Management Information Systems in Restaurant Flashcards
Strategy for taking orders, delivering orders to the
kitchen and charging customers for the food.
Point of Sales Systems
Send orders to the kitchen and tally sales for each server.
Point of Sales Systems
Simple systems are less prone to technical
difficulties, but they cannot process information as efficiently as smoothly
functioning computer systems.
True
Restaurant point of sale systems should also
include infrastructure for processing credit card payments.
True
Restaurants must communicate between different divisions, such as servers to
kitchen staff and kitchen staff letting servers know that their orders are ready.
Communication Systems
Restaurant communication systems should enable staff to connect
finished meals with the customers and relay details about special requests and
special needs.
True
Restaurant management must also develop systems for communicating with both the front and the back of the house about issues such
as low stock on particular menu items or ingredients.
True
Enables to send out important information to employees
like schedules , menu alerts and changes, kitchen status, event notices, and more: digital versions of employee handbook, training manual, an FAQs document, and whatever
other documents or materials.
Mobile Communication
Staffing a restaurant can be difficult because demand for food could fluctuate,
often due to variables that you cannot foresee. Identifying any variables you
observe like which day of the week you have high or low demand.
Human Resource Management Systems
It efficiently handle cash flow
and tracking costs.
Financial Management Systems
A restaurant needs sufficient cash flow to buy supplies and pay employees. It needs to earn profit by minimizing costs and maximizing
revenue.
True
A restaurant needs to earn profit by maximizing costs and minimizing
revenue.
False
Should not include cash flow projections forecasting income and
expenses for upcoming months, and developing strategies to compensate for
cash flow shortfalls such as a business line of credit or business credit card.
False
The strength of the data foundation that runs the enterprise
Master Data
Key information that describes your customers, vendors, and leads as well as items
that your company buys and sells.
Master Data
