Patent ID: 8460000

Claim:
A computer implemented system for administrating quality control and coordinating consistency relating to the business of franchising the sale and production of cut fruit arrangements throughout a franchise network having a central franchisor and distributed franchises comprising: a database under the control of a cut fruit franchisor identifying selected cut fruit arrangements to be offered by franchisees; said database including tasks affiliated with the production of said cut fruit arrangements, said tasks being specific to a cut fruit arrangement; software operable with a computer having a display associated therewith, said software including a training module related to the production of cut fruit arrangements and an instruction module relating to the production of said cut fruit arrangements, said training module and said instruction module being accessible by a user at a user location remote from the cut fruit franchisor, said training module including at least one training session selectable by said user and said instruction module including at least one instruction set selectable by said user relating to at least one of said offered products of said cut fruit arrangements for educating a user on the required tasks related to the production of said products; said software, said computer and said display operating to provide and display step-by-step training instructions for performing one or more tasks upon selection of one of said training sessions by said user relating to the production of one of said desired cut fruit arrangements; upon selection of one of said instruction sets said software, said computer, and said display being operable to provide and display step-by-step instructions for performing one or more tasks associated with the preparation of a cut fruit arrangement to assist in the manufacturing of said cut fruit arrangement; software being operable to allow for the entry of order information relating to a cut fruit arrangement; and software for providing production relevant information relating to a cut fruit arrangement based upon said order information enabling production of product for a consumer based upon said order information and; said production information including displaying a list of fruits and amounts needed thereof as well as the number of different cut pieces required to fulfill the orders.