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Technology applied to the hospitality industry is increasingly common and a global business management tool becomes increasingly essential to guarantee success.
The cash register is beginning to be a “vintage” object within hospitality establishments and the tools and technological solutions that bring together various daily processes of the bar or restaurant are already forming part of the fixed assets of any self-respecting premises.
Facilitating the sale, its process and everything that it implies, is key in practically all businesses: the more steps or obstacles the client has to acquire your product or service, the fewer or less satisfied clients you will have.
For this, a good POS could help you. Today we are going to write about what a POS is, the advantages of implementing it, and the best ones dedicated to the hospitality industry, which is what interests us.
Generally we associate the acronym of POS with card payment, but those elements so common today within the hospitality industry are the “dataphones”, the POS terminals are more complete equipment that also in many cases perform the collection function.
What is a POS?
POS is the acronym for “point of sale terminal”. It is a device and / or software that allows the person to manage everything involved in the process of a sale: invoices, tickets, placement of tables, waiting time, product catalog, payment systems, etc.
The objective of all POS is to facilitate, accelerate, organize and manage the entire sales process and its implicit sales activities, let’s say it is an intelligent cash register, or vitaminized.
It consists of hardware and software; for example, the Tablet that the waiter uses, and the program that you use to manage orders, charges, tables, etc.
Advantages of using a POS in your restaurant or bar
Using a good POS is key for it to help the day-to-day running of your establishment; if the POS is bad, it may imply an obstacle for your business…; but we see that later.
Well, if you choose well, these are some of the advantages:
- You work faster thanks to automatic task management
- You modernize your business
- You better control your sales
- More exact control of your stock
- You know, evaluate and help employees better
The best POS for hospitality
I am going to recommend some POS specialized in hospitality.
- Dual Link
This POS is exclusive for iPad, and has the advantage of having two modes: POS and slave POS, in the first you have access to all the administration, and in the second, not, which is for employees.
It allows you to place orders and locate by table or without it, ideal for restaurant or bar, order management, cashier, worker management and administrator.
The POS costs € 1,50 per day, and the slave costs € 0,50 per day.
The Dual Link iPad POS App for restaurants is a fast, simple and practical solution that does not require a separate server. The iPad itself performs the functions of data server and synchronization center for the rest of the applications. This presents a breakthrough in versatility, productivity and efficiency.
- Hibotuik
It is the first free POS on the market, yes, free, maybe that’s why you’re interested in testing or as a basic solution.
It does not require installation, its registration is very simple and you have access to countless functions, all of them free, from sales management, clients, stock, cash register, payment gateway, accounting, etc.
It is multi-support, and works on practically any operating system.
It has a paid version with access to functions such as analytics, table plans, etc.
The Hiboutik POS App for iPad, Android manages sales, stocks, warehouses and customers just like the PC or Mac versions with a simple internet connection.
- Glop
It is a touch POS to serve in bars, bars and restaurants, which is based on a touch screen with images of the products. It can also be used in other businesses such as ice cream parlors, pastry shops and coffee shops.
It is an independent software, it is not an Android or Apple app, its program designed with the user in mind, has a very intuitive interface, tactile and very visual.
Another important virtue is the possibility of using it for cooking and culinary preparation, being able to create menus and select dishes, add extra ingredients and comments to the kitchen very quickly.
With it you can also manage articles, orders, offers, promotions and it has many other extremely useful modules.
- Numier
This POS is excellent if what you want is to retain your customers, and it is used for all types of hospitality business, not just restaurants.
Among other functions it has to print tickets, issue invoices, control expenses and communication at the close of the cashier through sending totalizations by email, but its true values in the restaurant room are:
- Table management
- Sending orders to the kitchen
- Kitchen inventory management
Another important virtue is its storage capacity in the cloud, which makes it not depend on local hardware to manage it, however, it needs an internet connection for its optimal operation.
And if we want to move in the marketing plane, it is a very good tool to increase customer loyalty, allowing to apply discounts or special prices, gamify the consumption of your customers, and even do email campaigns.