Technology

1) Motherboard - the central or primary circuit board making up a computer system or other complex electronic system. Dunkin Donuts uses All-in-One Desktops PC with a touch screen. Multi-touch All-in-One PC with Turbo Boost Quad core processor - Intel (R) Core (TM) i7 -720QM, and Windows 7 operating system.
2) Storage - The terms storage or memory refer to those parts of a computer that retain data for some period of time, possibly even after the computer is turned off. Besides the internal storage device Dunkin Donuts uses external Western Digital hard drive.
3) Input/output devices - refers to the interfaces that different functional units of a system use to communicate among each other, or to the signals sent through those interfaces. HP laser printers are used as output devices.
4) Processing – as I mentioned above Dunkin Donuts uses Intel® Core™ i7 Processor.

Software has become a vital and integral part of most systems today. The software safety identifies, analyzes, and tracks software mitigation and controls of hazardous functions to ensure safer software operation within a system. Systems engineers, software engineers, software developers, software assurance personnel, and system safety personnel all play a part in software safety and hardware maintenance. A successful Software Safety program requires continuous coordination and open communication between all participants.

The system features an exclusive Lightning ID fingerprint identification engine, a biometric data-collection device mounted on walls outside the offices of each store manager. Employees enroll in the system by providing fingerprint samples, which are converted into algorithms and stored in a database for comparison. With two finger-taps on a digital sensor, the system attempts a match to authenticate employees' identities as it logs in precise arrival and departure times.
Timecard Monitor's comprehensive software also allows companies to set-up specific parameters such as employee schedules, pay policies, pre-populated holidays, etc., all of which can be compiled in detailed management reports.
And, the application provides seamless integration with leading payroll and accounting packages such as QuickBooks, PeachTree, ACCPAC, ADP and Paychex.

Dunkin Donuts has the employee, suppliers, and franchisees files in its database. “Dunkin' Donuts is using a system that helps it more quickly close deals with "customers," who in the franchising world are the people who apply to run a franchise, pay the franchise fee after the approval process, and then pay royalties. Salespeople and managers use the system to manage information about these customers, including the stage of each potential deal and how financing is going for them.”

“Dunkin' Donuts managers use a dashboard-type software application to identify any problem areas so they can keep deals on track. The can get a geographic view of regions where deals are stalling, and then drill down into a specific account to determine what's slowing down the process.” They can identify potential deals in locales that are too close in proximity. They also can identify high-performing areas, and gather best practices from those regions' salespeople to share with other areas. “Key metrics they're watching include the average cycle time for getting a franchise deal done, the size of deals, and average cycle time by what type of deal gets done.”

Due to the data base Dunkin' Donuts has a system which controls the employee time and attendance system in order to:
• Improve management of employee time;
• Capture accurate employee time and attendance data;
• Increase efficiency of payroll administration;
• Reduce time and tasks store managers devoted to preprocessing payroll;
• Prevent employees from "clocking-in" early;
• Eliminate the act of "buddy-punching" (employees punching-in for tardy or absent co-workers); and,
• Enable more efficient scheduling.

The Dunkin Donuts uses the system that was developed by business intelligence vendor Oco Inc. Oco extracted customer data from Dunkin Donut's various systems and cleaned it up in a data warehouse, establishing standardized categories that make it possible for the dashboard application to slice and dice the data into meaningful information. Updated information is fed into the data warehouse daily.