranteed results?
Who isn’t?
Our direct mail partner, Mailmark Direct Mail Services, has developed an exclusive guarantee for SpeedMail customers:
If you don’t achieve 12% response rate after 4 months on the program, the 5th month is free.
With the current response rate averaging 20%, we’re confident that the automated SpeedMail database marketing program is one of the most effective marketing tactics you can use. Put your SpeedLine database to work for you!
(SpeedMail is currently available in the USA only.) |
For more information on SpeedMail, click here.
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| Planning for Profit, Part 2: Scheduling |
| Last issue we set up the Operations Planning Sales Forecast tool. The sales forecast is the “keystone” of Operations Planning because, as the illustration below shows, it provides essential sales forecasts and history to the other Operations Planning tools.
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This issue, we’ll be setting up Scheduling. The SpeedLine Scheduling tool is designed to simplify scheduling employee shifts, but as you’ll see, it does more than that. It can also help you schedule more efficiently by identifying staffing requirements and giving you a clear view of labor targets and costs as you work.
If you haven’t completed the previous tutorial on Sales Forecasting, do that first. The SpeedLine Scheduling tool uses your sales forecast and targets to recommend staffing levels for upcoming weeks. |
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- Enter Labor Overhead
- Set Labor Goals
- Enter Employee Shifts
- Print the Schedule
- View the Weekly Summary
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Missed the last issue? Click here to see the October eNewsletter and read Planning for Profit, Part 1: Forecasting.
Coming
up next issue: Planning for Profit, Part 3 - Prep Planning |
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If you are looking at gift cards, you’re no doubt in a hurry to get them ready for sale for the holiday season. But before you order, call us first to make sure that you choose a gift card vendor that integrates with SpeedLine.
This October article on Pizza Marketplace discusses the benefits and pitfalls of gift cards with SpeedLine marketing manager Jennifer Wiebe and Abby’s Legendary Pizza marketing director Doug Phillips.
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Support Team Member Recognized for Exceptional Service
Have you met Chris Flaten?
When you call with a problem, you need us to be responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful. SpeedLine Technical Project Specialist Chris Flaten is all that—and a role model for the Support team.
So the next time you call and get Chris on the phone, please join us in congratulating him on receiving the Outstanding Employee Award for his positive attitude, exemplary work ethic, and dedication to exceptional customer service.
Congratulations Chris! |
Here Bryan Champ, Customer Service Manager, presents Chris Flaten with Outstanding Employee Award |
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| Technical Update: Running multiple SpeedLine menus? |
Most SpeedLine users run a single menu. But a small percentage of you are simultaneously running multiple menus in your restaurants. If you are, please take note that every menu item and coupon in your menus must be assigned a unique PLU or coupon ID. This is important to avoid conflicts and inaccurate reporting of inventory and coupon usage.
Although we have always advised unique PLUs and coupon IDs as best practice, SpeedLine has never required it. In the next release of SpeedLine (v5.9), we will be moving towards making unique PLUs and coupon IDs mandatory. If you have conflicting PLUs or IDs in your menus, SpeedLine 5.9 will inform you through pop-up messages.
If you are running multiple menus, we encourage you to take the time to eliminate any PLU or coupon ID conflicts.
Need help? Call us at 888-923-9185 to ask a question or schedule a menu training session. |
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