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Outlets
150
Employees
4,000
Industry
Food & Beverage

Powering HR for 4,000 employees across 150 restaurants with QSR Vietnam.

QSR Vietnam began working with Cadena in 2020 to bring staffing, attendance, leave and payroll into a single HR system. Today, that foundation supports about 150 restaurants across 5 brands, with around 4,000 employees managing their own HR needs through Employee Self-Service.

Results at a glance
Partnership
Working together since 2020 to run HR across a multi-brand restaurant group.
Scale
Supporting about 4,000 employees across 150 restaurants and 5 brands in Vietnam.
Automation
Staffing, attendance, leave and payroll connected in one continuous process.
Empowered
Employees manage their profile, leave, overtime and payslips directly through ESS.
The challenge

When a local attendance system could not keep up with the restaurant floor

Quick service restaurants run on flexible shifts. With 150 outlets and 5 brands, QSR Vietnam needed to schedule thousands of staff whose working hours vary and whose schedules change frequently, while each restaurant manager kept their attention on service rather than paperwork.

QSR Vietnam was using a local attendance system that was not suitable for retail staff, with their flexible working hours and frequent schedule changes. The system was also unable to collect data from the fingerprint devices consistently, which made accurate attendance records and payroll harder to achieve. QSR Vietnam needed one system that could handle the volume of a large restaurant network, collect fingerprint data reliably, apply consistent rules across every brand, and give employees clear access to their own information.

The scope

A complete HR foundation for restaurant operations

Staffing and rostering:
Restaurant managers plan shifts for each outlet and brand, keeping staffing aligned with trading hours and demand.
Time attendance and leave:
Attendance records and leave requests are captured in the system, so approved leave and worked hours flow directly into payroll.
Payroll:
Cadena’s payroll module calculates pay, including overtime, from attendance and leave data across all five brands.
Employee Self-Service (ESS):
Employees view and update their profile, request leave and overtime, and access their payslips from their own device.
The benefits

End-to-end control from the roster to the payslip

1
One system across five brands
Every restaurant works from the same platform and rules, giving head office a consistent view of its workforce.
2
Connected staffing, attendance and payroll
Data moves from the roster to attendance, leave and payroll without re-entry, reducing manual work and errors.
3
Less administration for restaurant managers
Leave and overtime requests are handled through ESS, so managers spend less time on paperwork and more time on their teams.
4
Transparency for 4,000 employees
Staff can check their profile, leave balance, overtime and payslips at any time, which builds trust in how they are paid.