Dunkin’ DonutsHandPunch Sweetens Bottom Line at Dunkin’ Donuts

Case Study #52

STATISTICS

Industry:FastFood Application:TimeandAttendance Biometric:HandPunch®

HandReaders:27 Users:300 Geography:UnitedStates

HandPunchProvidesPaybackinCoupleMonths;AutomatesTimeRecording;ControlsLaborCosts

“Sincebiometrictimekeepingtakeslesstimeandletsusreduceoneposition,wehavesavedmoneyandgotpaybackwithinmonths.”

–MargaretHanna,officemanagerforAllianceManagement, Dunkin’Donutsfranchisee

SummaryAllianceManagement(Avanel,NJ),aDunkin’Donutsfranchiseewith30storesinMiddlesex,MercerandCherryHillcountiesinNewJersey,isusingHandPunchbiometricreadersin27oftheirstores,withthreemorepending,torecordtimeandattendanceinformationfromtheirover300employees.TheHandPunchreadersareautomatingtimerecordingandcontrollinglaborcosts.

Business Need“Wewereusingtimecardsbuthadnumerousproblemswiththem,includingemployeeslosingtheircards.Plus,ourtimeclockswereoldandhadtobereplaced,”explainsHanna.

“ThisDunkin’Donutsfranchisewantedmoreaccurate,automatedrecordkeepingandtocontrollaborcosts,”addsFredOverbeckofAutomatedTimeConcepts(GlenHead,NY),theintegrator.“Thestoreshavelower-paidemployeeswithahighturnoverandwereconcernedwithbuddy-punching,inwhichoneemployeeclocksinoroutforanother.

Challenges“HandPunchreadersarethemostreliableandeasytouse,”saidOverbeck.“Fingerscanreadersarenotconsistent,plustheHandPunchismoretoleranttosubtlechanges,suchassugar-ordough-coatedhands.”

SolutionInsteadoffillingoutorpunchingtimecards,employeessim-plyplacetheirhandsontheHandPunch.Employeesusetheunitstwiceaday,topunchinandout.Storemanagerseditthepunchesandforwardpayfilestothecompany’sin-housepayrolldepartment,whichusesQuickBooks.

Results“ThenewHandPunchreadershavemadepayrollmucheasier.Problemswewerehavingwiththetimecardsystemshavebeenalleviated,”Hannareports.“ThefirstandlastthinganemployeedoeseachdayisgototheHandPunch.Allemployeesuseit,includingofficeadministration.

“Wenowgetourtimesheetsandtimereportsallononesheet.Thebiometricsystemismucheasiertouse.Importantly,we’vehadnocomplaintsorproblemswiththereaders.Wewereabletoeliminateoneemployeewhosejobitwastogatherandreviewpayrollrecords.”

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Dunkin’DonutsFoundedin1946byWilliamRosenberg,Dunkin’Donutsbeganasamealandcoffeedeliverytocustom-ersontheoutskirtsofBoston,Massachusetts.In1948,Rosenbergtookthesuccessofthisdeliverybusinessandopenedhisfirstcoffeeanddonutshopnamedthe“OpenKettle.”Twoyearslater,thenamewaschangedtoDunkin’Donutsandhasmaintainedthisfamiliarbrandandconsistenttastethroughouttheyears.

Today,thecompanyhasover6000shopsin46differentcountriesandstandsaloneasthelargestcoffeeanddonutshopchain.TheoriginalDunkin’DonutsstorestillstandsinQuincy,Massachusetts,withitsglobalheadquartersinthenearbyCanton,Massachusetts.

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