Feb. 1, 2007 08:00 AM EST

Outsourcing Journal Highlights Success of RTIconnect Implementation

RTI’s RTIconnect software and one of its users are the focus of an online publication spotlighting high-performance business methods.

ATLANTA — RTI (Restaurant Technology, Inc.) and its RTIconnect software received national notice this year in a Web feature of one of RTI’s clients. Outsourcing Journal, an online publication that reports on innovative and high-performance business methods, earlier this year featured RTIconnect user Bob Cross. Here is an excerpt:

Autumn in the mountainous region of northern Georgia features fall festivals and brings to the area many "leafers"—tourists who enjoy nature's beauty as the leaves begin to turn colors. For Bob Cross, who co-owns three Arby's restaurants in Jasper, Ellijay, and Blue Ridge, Georgia, September and October mean a spike in sales. "When the leafers and festivals come in, our food sales could spike to double the amount of an average day, and we need to be prepared for that from both a labor and food perspective," says Cross.

His restaurants use RTIconnect, a restaurant management solution available in a hosted ASP model from Restaurant Technology, Inc., not only to ensure that there are enough staff and food in each restaurant to handle the increased business but also to ensure against overstaffing and wasted food from over-projecting sales.

The system calculates labor requirements based on sales projections and parameters that define when jobs should be performed and how many employees are needed. It uses prior weeks as a trend for projections but also allows manual edit for special events (such as a local soccer game or the fall festivals). "The system keeps the database rolling," explains Cross. "We can look at last year's sales during the apple festival on a Friday, for instance, and know how to prepare for this year."

For the full story, visit Outsourcing Journal at www.outsourcing-journal.com/jan2007-restaurant.html.

About RTI (Restaurant Technology, Inc.)

RTI (www.internetRTI.com) is a leading developer of technology solutions for the quick-service and fast-casual restaurant industries and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Today more than 9,000 restaurants across the United States and Canada rely on RTI solutions, including many of today’s best-known restaurant brands. Application of the technologies provided by RTI enables restaurant operators to maximize efficiencies in their administrative and restaurant operations, reduce operating costs, and improve service to guests, which ultimately yield more profitable restaurants. Incorporated in 1985, the company is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga.

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Contacts:

Greg Waddell

Vice President – Sales & Marketing

RTI (Restaurant Technology, Inc.)

ph: 770-590-4300

fax: 770-590-4313

greg.waddell@internetRTI.com