Efficiency and accuracy can make or break your business. In a busy restaurant, a kitchen display system (KDS) integrated with your point-of-sale (POS) system can help. Here are five reasons why you might want to consider a kitchen display system. Accuracy A KDS eliminates the kitchen staff having to read hand-written tickets. There is no
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From inventory control to reducing human error and saving time, point-of-sale (POS) scanners, also called a price scanner or barcode reader, are used to help employees get tasks done. A POS scanner is a hand-held or stationary input device used to capture and translate information from a barcode. Barcodes, such as UPC codes, use intricate patterns
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When shopping for a printer for you business, you won’t find a one-size-fits-all model. Before you make any decisions you’ll need to decide what you will use your printer for, and where you will use it. Of course, you’ve probably used, and may already use an inkjet, laser, multi-purpose, photo, and/or business-ready printers. For the
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If you own a profitable business, you make sales transactions. And that means you must have a place to hold your cash. Follow these guideline when choosing what type of cash drawer fits your business and point-of-sale (POS) system. Cost The costs for cash drawers vary. Expect to pay anywhere from about $100 to several
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Inventory management is typically a priority for restaurant owners. If it’s not in your business, you might want to reconsider. Utilize your point-of-sale (POS) system to help you keep track of the amount of food, supplies and other products you use over time. This can eventually be converted to cost of goods sold while facilitating
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Summer tends to be the biggest season for movie theaters. The summer of 2016 is no different, with hopeful blockbusters like X-men, Jason Bourne and The Legend of Tarzan scheduled for release. If you own and operate a movie theatre, let your point-of-sale (POS) system help you prepare for the increase in business, as well
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It’s time to start preparing for those long summer nights out on your restaurant’s patio. What creative ways will you draw patrons? What will you serve, and will you be able to keep with the demand of refreshing cocktails? Let your point-of-sale (POS) system help answer all these questions, and create a great summer experience
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Is your point-of-sale (POS) system ready for the summer months? Before the temperatures soar, you’ll want to take a few minutes to review a maintenance checklist to make sure your POS can handle summer heat and business increases. It might be a good time to do some other maintenance as well. Consider these summer preparation
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Do you know what your employees are doing? You know their job duties and work schedules, but do you know their productivity levels? Your point-of-sale (POS) system can answer this question. That’s because it does more than just monitor employee clock in’s and out’s. It can also help evaluate performance, incentivize employees, determine shift allocation,
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Does your business use a Customer Relationship Management system, better known as CRM? If not, it should. Large corporations have been doing this for years by using databases and CRM software. However, smaller businesses sometimes hesitate to license a separate, stand-alone system for relationship management in addition to the point-of-sale (POS) and inventory systems. They
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