Control, monitor and analyze real time data to improve your business
The restaurant industry has been shifting gears lately. The shift is due to the changes in the tech world. People love to check-in to their favorite restaurants using Foursquare, they love to read and write reviews about their favorite restaurants, they share the pictures of cuisines through Instagram, and they love to pin the favorite restaurant recipes via Pinterest. Customers are reserving tables through online reservation services like OpenTable.
Keeping in mind the above mentioned shift in customer’s approach, should the restaurant industry modify its traditions and standard procedures to cope up with the pace? The answer is a big yes. If customers are evolving, so should the industry. The customers are learning by sharing recipes, tastes, and hospitality standards. The restaurant industry is also developing by approaching people through different ways. For reaching out to the people, restaurant businesses are using social media channels like Facebook and Twitter. For sales and marketing Yelp and Groupon are good resources.
Certain aspects that may seem like trivial matters to most, end up having a huge impact on the overall experience a restaurant may give to the user. Bill processing or check out time is the finest example. A customer may not mind waiting longer for the check or credit card to be swiped through a credit card terminal. No matter how simple and serene this process may seem, it is very important for the restaurant business to complete it swiftly and securely.
Standard procedures over the course of time
If you are in the restaurant business for a long time you may remember cash registers at your reception. With the passage of time you witnessed a sweet little receipt coming out from a credit card terminal. As time passes people are becoming more tech savvy and using different gadgets and all types of apps. You may also be using one of those smartphones.
The time has certainly changed, so are the procedures of controlling, monitoring and analyzing your sales. In the past you may have a computer with a blue screen and green digits and text as your sales info. No matter how ugly it may look it was so assuring and convincing. Smartphones and applications are changing everything you know. As an owner if you have not implemented these changes, now is the right time to learn and implement easy, affordable and detailed applications for your restaurant business.
Point of Sale and Restaurants (POS)
For some restaurants cash registers, reception and a sharp employee would suffice the needs of a point of sale. It is just like a point of sale at Walmart or any other store. Modern times require you to act differently, swiftly and of course secure. Credit card payments and inventory software implementations may have troubled you in the past, but mobile applications are changing this scenario. Now implementing a system for your sales is just few clicks away. Modern mobile applications have simplified the procedure and now you can charge your customer’s credit card through an iPad or iPhone with a small device attached to it. Mobile applications like Leaf, Square, Breadcrumbs, iOrder Cloud and several other iPad based POS are changing the way owners see the POS.
Mobile applications have changed the scenario of inventory management, sales reports, efficiency, and data security. Mobile Applications are providing insights and detail reports for inventory management, kitchen view, sales sheet and customer’s data. Integration and implementation of these cloud based mobile applications are affordable and simple. Cloud based mobile applications store data on a secure cloud based server which means that restaurants don’t need to worry about data loss, backups and data theft.
Pricing of such mobile applications is very affordable as compared to complex, outdated and costly inventory management software. In terms of equipment and setup, all you need is an internet connection and an iPhone or iPad with a smart device.
Conclusion
Eating out is one of the most beloved leisure activity in the world. People love to eat and taste different cuisines. So there is always room for a new restaurant and new taste. Setting up a restaurant and making it a big success is closely related to restaurant management. Mobile applications are offering ways to help restaurant owners to only worry about the taste and quality of the food, every other aspect can be easily managed through mobile applications. Several processes such as inventory management, point of sale, kitchen management, table reservations, and data management has been revolutionized by mobile applications like iOrder Cloud, Leaf, Square, and Breadcrumb.
