Success Stories « Akatsuka Orchid Gardens
“As a small business, time is the biggest commodity.”
– Takeshi Akatsuka, Owner, Akatsuka Orchid Gardens
Success Stories « Akatsuka Orchid Gardens
“As a small business, time is the biggest commodity.”
– Takeshi Akatsuka, Owner, Akatsuka Orchid Gardens
Their story
Family roots, innovative spirit
Just outside of Hilo on the Big Island, Takeshi Akatsuka is carrying on his family’s tradition of cultivating unique Cattleya hybrid orchids. For Takeshi, tracking attendance, managing hours and ensuring employees were getting paid on time was a full-time job. Employees were using physical timecards and spreadsheets to manually track hours, which resulted in a ton of paperwork that would eventually need to be reconciled. Payroll became a time-consuming task that continued to take him away from areas of his business that needed him most: cultivating orchids and stewarding customer relationships.
Their story
Family roots, innovative spirit
Just outside of Hilo on the Big Island, Takeshi Akatsuka is carrying on his family’s tradition of cultivating unique Cattleya hybrid orchids. For Takeshi, tracking attendance, managing hours and ensuring employees were getting paid on time was a full-time job. Employees were using physical timecards and spreadsheets to manually track hours, which resulted in a ton of paperwork that would eventually need to be reconciled. Payroll became a time-consuming task that continued to take him away from areas of his business that needed him most: cultivating orchids and stewarding customer relationships.
9
employees
1974
year business opened
700
orchid hybrids
50
states in the US have received their orchids
9
employees
1974
year business opened
700
orchid hybrids
50
states in the US have received their orchids
“The best part of working with ALTRES and simplicityHR is the ease of use. Everything runs in the background and I don’t even think about it which is a great thing because I can then really focus on what really means a lot to me.”
Making business simple
Timesaving Payroll
Working with simplicityHR by ALTRES provides Akatsuka Orchid Gardens the support of a senior team of payroll experts and access to our state-of-the-art HR Symphony software that helps simplify the payroll process. From employee attendance to labor cost allocations, HR Symphony makes data entry, lookups and reporting a breeze. Akatsuka Orchid Garden’s employees can now easily submit timesheets and time off requests through HR Symphony for Takeshi to review and approve with the click of a button.
Making business simple
Timesaving Payroll
Working with simplicityHR by ALTRES provides Akatsuka Orchid Gardens the support of a senior team of payroll experts and access to our state-of-the-art HR Symphony software that helps simplify the payroll process. From employee attendance to labor cost allocations, HR Symphony makes data entry, lookups and reporting a breeze. Akatsuka Orchid Garden’s employees can now easily submit timesheets and time off requests through HR Symphony for Takeshi to review and approve with the click of a button.