Work force management for the retail and leisure industry

Joe Jennings has become the latest bookmaker to install the Shopworks automated staffing system joining firms such as Better and Paddy Power in using the online software to drive down costs.

Joe Jennings was looking to improve its processes for scheduling staff, approving salary costs against budgets, payroll and staff communications. The Shopworks system empowers betting shop   and Area managers to create their own rotas via an online interface which then updates a central database. Once the rotas are checked against budget and approved the staff are sent an SMS of their rotas, any changes for sickness or late arrival are tracked via the database and staff are kept informed of their shifts. At the end of the month an accurate and quick upload of the data into a payroll system ensures that there are very few complaints about payslips saving time and money in the accounts department. 

Mike Hennessy, Business Development Director of Shopworks is in no doubt that Jennings will quickly see the benefits; “Our customers use us to save money, improve operational efficiency and also communicate more effectively with their staff” says Mike “we recently completed the roll out of a system into a chain of 20 or so shops and their monthly staff costs went from a Pre-Shopworks £99,600 to an average £92,300 in the first two full months after implementation. That’s a saving of over 7% on the staff cost for a product that cost nothing to install and around £8 per shop per week”

Steve Samuels of Joe Jennings is excited about working with this new system “I have heard good things about Shopworks from other bookmakers and in particular I got positive feedback from shop staff that use it,  it will help us with our continued development into the most modern independent chain in the country”

About Shopworks:
Shop Works is a staffing and financial reporting system developed for betting shops, casinos, AGCs and bingo halls. This radical new application was designed to help improve the management of hourly paid staff; bringing benefits including reducing staff costs by between 5% and 7%, reduced administration Costs, improved communications and an increase Operational Efficiency.
Delivered as a “software as a service” solution, this web based software is normally free to install and charged for on a per shop per week basis.

Contact:

• Lee Bowden
• E mail: lee.bowden@theshopworks.com
• Mobile:  +447971187578