| San Francisco, March 4, 2008 - The Family of Orange Lake Resorts announced
their selection of the Carnus Forecaster� & AI Scheduler� to automate
their Orlando resort�s entire F&B forecasting and scheduling process.
Originally conceived by Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson, Orange Lake
Orlando is one of the largest timeshare properties ever to be developed
with 2,300-units, 7 restaurants and 4 golf courses. After struggling
with complex demand patterns ranging from 3,000 to 11,000 visitors on property
at any given time, Orange Lake executives looked to Carnus Systems and
their pioneering forecasting and labor management technology. While
other solutions may exist in the marketplace to help with labor scheduling,
Carnus is the first and only company to offer automated and highly accurate
F&B demand-forecasting technology which addresses not only the most
widespread challenge in the hospitality industry, but also the most critical
component to workforce optimization.
Parag Athavale, Director of F&B at the Orange Lake Orlando Resort,
said, �The goal of working with Carnus Systems is to help forecast business
demand, particularly in sit-down restaurants and possibly golf courses.
Currently we rely only on the gut instinct of managers, but we wish to
reduce overstaffing using their Artificial Intelligence technology.�
By implementing the Carnus Forecaster� & AI Scheduler�, the resort
will no longer rely on gut instinct or piles of paperwork for forecasting
and scheduling. Instead, it will become 100% automated with Carnus� Artificial
Intelligence brain, requiring managers to simply log on to a secured website
to access �on-the-fly� weekly forecasts and schedules with the touch of
a button.
One of Orange Lake�s other favorite features of this highly advanced but incredibly user friendly technology is a real-time property alert which notifies a departmental manager whenever employee vacations or preferences could create a shortage of staff in upcoming weeks, giving the manager ample time to adjust individual schedules in advance to avoid conflicts. Carnus technology is also a 100% web-based, annual subscription service which means no software or hardware purchase was required on the part of Orange Lake; management can access their forecasts and schedules using any internet connection. |
