Do you manage several points of sale? Do you want to keep track of your restaurant's business from a distance? Using one or more management software packages can make your life much easier! In addition to saving you a lot of time, restaurant management software will enable you to offer better customer service and make more informed decisions for the development and growth of your restaurant. Which software should you use to manage your restaurant? Here are the tried-and-tested, innovative digital solutions you won't want to do without!
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Why use management software for your restaurant?
Whether it's for your restaurant, your fast food outlet or your franchise... Management software supports you and your teams in your daily tasks of managing schedules, wages, orders, reservations, data, tracking performance... saving you time, money and reducing errors. As a result, you can manage your outlets remotely and masterfully. The icing on the cake: with the right management software, you can even save several K€ per outlet!
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How to choose management software
Choose restaurant management software based on specific criteria:
- Omnichannel: choose an all-in-one solution that provides a global view of your business in a single tool.Â
- Customizable: management software must adapt to your needs, constraints and organization.
- Integration with your tools: Your management software must be able to integrate and synchronize all your favorite tools.
- Easy to use: Easy to use on a single interface and available on all media.
- Support: choose a service provider who's available and responsive, ready to answer your questions whenever you are!Â
👉 Find out more: Why an omnichannel digital solution is essential to the success of your fast-food business
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1. Cash register software
Innovorder
How does it work? Innovorder cash register software meets a range of needs that is unique on the market. It can be used by independent restaurateurs, multi-site restaurants, franchises and fast-food chains, as well as company restaurants and self-managed structures.
The advantages? It's the most complete ecosystem thanks to the Innovorder cash register, which connects to all peripherals: printer, POS terminal, KDS, backoffice, etc. In this way, you have just one service provider for all your solutions, which are all synchronized.
JDC
How does it work? The JDC cash register is specially designed for catering professionals. Thanks to its functionalities, this cash register equipment will help you optimize your day-to-day business.
What's in it for you? In addition to touch-sensitive cash registers for restaurants, JDC offers portable input terminals for order-taking.
Lightspeed
How does it work? From integrated payments to contactless ordering and delivery, Lightspeed cash register software gives you the freedom to run your business wherever you are.
The benefits? With a cloud-based system, you can benefit from frequent updates, access your data from anywhere and never worry about losing everything.
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2. Software for scheduling and HR management
Combo
How does it work? Combo is the ideal toolbox for the day-to-day management of your teams: staff scheduling, payroll preparation, HR documents, leave and absences...
The benefits? Combo is an effective solution for simplifying HR and administrative management: you'll spend 3 times less time on scheduling and payroll.Â
Skello
How does it work? With Skello, you can easily create, track and manage your teams' schedules and paid vacations, tailored to your organization and your sales. Skello is the benchmark solution for managing field teams.
The benefits? Respect the rules of your collective bargaining agreement and your employees' contracts thanks to legal alerts. And thanks to collaborative planning, communication with your employees is made easy!Â
Payfit
How does it work? PayFit helps you manage your payroll and HR: pay slips, vacations & absences, working time tracking...
The benefits? Our experts are familiar with your situation and can offer you relevant, appropriate solutions as quickly as possible.
👉 Read also: Why use a sales analysis tool in foodservice?
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3. Reservation management software
Zenchef
How does it work? You receive online reservations 24/7, even when your restaurant is closed, thanks to the commission-free Zenchef reservation module integrated into your website.
The benefits? Your customers automatically receive an email or SMS to inform them of the status of their reservation in your restaurant and avoid no-shows.
TheFork
How does it work? This booking software enables you to centralize all your reservations and manage them from a single location, whether bookings are made by telephone, e-mail, online or even by visiting guests.
The benefits? TheFork 's marketing tools enable you to set up promotional offers and a loyalty program to keep your customers coming back.
👉 To find out more: Everything you need to know about online booking
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4. Inventory management software
Inpulse
How does it work? Thanks toInpulse's AI, you're assisted in making the right decisions: accurately forecasting sales, anticipating production, ordering the right quantities from stock at the right time.
The benefits? Your team members instantly know what they need to produce, based on the sales forecasts made by the AI.
Melba
How does it work? With Melba, you order your products in exact quantities according to your stocks and production schedule. The software helps you reduce waste and simplify your inventories.
What's in it for you? You get an alert as soon as you fall below the minimum stock level.Â
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5. Communication management software
Hootsuit
How does it work? Hootsuit lets you schedule your posts and content on social networks in advance.Â
The benefits? Hootsuit gives you personalized recommendations on the best time to publish, based on your results on social networks.
👉 Also read: 8 tips for developing your restaurant on social networks
Canva
How does it work? Card, poster, banner, flyer... Canva lets you create your own visuals and graphic elements.
The advantages? You don't need to be a graphic or web designer to be comfortable using Canva. It's easy to use and free!Â
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Innovorder is the leader in digital solutions for commercial and institutional foodservice. Our team supports restaurateurs in their digital transformation with an all-in-one solution (cash register, kiosk, online ordering, KDS).
