Tools
Confident Decisions
Your ability to collect and apply fact-based intelligence of your operations and expenses has served as a springboard to consistent growth and profitability. Yet undoubtedly there are still areas – namely variable operating expenses – with intensified exposure to profit risk.
- ecoMetricsTM is your virtual window into the expense and operating performance of mission-critical assets deployed throughout your chain. Through its real-time linkage with Ikanos, the ecoMetrics web-based suite equips corporate management with the tools to control and analyze each managed site: ecoTech: the Control center for corporate-to-site communication of asset operating schedules, override authority, alert parameters, escalation protocol, and more.
- ecoTrend: the site-to-corporate data warehouse which tables and archives cost and performance measurements for trend analysis and custom reporting.
A Model for Chain Efficiency
Even in our technology-driven culture, energy and maintenance expenses hold limited leverage potential for chain operators, primarily due to lack of detailed intelligence. Now with ecoMetricsTM operational analysis and reporting, every corporate division will profit from new, actionable information.
- Operations: How does asset automation correlate to average meal duration & ticket price?
- Finance: Why do 32% of sites have declining sales but increased energy consumption?
- Purchasing: How much will we save in electricity, water & repair by replacing our dishwasher model?
- Facilities: Which sites have the highest risk of asset failure or compliance violation?
- Development: Should we evaluate potential energy savings before
acquiring target sites? - Information Systems: How can we integrate the 3rd & 4th largest operating costs into our decision systems?
