| How Many Restaurant POS Stations Will My Business | | | | of Sale needs.o Combined screen and computer |
| Need? | | | | How many cash is ideal for my restaurant? |
| * Considering peak customer volume | | | | * Unless you want your servers to carry their own |
| You must plan the number of stations based on peak | | | | cash banks, placing cash drawer at every station you |
| business. If you don’t you won’t be able to | | | | want to use to end transactions is advisable. |
| sufficiently handle the flow of customers during these | | | | Integrated credit cards? |
| periods. | | | | * You can easily process and track record of every |
| * The number of employees taking orders | | | | credit card transactions using your POS system in one |
| For serving tables, I suggest having 1 station per 3-5 | | | | location.. |
| servers. High volume areas such as bars and cashier | | | | * Reduces transaction time by 3-4 seconds with a |
| stations may need to have a dedicated station for that | | | | high speed internet. |
| purpose. When switching to a POS system from a | | | | * If high speed internet is not available we suggest |
| cash register many people make the mistake of | | | | using a standalone terminal for processing. |
| forgetting that their POS system is not only used to | | | | How many kitchen/bar printers? |
| conduct sale transactions but for order entry as well. | | | | * Having one printer for your kitchen would be |
| * The layout of your restaurant | | | | sufficient for your restaurant, not unless you have |
| Assigning a separate station like for your bar tender | | | | different sections serving different dishes inside your |
| would be much better, so he could easily serve | | | | kitchen then it would be better if you place printers on |
| customers customers without any delay. | | | | all sections. |
| * Assigning stations effectively where customers pay | | | | * As an example, you can have all your appetizers |
| for their meals | | | | print on one printer and all your main dish printed on |
| If you plan to have customers pay at the front you | | | | another. |
| should have 1 or 2 dedicated cashier stations to fast | | | | * When choosing for printers to use for your kitchen |
| track transactions. If the servers are going to carry | | | | and bar, use impact (dot-matrix) printers instead of |
| their own banks, we suggest fewer servers per | | | | thermal printers. Why? Because tickets that are |
| station. | | | | printed on thermal printers becomes unreadable when |
| Which style of POS computer is best? | | | | exposed to heat, and the loud printing of impact |
| * Desktop: the standard desktop type.o Least | | | | printers can alert your cooks and bartenders of |
| expensive computer optiono Has onsite warranty for | | | | incoming orders. |
| 3 yearso Takes more space but can be hidden away | | | | Do I need more that one receipt printer? |
| below a countero Flexible enough for adding extra | | | | * Since you're going to have more than one station, |
| portso Latest CPU speeds and memoryo Screen and | | | | you would likely need more than just one receipt |
| computer are separate; so you can easily isolate | | | | printer. |
| which ones has technical problems. | | | | Does having a back office computer helps in |
| * Small form factor (SFF): smaller than desktops.o | | | | restaurant management? |
| Compared to the standard computer, SFF is more | | | | * A back office computer is good for allowing |
| stylisho 3 Year Onsite Warranty Standard for this | | | | managers to run reports, access the system to make |
| componento Saves more spaceo Fewer options for | | | | changes to menu, check inventory levels, or adjust |
| expandabilityo Latest CPU speeds and memoryo | | | | employee time clock times, without disturbing servers |
| Screen and computer are separate; so you can easily | | | | and cashiers. |
| isolate which ones has technical difficulties. | | | | * It is not necessary to have a back office computer |
| * All-in-ones: combined computer with touchscreen | | | | unless you have 4 or more stations. However, it's a |
| technology.o Stylish, space-saving terminal with fewer | | | | great idea to host the database on a back office |
| wires requiredo Manufacturers warranty: 1-2 years | | | | computer if you have 4 or more stations so none of |
| (Not onsite)o Comes standard with sufficient ports for | | | | the stations has the extra load of running the |
| almost any operationo CPU speed is generally slower | | | | database. |
| than the other two options but sufficient for the Point | | | | |