If you’re a nursery manager, you don’t need us to remind you how critical good time management and accurate budgeting are. Anything that helps rather than hinders is a godsend. It’s therefore worth noting that this is actually one of the key strengths of well-designed, cloud-based nursery management software. Yes, it helps with accuracy and communications, but bottom line… it also saves staff time and enables managers to see their financial situation at the push of a button.
How does well-design nursery software make that much difference?
In high level terms, cloud-based nursery management software provides you with:
- Accurate information… instantly
- Comprehensive management control
- The ability to operate efficiently
- The ability to spot operational improvement opportunities
- The ability to communicate very easily with staff, parents, and suppliers
What kinds of features should it have?
All sorts. But critically the kinds of features that make a difference to how you can run your nursery day-in-day-out.
Cloud-based access – To enable staff to work off site and still have access to fully up to date and accurate information.
An intuitive dashboard – That’s easy to use and presents the information you need at a glance, particularly if you run more than one site.
Effective cash flow management – Including automated billing, credit control, voucher management, sundry billing, fee tables, etc. All the information you need just one click away at any time.
Occupancy monitoring – Flexible register management, visit and enquiry tracking, booking and waiting list management, and attendance data etc.
Staff management capability – Staff and room ratios, absence monitoring, rostering, and staff reporting.
Multiple methods of communication – Critical for the smooth running of any nursery, including texting, email, and letters. The ability to manage complaints. And the ability to update and manage the parent portal.
Comprehensive pupil details – This should include all the obvious contact details, but also medical and healthcare requirements, dietary needs, and sibling relationships etc.
Plus outstanding support
With the roller-coaster ride of this Covid pandemic, though, never has the need for superb customer support been more apparent. At Redfish, we’ve made a point of ensuring there’s been no disruption in service to our customers. We’ve gone the extra mile to enable nurseries to extend their systems access to accommodate the changing circumstances. And all the while, we’ve continued to work on new features and improve our system.
So if you’re looking to improve the efficiency of your nursery operation, enjoy enhanced communications with staff and parents, and have all the financial information you need at your fingertips… then we recommend you investigate a cloud-based nursery management system. And if you’d like to find out more about how it could help your nursery, please just give us a ring. We’d love to help.