The Franchise Reporting System (FRS) is a fully hosted business system that provides you the ability to capture and report the critical elements of your restaurant or store. FRS also allows you to promote critical documents to specific groups of users. There are no hardware investments other than a standard internet connection using an existing PC. Additional costs are kept to a bare minimum because our company handles all maintenance and support. Many of the FRS infrastructure components come from our development experiences on Wall Street, a true competitive advantage. Specific details will be provided by our consulting team.

System Features & Benefits

* Company Branding - The FRS system is branded to look as if it is an extension of your company website. Your infrastructure is immediately enhanced providing a stronger image to your employees, managers, and investors.

* Ease of Administration - Setting up data defaults, report options, and access privileges is extremely intuitive. ACT handles all other maintenance routines such as daily backups and system monitoring while you stay focused on running your business.

* Security - Application and database security are handled in multiple facets. User names and passwords are standard. Lost passwords must be reset. Upon gaining access to the system, all users are assigned to specific business activities that they can view and update. A detail log exists of all user entries and permission changes to audit all system activities and ensure your system is being accessed correctly.

* Low Cost Of Ownership - Options are available based on the number of franchises and total users. The system is designed to be a cost effective service solution that meets your growing and or changing needs.

Standard Application Features & Benefits

* Flexible Option Names - Many options can have their descriptions altered to match your company terminology enhancing the navigational experience.

* Unlimited Data Entry Fields - You can set up any number of fields to track your Daily Cash Register receipts enhancing your analytical comparisons.

Standard Application Features & Benefits (continued)

* Data Entry Validation - Numerous integrity checks exist before the Daily Cash Receipts data is saved into the system. Users are guided into the corrective actions they must take in order to ensure correct data entry.

* Flexible Reporting Defaults - Many reporting fields can be set up to select, display, and sort how you initially want to view each report. Upon entering a report the user can change the defaults to further analyze certain fields.

* Summary & Detail Drilldown Reporting - All reports have the initial high-level summary results with a corresponding drilldown capability. This allows full functionality for the executive or store manager.

* Graphical Reporting - All reports have a graphical presentation emphasizing that "a picture is worth a thousand words".

* Download to Excel - All reports can be downloaded to Excel so they can be viewed or manipulated outside the FRS system.

Optional Application Features & Benefits

* Automatic Data Uploads - An interface can be bridged to bring your Daily Cash Receipts into the FRS system thus eliminating the time required by your users to accomplish the activity. All manual Data Entry Validations are checked to ensure consistency between different systems.

Reporting Options

* Daily Cash Receipts Reporting - allows the viewing of Total Sales, Deposits, Accounts Receivables and Discounts. Any field can be the sorted in ascending or descending order. The details of each category are available with a simple mouse click. Page Totals and Grand Totals are available and are generally more important as the number of your locations increase.

* Week & Month To Date Reporting - View Total Net Sales, Meal Counts, etc. and other fields by each weekday or week of the month. Statistical comparisons are available every step of the way.

* Exception Reporting - No system is complete unless it allows you to quickly analyze your challenge areas. Various reports exist such as Discounts to Net Sales and Cash Over & Under to Gross Sales comparisons.

* Additional Reporting & More - The system evolves at a rapid pace. Please visit our website to see what new reports are currently available or will be available soon.

Document Sharing

* Improved Communication - Ensuring that your investors, managers, and employees stay informed is simplified in one location. Important documents such as Company Policies, Quarterly or Yearly reports are controlled so the users who need to see certain documentation only see what you want them to.

Support

* On-Line Help - FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) guide the user through traditional questions such as accessing and using the system.

* On-Line Email Support - The user can submit email support requests that are automatically routed to the support desks.

* Direct Support - A support technical will contact your key personnel in the event that an issue may not be resolved through the On-Line options.

Growth Within The User Community

* New Features Included - The benefits of a true hosted and shared solution is that all development efforts are immediately shared within the user community. Your company is never outdated and able to make use of new capabilities as soon as they are available.

Please call 954-786-0883 or email sales@actinc.com for more information or a private demonstration.