How KDS improve efficiency and reduce costs in Restaurants?

It's not easy to run a restaurant. Speed is important, particularly when you are running a fast-service or casual restaurant with an extra crowded kitchen which requires a quick order return. Thankfully, innovation in the right technologies will effectively reduce time-consuming processes and labor costs. One strong instance is to give the kitchen ticket orders. You will take several advantages instead of writing them offhand and moving them to the conventional kitchen by sending them directly from your POS into the kitchen after you have collected the customer's order.

What is Kitchen Display System?

Kitchen Displays Systems (KDS) are the backend of the kitchen with an ordering and information system to increase the performance of the restaurant. Kitchen display systems for the most modern restaurants, especially fast service restaurants, are increasingly important and are popular for their business models that give their customers instant service.

The point of sale will perform well for your restaurant if it is fitted with Kitchen Display Systems. Such interface allows instructions issued in the POS to be changed and transmitted to the kitchen staff in the KDS systems immediately.

How KDS benefit restaurants?

Boost efficiency

A Kitchen display system that shows ticket orders in real-time is just as it looks like. It ensures that the kitchen employees can access it. This also features a bar to move in the list to the next request. Orders will be sent in real-time directly from your POS so servers don't waste time shopping from the counter to the kitchen and more information is available to the kitchen staff, which means no longer waiting to find out what to do. This also helps to keep track of various tickets for on-site purchases and prioritizes lead times against electronic purchases. Therefore, the restaurant can ship orders more easily and attract more customers.

Accuracy

Handwritten tickets are extremely difficult to read and even kitchen printer tickets will quickly be misplaced in a crowded kitchen. This can result in expensive errors of order. All of this changes with a KDS. Good coordination means fewer delays, fewer refunds, and less loss of productivity. In addition, if a customer changes in mind, you can update orders for the cooking staff immediately.

Greater customer satisfaction

High accuracy and level of operation provide consumers with an outstanding experience. Literally, the foodservice sector is focused on customer satisfaction and the level of service you offer to companies. A KDS improves the overall efficiency of a restaurant and makes a major difference to the customer service.

Because service workers are not expected to go to the kitchen for orders, they are more likely to pick up tables to offer great service to their clients. In effect, the kitchen staff can interpret and work at their own pace what are specific sequences and specifications.

Compatibility

For an integrated POS and KDS the details for all the related systems of your restaurant are clear. Your employees will understand better the orders you plan and have the best equipment available to manage your restaurant, including intuitive, quick lighting on your front and elite menus, stations, customers, and employees’ notes.