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Questions You Might Want To Ask A Restaurant POS Expert

How Many Restaurant POS Stations Should I Buy?

* Peak volume of customers
If you want to efficiently handle large quantity of customers, you must plan the number of POS stations based on peak business.
* Considering the number of staff taking orders
One station per 3-5 servers would be sufficient for a table service environment. High volume areas such as bars and cashier stations may need to have a dedicated station for that purpose. Migrating from a standard cash register to a POS system, many people tend to forget that their POS system will not only be used for cashing people out, but will now be used for order entry as well.
* Restaurant layout
Assigning a separate station like for your bar tender would be much better, so he can easily serve customers customers without any delay.
* Having proper location where your customers pay for their meals
Having proper locations where customers can pay for their meals is also important, you don't want to keep them waiting do you? For paying at the front, you should have one or two dedicated cashier stations to allow speedy transactions.

What type of POS computer should I use for my business?

* Desktop PC: standard desktop computers.
o Least expensive computer option
o With a gurantee of 3 years of onsite warranty
o Can easily be kept hidden beneath a counter, so it will not cause delay for any transactions
o Has greater flexibility for addition of extra ports
o Latest CPU speeds and memory
o Screen and computer are separate; in case of technical problems problems are isolated.
* Small form factor (SFF): also known as shuttle form factor, a smaller type of computer.
o Compared to the standard computer, SFF is more stylish
o 3 Year Onsite Warranty Standard for this component
o Saves more space
o Fewer options for expandability
o Latest CPU speeds and memory
o Screen and computer are separate; so you can easily isolate which ones has technical difficulties.
* All-in-ones: the combination of computer with touchscreen technology.
o Most stylish option with fewer wires and least space required
o 1–2 Year Manufacturers Warranty (Not onsite)
o Comes standard with sufficient ports for almost any operation
o CPU speed is generally slower than the other two options but sufficient for the Point of Sale needs.
o Screen and computer are combined

How many cash is ideal for my restaurant?

* This is probably fairly self-evident, but unless your servers carry their own cash bank you should have a cash drawer at every station you want to use to end transactions.

Integrated credit cards?

* A restaurant POS system can be used to safely record all credit card transactions in one convenient location.
* With the advance of high speed internet transactions processing time can reduced to 3-4 seconds per transaction.
* In case high speed internet is not available we suggest using a standalone terminal for processing.

How many printers must a typical restaurant?

* Having one kitchen printer would be enough for your restaurant, not unless you have different sections serving different dishes inside your kitchen then it would be better if you place printers on all sections.
* For example, you can have all your starters print on one printer and all your main dish printed on another.
* When choosing for printers to use for your kitchen and bar, use impact (dot-matrix) printers instead of thermal printers. Why? Because tickets that are printed on thermal printers becomes unreadable when exposed to heat, and the loud printing of impact printers can alert your cooks and bartenders of incoming orders.

How many receipt printers?

* Since you're going to have more than one station, you would likely need more than just one receipt printer.

Does having a back office computer helps in restaurant management?

* A back office computer helps managers to run reports and access POS systems to change, remove or add important data without disturbing servers..
* It is not necessary to have a back office computer unless you have 4 or more stations. But if you do, it's always a great idea to host the database on a back office computer if you have 4 or more stations so that none of the stations has the additional load of running the database.

About the Author

With over 20 years of restaurant point of sale experience and helping businesses in the food-service industry nationwide increase their efficiency and bottom-line profits, the author of this article is the VP of Customer Relations at POS-For-Restaurants.com.

Can you put standard size parts in a Dell Optiplex Dx280 Slim Form Factor computers?

Thinking of buying a Dell Optiplex Slim Form Factor computer. I have parts from an hp I would like to use for upgrading purposes, will it work? Is buying a SFF a bad idea? Thanks!

depends on which parts, you may have trouble with a full height graphics card, power supply obviously wont fit ...it just depends, personally I despise the SFF computers, but then I am a gamer , and my case is all show.

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