How The Cat Cafe cut down time spent on scheduling

Problem

Looking for an alternative digital solution that allowed automated scheduling, timesheets and attendance tracking features.

Solution

StaffAny provided him with an alternative digital solution, with a clean and intuitive interface.

Founded in 2014, The Cat Cafe is home to 29 furry felines – 15 at Bugis and 14 at The Rail Mall, who were once abandoned by their owners or were strays. Inspired by other cat cafes overseas, The Cat Cafe was founded to share the joy of two loves – felines and food! The Cat Cafe menu has been carefully curated, serving only quality coffee and desserts. The aim is to provide a comfortable environment for patrons, good food, and healthy cats.

The Challenge

An IT whizz himself, Workforce management systems were not new concepts to Founder, Jefferson Soh. Jefferson long understood the benefits and time savings that leveraging on technology will bring to the business and has adopted a workforce management system since the beginning.

However, the cost of traditional systems that Jefferson had adopted were ever increasing. Furthermore, with plans to expand operations from one outlet to two, this prompted Jefferson to look for other alternatives in the market.

The Solution

Jefferson heard of StaffAny through a word-of-mouth referral. Since Jefferson was on the lookout for an alternative to his current system, this was timely as StaffAny has parallel features to what Jefferson was already using. Key features that Jefferson was looking out for were the automated scheduling, timesheets and attendance tracking features.

Previously, the app that Jefferson was using did not have such an intuitive and clean interface as compared to StaffAny. This allowed Jefferson to cut down from 3 hours a month spent scheduling to just half an hour to one hour per month.

The Solution

Favourite Part of StaffAny

StaffAny has really made workforce management a lot easier. Counting man hours is no longer a hassle and scheduling is now a breeze. With StaffAny, HR managers, outlet managers and staff are all synchronized. This reduces the chances of miscommunication. StaffAny has also given us incredible time savings that we in turn churn back into the business.

Favourite Part of StaffAny

The feature that allows us to just click on the staff and assign them directly to shifts is very useful and efficient. On top of that, StaffAny brings value for its price, especially compared to other Workforce Management Systems in the market.

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Just do it man. StaffAny would really help if you are managing a team of 10 or more. Perhaps if you’re overseeing a small team of 4 to 5, manual solutions could still cut it. However, once you start expanding, it would probably be best to look into systems like StaffAny to help cut down your time spent on tedious activities like scheduling and eyeballing timesheets.