Why a Point-of-Sale Tablet is the Only Restaurant Solution You’ll Ever Need2 min read
When considering the final destination for point-of-sale software during the present day, it’s actually more acute to consider that the costly terminals and software of yesteryear are quickly being rendered obsolete in favor of a thinner, more capable and a far more seamless point-of-sale tablet. There is much to compare whenever a new technologically profound solution enlightens humanity with its robust offerings, and the bravado of the newer point-of-sale tablet and the feature-rich, all-in-one solution that it presents, has much rapport and swagger over the latter (traditional POS). Let’s touch the surface on these newer POS offerings, and see just what caveats they resolve and what cadres that they offer for your business.
Remote Access
First and foremost is the remote access feature. With a new point-of-sale tablet (which can be featured using an iPad tablet), you can enjoy remote access to your entire system. So you if take a holiday vacation and want to check on your daily sales, what servers are scheduled to work, see what your inventory looks like, or even update your day-to-day specials, all that you need to do is login to your point-of-sale tablet remotely – from anywhere that there is an internet connection, or even from your smartphone – and viola: you are in total control of your business’ operations.
Inventory Management
Knowing what you have in stock, what you are running low on and what items are netting you the most profits is priceless in today’s demanding and rather unforgiving hospitality industry. This easily tops the list as an enormously desirable feature on any modern day point-of-sale tablet. All that is required is the initial entry of inventory numbers, and the software takes care of the rest from there on out. If you have your POS synched to digital menus, it will even update menu items to reflect your inventory (by listing them as unavailable to guests).
Employee Tracking
Knowing what your staff is costing you and when they are working goes a long way. With a point-of-sale tablet, they merely time-in using their employee ID and password. It also takes the hassle out of scheduling shifts, too.
Digital Menu
Synch the point-of-sale tablet to digital menus for your all-in-one solution. Now guests are handed exciting tablets as menus, which boast high-resolution pictures of menu items, and feature built-in social media apps, family-friendly video games, desirable “request table service” feature, and of course, the point-of-sale tablet allows them to securely tender payment and add gratuity with no need for employees to manually enter sales items or bring tickets to the table.
Reservation App
Lastly, add a reservation app to the mix, and you can fill more empty tables daily. Reservations are streamed directly to your point-of-sale tablet, which automatically reserves the table for the date and time of the request, and updates your system and your staff.
