Kimball’s Restaurant: An Appetite for Data

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“KIMBALL’S RESTAURANT: An Appetite for Data” depicts the benefits of a point of sale (POS) system for a restaurant. Managing a restaurant can be a challenging task without a POS system in place in the digital era. The first advantage of a POS is that it helps manage labor and food inventory (“KIMBALL’S RESTAURANT: An Appetite for Data,” n.d.). For instance, waiters and waitresses can use handheld devices, such as tablets to collect customer food orders. The orders entered on the workstation are sent to the kitchen so that chefs can prepare the respective meals. Moreover, producing receipts would be an easy task, and customers will know the price to pay for their food orders. Apart from better inventory management, a POS system facilitates simple invoicing and faster payments. Since all the data entered in a POS is recorded, it can be analyzed and used to improve the services in a restaurant, such as reducing the waiting time for food orders.
Furthermore, a POS system enhances proper customer management and improves the quality of services. Traditionally, waiters and waitresses had to take notes for food orders from the customers before telling chefs wh...