How The Right Restaurant POS Improves BOH Efficiency

One of the primary reasons for obtaining a customized point of sale system is to ensure the back of house operations in your restaurant run smoothly and accurately. In addition, keeping track of accounting, operations, inventory, and delivery all under one system built specifically for your restaurant improves profitability and efficiency.

Accounting

A restaurant POS should make your accounting much more accurate, efficient, and easy to track. These systems should handle payout tracking, payables and receivables, loyalty rewards, and even franchising reports when necessary.  Your system should integrate with whatever accounting software you choose to reduce human error and make tax time a breeze.  This also makes it easier to discover areas you can save money and identify potential theft.

Operations

Managing your kitchen and ensuring its efficiency will go a long way toward providing a quality guest experience.  You want orders to get to your kitchen quickly and accurately and be able to track how long it takes to fulfill those orders.  This will help you to adjust ensure food is getting out to your guests in a timely fashion.  Order accuracy and food delivery times are two of the most important factors in the guest experience, and the right POS system will help with both.

Inventory

Controlling food costs and monitoring inventory will have a major impact on your restaurant’s bottom line. A POS helps you track your inventory by the ingredient as each order is entered into your system.  This enables you to accurately track your food usage and identify your ideal usage, which can help when it comes time to reorder. Avoiding food waste and maximizing your inventory will have a direct effect on your profit margins.

Delivery

A POS system that manages your delivery services is an invaluable tool in today’s restaurant industry landscape.  Managing and processing orders coming from your website, app, and third-party vendors in one convenient portal can save time and money while eliminating costly mistakes.  With restaurant delivery appearing to be a trend that is here to stay, efficiently and effectively managing it takes on a higher importance.

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