APPs to help busy tourist businesses

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for more than a few industries: construction slows down, giving tradies a well-earned rest; big businesses shut down giving their staff time to spend with family; even Kothes gets an opportunity to shut down for a short time while we’re free of BAS and client obligations.

But for those in the retail and hospitality space, the festive season is by far their busiest time of year. A predicted long hot summer will keep cafes, restaurants, and bars roaring into the long hours. With that comes a huge requirement for extra staffing, rostering and training, with new hires and casual workers picking up slack across the sector.

Traditionally this also involves:

• hastily drawn up rosters pinned to the wall
• a flurry of text messages and phone calls as staff try to swap shifts
• hectic, understaffed periods
• a handful of new casual staff without their TFN forms, super info, and bank details

 The good news is, Xero-connected apps can solve these problems!

Xero app partner Tanda provides specialist rostering software which allows managers to ensure they have the right staff, for the right shift, every time. Their paperless onboarding tool cuts the process down to a minute or two of work for each new employee.

Once the new staff are onboard and trained, Cognitive Rosters is Tanda’s offering to the future of intelligent workforce planning. Simply connect to your existing roster templates for predictive suggestions for staffing.

The objective of Cognitive Rosters is to generate major productivity gains using artificial intelligence, cloud delivery, and app integrations that optimise labour allocations.

Your staff are most often your biggest capital outlay, but they’re also your best investment. Making sure your business and your employees are prepared for the busy period is the way to ensure things run smoothly.

The right software can make the difference between lines to the door because there’s nobody serving or lines at the door because your place is the best around.

• To find out more about these APPs, contact your Kothes accountant. Kothes is a Xero Gold Partner.

SOURCE: Excerpt from Xero Blog