Financial Tools

[eds77k5]

i work for a hotel, the night auditor takes all the daily sales that he gets from the different departments and then enters them into the computer and we get a daily report that has month to date and year to date as well as the daily sales, the covers are broken down, breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquets and the daily as well as monthly labor stats are there also. i can see where this years sales are compared to last years as well the covers compared to last years and i can see where we are weak, i.e. breakfast, lunch or dinner, also it helps to see where i stand as far as labor goes and decide if i need to cut back a little, it is a little general and if i could post a copy of our dmr it would probably make more sense

[Jim]

Ed, This is what I was in search of. So you do analyze the operation beyond food cost. The reason I have been looking for input is to 'tweak' a program I have been working on for over a year. It takes general information submitted by the user/operator and delivers, what I consider, useful data... food cost per transaction, labor cost per transaction, profit (loss) per capita, average hourly/daily/weekly sales (day over day, week over week, etc). I am trying to root through everbodys methodology for analyzing their operation and culling the best tools. Thanks.

[ShawtyCat]

Hey Jim...can I buy a copy of your program when you're done??

[eds77k5]

there are some programs out there that i have seen but, they are very, and i mean thousands of dollars very, expensive, i do believe they include inventory along with the rest of it, labor and food, ours has a breakdown of beverage and food minus any taxes so we get actual sales. there is a need for a good program that doesnt cost an arm and a leg for independents, maybe one that included a little basic accounting

[Jim]

If anybody's interested, I have a working copy that is operating extremely well. I'd be happy to pass it along. Just PM me w/your email address.
-Jim