Operations
To achieve long-term success, franchise systems require operational excellence at all levels, from their stores to their supply chains. Other essential operational factors include franchisee support, recruitment, training, and retaining top talent. Find ideas, tips, and tools to enhance your franchise business operations.
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October 16th, 2018
AdvantaClean's founder and CEO says these 3 tips will improve your operations.
- Jeff Dudan
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Low unemployment and rising minimum wages are making it difficult to find and keep quality employees in 2018. Increased labor costs are also having an effect on the bottom line, even as many franchisees increase their sales or raise prices.
- Eddy Goldberg
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We recently wrapped HourMinds 2018, Snag's annual customer conference, where we hosted more than 350 brand and thought leaders to talk about the now and next of hourly work.
- Peter Harrison
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Evaluating whether the right course of action is an external buy/sell or keeping it in the "family" with an internal buy/sell.
- Champ Rawls
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Here's a simple, important method for grading your recruitment team's performance
- Art Coley
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E-learning has earned its stripes as a convenient alternative to traditional corporate training models, which typically have involved flipcharts and laser pointers.
- Nigel Davies
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Hiring great hourly employees can be difficult but is essential. Try these 6 questions to get better results.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 1,535
Crisis Management - Are You Ready? Chicken Salad Chick Is!
- Tom Carr
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Try these 5 easy and inexpensive ideas to help retain the best employees for the long haul.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
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You need to get an early start on seasonal hiring. Here are 34 tips for getting great job applicants.
- Liz Dillon
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So how do we do better? Especially today, in a time when record low unemployment and rising wages are prompting employees to at least consider improving their job situation, if not downright jumping ship.
- Eddy Goldberg
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SPONSORED Open a Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center FranchiseBeverly Hills Rejuvenation Center (BHRC) provides the highest quality medical spa services to our clients in a comfortable and supportive environment. BHRC is able to provide a unique franchise offering in a rapidly growing industry. |
Study Finds the Job Candidate Experience is a Critical Part of the Application and Hiring Process.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Vendors play a fundamental role in running a franchise business. They're essential partners to your success.
- Kerry Pipes
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If you have a great franchisee training program, let candidates know about it!
- Evan Hackel
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Code Ninjas CEO tells how development and operations team up on recruitment.
- David Graham
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Training employees can be challenging for new franchisees who have never operated their own business before. While they come to franchising with many valuable skills, training employees usually is not one of them.
- Eddy Goldberg
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It's an excellent time to be part of franchise operations. With franchise growth and multi-unit franchising, in particular, continuing to soar, the industry is working tirelessly to keep up with demand.
- Amos Durbin
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One of the challenges new franchisees face begins soon after the franchise agreement is signed: hiring and training employees. The success of each franchised unit depends on the quality and behavior of its employees.
- Eddy Goldberg
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Previously, we discussed how you can tap into the rich marketing resources provided by 1) your franchisor, and 2) your fellow franchisees.
- Eddy Goldberg
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If you have to ask yourself if you're difficult to work for than you probably are. How to overcome ego-driven leadership problems.
- Dan Iosue
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Facing the Challenges Related to Partnerships, Family, and Children Entering Into A Business Operation.
- Jeff Bannon
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SPONSORED Open a RedBrick Pizza FranchiseAt RedBrick Pizza (R), old world traditions meet new world recipes to create a better-for-you pizza experience. Baking pizzas to perfection at 1000 degrees in 3 minutes, our signature open-flame brick oven are becoming a leader in the industry. |
The economic power of minorities in franchising has been rising steadily in the past several decades. The reasons are not complicated: the number of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans has grown steadily as a percentage of the United States population.
- Eddy Goldberg
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Supercuts Franchisee Association Partners with Employee Benefits and HR Services Company in Effort to Help Hire and Retain Top Employees.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Friendly Franchisees is one of the largest Carl's Jr. franchise operators in the country with more than 70 locations throughout the Los Angeles and San Francisco markets.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 4,569
Have you ever been asked what you do for a living? Rhetorical question, yes, but one that is often asked in social gatherings, and even from customers and vendors who may not truly understand what you do.
- Dan Iosue
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Youth in franchising? Millennials at the helm? Can younger people with relatively little business experience (or money) learn to manage a successful franchise operation?
- Eddy Goldberg
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Many franchise brands believe strongly in recruiting military veterans into their systems. These veterans often possess a determined and disciplined work ethic and a dedication to following a system.
- Kerry Pipes
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My career in business began at an unconventional location: the Brewhouse Grill in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Fresh out of college, I worked there as a waitress.
- Jocelyn Mangan
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Communication strategies that can help put you in a position to effectively negotiate and influence to get the result you want.
- Adriana Puente
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In many ways, the military is one of the best franchise systems in the world. Men and women sign on, commit to being dedicated to a common cause, receive standardized training, and work within an established and proven system that gets results.
- Kerry Pipes
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