Enterprise
Optimum Control Enterprise is designed for multi-unit chains to give head office personnel the ability maintain a synchronized set of recipes and also have detailed inventory and sales information from a web based reporting system. For the enterprise system to work you must have all the databases synchronized using Consolidation ID numbers for all of the items, preps and products. These numbers ‘link’ each database to the head office and ultimately the Enterprise reporting web site.
There are type modes for the Optimum Control databases – ‘Head Office’ for the head office which gives the rights to add and set consolidation ID numbers and ‘Child’ for the store level databases. These can view the con_nums but not add or edit. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE STORES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE ITEMS, PREP OR PRODUCTS WINDOWS AND BE SET TO “CHILD” TYPE DATABASE.
We cannot stress enough the importance of maintaining all items, preps and products and consolidation ID numbers in the main head office database only. Ask your Tracrite Software Inc. representative to make sure you are set up correctly.
How the Consolidation ID numbers work.
Head office will create all new items and recipes on the Head Office database. The stores will NOT have any access to add new items or recipes. Enterprise will either upload new items and recipes to the web site (subscription required) or direct email to stores. At the store level automatic import can be set or import functions can be accessed.
Where to start
Start at the head office and create a database that contains all items, preps and products for ALL items for all stores. In other words if one store sells fish tacos and another does not, then the head office needs to have both even though different items will be sent to each store.
Setting Consolidation IDs