Open Asks: Could iPad POS Be Your Restaurant’s Solution?4 min read

Our question of the day is: what can an iPad POS do for your restaurant, and for your business? If you have an existing POS system in place and you are looking to upgrade, or you are opening up a new business soon and want to know why you should consider iPad POS, this blog can help you understand a few of the many perks that this type of intuitive system features. Making a choice for a POS system can be a difficult one. The more that you know about the features and functionality of a POS system—the smarter decision that you can make for the one that will serve your business needs now, and well into the future.

Reducing Overhead Costs

Want to shave down on costs? Well with iPad POS, now you can. Think about this: leading providers of POS systems charge thousands for their software and their hardware. That’s a rather hefty price tag to just get started. With a realistic solution, you can spend hundreds, not thousands, and finance iPad tablets to host your POS for very reasonable monthly fees that make it a realistic means of implementing for a strong return on investment in a short matter of time.

Increasing Operational Efficiency

With an effective iPad POS system in place, you can vastly increase your operational efficiency. When piggybacked with digital menus, you will attract and retain more guests. More guests will tell other patrons about your restaurant via word-of-mouth and social media outlets. More people will visit your business, and you will be able to fill more empty tables daily; and more tables can be served during your busiest hours because less employee time needs to be spent on each guest, and all while increasing the customer experience, and not detracting from it.

Knowing Your Numbers, Always

Inventory is very important. Ask yourself this: what if you had a smart inventory that would always alert you when key items were running low? What if it printed out order sheets for needed inventory for vendors or auto-populated online stores with the items that you needed ordered, so you could focus on running your business? With iPad POS by Open, our smart inventory does just that, and so much more.

Visual POS is Easy to Use & Implement

What good is a POS system that is difficult to learn, use or train your staff on? With visual POS, the training curve is eliminated, literally. Everything basically does what it says, and illustrated buttons make it easy for you and your staff to learn features and functions. Most servers and staff members are able to start using our iPad POS system in fewer than 10 minutes. The features are simple to use but offer complex operations. This makes for a visual and convenient method of running your business. With 24/7 support, any questions you have are answered fast.

Other Perks from iPad POS by Open

• Digital menu software: When you opt for the iPad POS all-in-one solution by Open, you get a full suite of easy-to-use and customizable digital menu software that includes many desirable smartphone apps for mobile users and your staff.
• Multiple sales points: Enjoy using multiple sales points without paying for multiple use licenses. Additionally, you won’t have to rely upon our proprietary hardware; you can use it on any compatible iPad tablet or finance them from us.
• Employee time clocks: Now you can track employee hours and time worked with our digital time clocks, which also empower you to better manage and schedule staff members.
• Smart inventory: With smart inventory alerts, you just enter your initial numbers one time. Then the inventory will alert you when items are running low or are out of stock, so you can reorder them fast and keep your kitchen stocked.
• Remote Access: Want to check on your numbers and business whenever you like? With our remote access, now you can. By using any internet enabled device, you can log into your system and check on your operations at any time and from virtually anywhere.
• Exportable Data: No more accounting nightmares, our data can be exported for easy number tallying for accounting purposes.
• One Button Reporting: Print out or view all reports with the push of a button. Being in the know about your business has never been easier.

Learn more about an iPad POS system by Open. Find out how you can get started today for a low monthly fee with no contracts and our industry leading 90 day buyback guarantee.