Recently, Agilence's own F&B team has had their analytical insights featured on Modern Restaurant Management. We wanted to make sure members of the Agilence community didn't miss out on these two recent posts, so check out the links below to learn more.

• The Call Was Coming From Inside The POS: A Starter's Guide to Data-Driven Restaurant Loss Prevention

• Avoiding the Deep End of the Tip Pool: Using Transactional Data to Track Tips

Agilence customers benefit from exceptional customer support and a data analytics platform with top ranking security capabilities

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – September 13, 2017 – Agilence, Inc., the leader in cloud-based data analytics for store operations and loss prevention, today announced that it has been awarded the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ rating of enterprise-ready for its data analytics platform. This Enterprise-Ready rating meets the most stringent requirements for data protection, identity verification, service security, business practices and legal protection.

"Agilence is thrilled to be awarded the prestigious Skyhigh Enterprise-Ready rating,” said Jeff Freedman, Vice President of Technology for Agilence. “It’s great to see third-party recognition of our application, infrastructure-level security controls, and stringent internal processes. We’ve always been committed to providing world-class security to our customers, and this Skyhigh CloudTrust rating is a testament to that.”

“In wine there is truth,” a timeless phrase that suggests an adult beverage can bring out the genuine “truth” in a person or situation. Little did I know that when I took a few friends up on a casual dinner, we’d run right into the true irony of this phrase.

A Bottle For The Table

Our dinner plans landed us in a large national chain restaurant that specializes in Italian food – a place that I’ve grown very fond of due to their great table service. After being seated, I quickly scanned the wine list to order a bottle for the table. I decided on a $36.00 bottle of chardonnay, which for three people felt like a very reasonable price.

When the server returned to our table, the fun started. “Do you mind opening this bottle, I am afraid of hurting my hand?” This was our server asking me (or someone at the table) to open the bottle of wine – not asking another server, not asking the onsite manager, asking us! It was almost comical that he followed up this request by placing the corkscrew on the table almost to say, “Have at it, folks. Roll up those sleeves and get uncorkin’!”

New VP’s of Technology & Sales provide upward momentum as Agilence continues focus on scalable software solutions and expansion within the global food and beverage industry.

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – July 19, 2017 –

Agilence, Inc., the leader in cloud-based data analytics for store operations and loss prevention, today announced the additions of Jeffrey Freedman as Vice President, Technology, and David Pettit as Vice President, Food & Beverage Sales. These key executive hires bring a depth of strategic expertise as the company accelerates into its next stage of growth.

It’s more critical than ever to have a working relationship with your organization’s IT Department.

Analytics resources are at the point of being mission-critical to your day-to-day productivity, and that’s why it’s crucial you have an internal partner championing your technology needs.

Read through “Implementing A Data Analytics System That Your IT Department Will LOVE,” a new whitepaper outlining the 7 essential methods to getting IT buy-in. This whitepaper is based on interviews with IT & Loss Prevention experts who work within the world of retail and have rolled out data analytics solutions within their organizations.

Partnership leads with a primary goal of educating restaurant operators on data-driven loss prevention strategies to improve margin and increase operational efficiencies. 

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – June 15, 2017 – Agilence, Inc., the leader in cloud-based data analytics for store operations and loss prevention, today announced a strategic partnership with Heartland Commerce. Restaurant and hospitality management organizations using Heartland Commerce’s ordering platforms can now integrate with Agilence’s 20/20 Data Analytics solutions making it easier to pinpoint incidents of preventable loss and quickly remediate operational problems.

How Restaurants Are Using Data Science to Climb Up the Standings

Whether or not you are a fan of baseball, you have likely heard the term “Moneyball” referenced at one time or another. 

The term originates from a 2003 book of the same name (turned hit movie with Brad Pitt) about Billy Beane, General Manager of the 

Oakland Athletics, who would go on to become a sports analytics pioneer. Beane challenged the conventional wisdom of Major League Baseball by building a winning baseball team through a groundbreaking, data-driven approach.

Prior to Beane’s revelation, GMs attempting to solidify their roster resorted to a manual, “go out and see them play” methodology. This antiquated, albeit pervasive method relied almost exclusively on the keen eye of upper-level scouts (think Clint Eastwood in Trouble with the Curve) and the all-important “stat-line” (Batting Average, Home Runs, Stolen Bases, RBI, etc.). However, Billy Beane’s new approach, dubbed “sabermetrics*,” relied less on the old school, manual scouting element and more on data science (specifically advanced quantitative statistical analysis) to determine a players’ worth as well as their fit to his existing ball club.

Agilence customer, Rite Aid, was highlighted in the recent issue of STORES Magazine.

In this issue, STORES covers "The Internet of Things at Work" and focuses on Rite Aid's use of data analytics within their asset protection program. 

Read an excerpt below:

"In 2016, Rite Aid adopted 20/20 Data Analytics as the security software in its pharmacies. A major player in the retail pharmacy industry, the company operates 4,560 locations in 31 states and the District of Columbia.