Fourth, a workforce and inventory management solutions provider for hospitality, has launched Fourth iQ 3.0, introducing AI capabilities for executives overseeing multi-location restaurant performance. The platform provides unified visibility across labour, sales, margins and execution, connecting strategic insight with operational execution. Key features include AI-powered balanced scorecards for estate-wide performance views, a virtual assistant for natural-language queries, technology adoption tracking linked to ROI, correlation analysis identifying effective practices, and anomaly detection for early issue identification. The system aims to help leaders understand performance drivers across locations and take proactive action. Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar's CFO Robert Linder stated the platform helps drive consistent multi-location performance. Fourth iQ 3.0 complements existing in-store AI capabilities to create a connected operating system linking above-store intelligence with store-level execution.

Fourth, the leader in back-of-house technology solutions for restaurants, announced the launch of the Restaurant Operations Suite.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fourth, the leader in workforce management, inventory management and recruitment solutions for the restaurant, hotel, retail, and leisure industries, today announced the launch of Fourth AI built and trained on the largest data set in the industry. The new capabilities are available as part of the HotSchedules, MacromatiX and PeopleMatter solutions.“The complexity of operating a restaurant or hotel has exploded,” said Clinton Anderson, CEO of Fourth, “which has kept managers chained to their laptops instead of out on the floor with their guests and staff. The new set of AI capabilities lets managers focus on people, service, and creativity, rather than on constant firefighting. With our AI models trained on the industry's largest dataset, we believe Fourth is uniquely positioned to embed AI across our customers entire restaurant operations.”The Fourth AI Platform is the first of its kind with a set of AI-based workforce, inventory, and recruitment solutions purpose-built for restaurant, retail and hospitality operators. Companies like Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Whataburger, and Bloomin’ Brands are among the many businesses enjoying the competitive advantage this technology delivers.Brinker International has deployed HotSchedules on the Fourth AI platform across a number of their US sites to power their workforce deployment. Brinker’s Jason Noorian, Senior Director of Finance, explains, “Our managers have seen a significant uplift in the accuracy of scheduling, taking the guesswork out of making a busy operation profitable.”The power of Fourth AI is available throughout its entire suite of solutions for automating and optimizing back-office operations in the restaurant, hotel, retail, and leisure industries:Workforce Management: HotSchedules is now generally available with AI Forecasting, which provides highly accurate demand forecasts and recommended shift patterns