4 Important Features Of A Restaurant POS
Restaurant point of sale technology has changed quite a bit over the last several years. If you’re looking to upgrade your current system, it is worth doing a bit of research to find a POS that not only meets your needs but helps to grow your business. You may be wondering what to look for in a new POS system. Here are a few important features you want to make sure are included in your investment.
Ease of use
Sometimes waitresses and bartenders don’t have a lot of time to get orders rang in before they have to rush off to do another task. Ease of use in a POS system is essential to everyone in your restaurant but, most importantly, the people taking your customer’s orders. If it is easy to input and customize a customer’s order, fewer mistakes will be made, resulting in happier customers. Beyond that, everyone on your staff who has to use the POS system for various reasons will enjoy its simplicity.
Inventory
There is nothing worse than going to a restaurant with a favorite meal in mind to find out that they are out of that item. How does that happen? Often times it’s a discrepancy with inventory, and they didn’t know they were running low on the item or items needed. A POS system that can help manage your inventory can mitigate inventory mistakes like this from occurring.
Payment Variety
When it comes to payments, it pays to be flexible. A POS system that has the capability of accepting a broad range of payment types is essential for all businesses. In the restaurant industry, it is also important that your POS system can easily split payments. Now more than ever, people are excited to be able to use contactless payment options. Beyond protection from potential germs being transferred during payment, it can also help those who have forgotten their wallet but have it stored on their watch or phone. Sometimes, it’s easier to tap a device and pay rather than dig out a different payment method. Contactless payment is very a very important feature these days.
Reporting
An excellent reporting system in your POS solution is a massive benefit to your business. It can help track your sales, your employees, your inventory, and various other things. These reports can help you make critical business decisions like possibly changing your hours, shifting your staff to busier times, or even change menu items to get rid of less popular items.
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