Saffron Spice - Spice up your Business Performance

 
Saffron Spice is an Internet or PC based catering management software solution that can be used by complex, large-scale operations or by a central head office operation across hundreds of sites. Therefore, a caterer may use Saffron Spice from a central location and gather the detailed line-by-line paperwork from each site (weekly cash, stock summaries, purchase day book etc) using this to run the business more effectively.
 
Alternatively, a multi-outlet, multi-brand operation in leisure or retail catering is able to use Saffron Spice to control the whole business process from initial order through to detailed stock tracking, production and outlet sales.
 
Such operational routines can be supplemented by use of specialist peripherals, such as electronic point of sale (EPoS), handheld devices and any other specialist device appropriate to your business. Similarly, our software should be seen as part of a strategic plan interfacing with other key parts of business management, including financial ledgers, procurement systems, personnel and payroll etc.
 
The design and user interface of Saffron can be modified to suit local company preference and reporting is also under the users control. Reports can be created for push button use by local or head office users, and reports can be devolved down to management teams, who need to know the up-to-the-minute position on their particular sites.
 
Saffron, our Catering Management system offers numerous options in terms of modules, functionality and configuration, reflecting the wide diversity of catering styles within hospitality.
 
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Full Stock Management
 
This module is suited to sites needing to record stock on an item-by-item basis, rather than simply at a generic account code level. This module would allow units to record purchases by product line, and subsequently to move stock around a multi-site operation, such as between stores and kitchen.
 
Purchase Order Management
 
Sites can raise purchase orders based either on minimum stock levels, forecast demand, or from menu planning routines (see below). Purchase orders can be communicated to supplier (EDI, fax, email etc) and subsequently matched to good received notes, invoices, credit notes etc, complete with full facilities for accruals and deferrals.
 
Recipe and Menu Management
 
A full recipe database can be maintained within Saffron, potentially held at head office and segregated into discrete styles of operation where appropriate. This would allow certain sites access to sections of the recipe database if necessary.
 
Nutritional Analysis
 
 
Production Planning and Control
 
The recipe database can be used to forecast production levels and menu requirements, and the software can then ‘explode’ menu forecasts into raw material purchase orders, internal stock transfers, detailed schedules for kitchen production etc. These facilities are particularly powerful in large-scale catering production operations.
 
Staff Time and Attendance
 
Staff hours can be recorded by individual cost centre, in respect of individual staff members, typically for importing into payroll or HR systems. This module can also use standard hourly rates, therefore calculating estimated payroll costs for a given period (week, month etc).
 
Hospitality and Internal Recharges
 
Catering organisations that provide internal hospitality services (often referred to as ‘free issues’) can record these by internal cost centre or customer, and identify simple revenue and cost of sale details.
 
Sales Data Capture/EPoS
 
Saffron can interface to third party EPoS systems from a range of manufacturers (Sharp, Uniwell etc) as well as PC based touchscreen systems. Saffron can merge sales volumes by individual item with line-by-line cost information, thereby producing operational margin reports, line-by-line GP analysis etc.
 
Saffron Reports
 
A predefined library of reports is available within the Saffron system, although inevitably most users create their own library of reports reflecting local company policy and procedures. Reports can be created by FDH or by users themselves, using industry standard reporting and data warehousing tools such as Crystal, Business Objects etc and output to Microsoft Office.
 
Third Party System Integration
 
Saffron can share data with other third party applications, such as finance and personnel systems. This data can either be exchanged in standard file formats as an export from Saffron, or systems can collaborate through a shared table with read and write facilities between two applications. Such integration work would be specific to each organisation.
 
 
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