Case Study: Home Health Agency

Case Study: Home Health Agency

There are significant growth opportunities for home health care agencies, but with thin margins, profitability depends on careful management. Today's case study explains how Workforce Management Suite helped a 30-employee for-profit home health care agency increase profitability by simplifying scheduling, simplifying employee timekeeping, and effectively tracking employee certifications. Before the agency implemented Workforce Management Suite, [...]
Case Study: Home Health Agency

Case Study: Hotel Workforce Management

Today's case study describes how the owner of a small hotel won the competitive upper hand by implementing Workforce Management Suite. Our example organization is a 45-room hotel located on the slopes of a small ski resort. For thirty years, this facility and two similar-sized lodges had delivered the only lodging at the small resort. [...]
Case Study: Home Health Agency

Case Study: Cabinet Shop

Running a small manufacturing company in the United States is not for the faint of heart. We have seen so many proud "Made in America" operations die due to foreign competition and the recession that those unfamiliar with the industry might be surprised to learn that there are still some domestic manufacturers that have not [...]
Case Study: Home Health Agency

Case Study: Health Club

In the last few years, health club memberships have dropped in price due to increasing industry competition. To stay profitable, gyms must serve hundreds of clients with a small staff, and our example gym is no exception. The gym's owners knew that it was easier to improve their revenue by offering additional services to current [...]
Case Study: Small Manufacturer

Case Study: Small Manufacturer

Today's example company is owned by a woman who starting making soap as an artistic hobby. She started selling her handcrafted, all-natural soaps only because friends and neighbors asked if they could purchase them. She wasn't planning to start a company. She had no business plan and no investors—just a small shop behind her house [...]
Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Case Study: Chinese Buffet

Today's post is a case study of a Chinese buffet restaurant chain that increased profitability with TimeWorksTouch schedule enforcement. The eight location restaurant chain's margins were diminishing due to rising food costs, so the owner was searching for ways to bolster the bottom line. The competition was tight in the working class community and an attempt [...]