Restaurant Chain New Store Opening Project
A restaurant chain with 50 employees / 50 employees
“Store opening projects involve countless tasks that must follow a specific sequence from lease signing to grand opening. With Ganty's unified view of multiple store opening schedules, headquarters can now track overall progress and provide targeted support.”
Results
Challenge
This restaurant chain was planning multiple new store openings per year, but the process—lease signing, interior construction, equipment installation, staff hiring and training, and opening preparation—progressed on different timelines for each location, with no centralized management at headquarters. Cascading delays, such as construction delays affecting staff training, were also a recurring problem.
Why Ganty
The ability to see multiple projects in a unified view was the biggest deciding factor. While managing each store's opening project individually, headquarters can check all locations' progress at a glance, enabling accurate resource allocation and support prioritization.
How They Use It
- Created a project for each store with templated opening processes
- Defined dependencies: lease, construction, equipment, hiring, and opening
- Headquarters monitors all stores via the unified multi-project view
- Shared schedules with contractors and hiring staff via shared links
Results
After adopting Ganty, store opening preparation time was reduced by an average of 20%. Opening delays dropped to zero, and the number of concurrently managed store openings increased from 3 to 5. Template features eliminated the need to build plans from scratch for each new location, significantly improving the store development team's efficiency.