SkieHow do franchises work in Skie, with each franchise as a branch?
Each franchise outlet is set up as a branch, with its own head or admin. Head office sets the base rules at organisation level, the franchise manages its own groups and users inside its branch, and reports roll up so head office sees everything while a franchise sees only itself.
A coaching chain or training company often has dozens of outlets run by different owners, all using the brand's content on tablets. Head office wants consistency. Each franchise wants to run its own day.
Skie maps this to the hierarchy. The chain is the organisation, a region or business unit can be a school, and each franchise is a branch. Every branch has a branch head who manages its groups, batches and students. Head office, as organisation admin, sets hardening, the web filter and any locked settings once. These flow down to every branch.
The franchise can then do what you permit: create groups for its batches, apply allowed policies and app lists, invite its own staff and move students. Page access per role lets head office decide what a franchise sees. A franchise cannot see another franchise's devices, and the breach centre and Insights at branch level show only its own.
For head office, the same dashboards roll up through school and organisation, so you can compare compliance and silent share across outlets, and sync or resolve at the level you choose. Seats are granted to the organisation, so you can track who uses what.
If a franchise leaves the network, you can release its devices with Remove Skie, which turns off every protection without deleting apps, and the seats come back. The coaching institute guide covers the daily running.
Practical tip: agree in the franchise contract which settings are locked centrally and which the outlet can adjust.