Individual Assignment
A Restaurant management system
By
Sun Kai Beryl
Lecturer: Sunni
Date: May 8, 2011
Introduction
Restaurants are a traditional industry which has a long history; cook’s high skill and innovation are all the basis of hospitality industry. Providing guests with an elegant dining environment, warm service and fast rhythm production, are all fashionable requirements. Use modern information technology to the whole process of organizing and managing catering, so RMS is very important. Restaurant management systems are the crucial technology components that enable a single outlet or enterprise to better serve its customers and aid employees with food and beverage transactions and controls. In short, there are three main offerings in RMS:
1. The point-of-sale system (pos)
2. Inventory and menu management
3. Reservation and table management
RMS: POS
POS is software for restaurant order entry and purchase orders with touch screen capability. It is easy-to-use and designed to address the needs of small businesses. No matter what type of restaurant is, bar or food-related business, POS will help you easily and effectively. Use POS in all types of food service, such as restaurants including Casual and Fine Dining, Quick Service, Take-out, Coffee Shops, Table Service, Delis, Sandwich Shops, Bars, Counter Service and more. This POS/Inventory Control software is a high-quality, easy to use, accurate and multi-user restaurant management application that includes inventory, customer management, vendor management, account receivable, account payable and comes with extensive reporting tools and much more.
The basic POS system you may see on a typical retail establishment consists of a cash register, monitor, receipt printers, and an input device. It can also be a touch screen monitors, programmable keyboards, or scanners and handheld devices for inputting data into the POS system.