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INTRODUCTION
The restaurants have to compete with each other to attract customers. Usually restaurants which provide good food and services will gain a lot of customers.
Restaurant menu and ordering system is a software package to facilitate ordering with traditional restaurant.
PRESENT SYSTEM
In today’s time, menu ordering
in the restaurants are done normally
by calling the waiter asking for the
menu book and letting him to write
down the food items to be ordered
by the customers,
PROPOSED SYSTEM
For restaurant which is not a fast food restaurant and is middle to large size restaurant, a PDA with its wireless technology can be implemented to improve the restaurant service. There are several benefits that can be achieved by implementing PDA.
Introduction of PDA in restaurant will impact the organization in various ways:
Product catalogue
Order unit
Communicating function
Billing information
PDA
PDA stands for personal digital assistance
A PDA in ordering management system at a restaurant is used by a waiter or waitress to
WIFI
A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a PDA, video game console, mobile phone, MP3 player can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet
WORKING FLOW
Complete system is divided into two parts
Waiter carries mobile
Order will be sent to main server PC
PC software will store the order
in database along with its time
Calculates estimated time to
serve order and forwards it to waiter
Other functions of system
Automatic Bill generation
WORKING
Pocket PC: Based on the system design, the Pocket PC application is built to be used by the waiter or
waitress in a restaurant.
Pocket PC Before Connected:
To establish connection the waiter or
waitress needs to:
• input the correct user id
• input the correct password
• click the Connect button
Pocket PC Order Dialog Select Food Type:
Pocket PC Order Dialog Select Food Name:
Pocket PC Order Dialog Make Order:
Pocket PC Order Dialog Cancel Order:
Pocket PC Order Dialog Send Order:
Pocket PC Progress Dialog:
Comparison with existing system
With PDA, the waiters or waitresses do not need to waste time on going from tables to the kitchen all the time.
The customer orders will be well organized.
There is no need for the waiter or waitress to go to the kitchen to ask for the food availability.
OVERVIEW The Restaurant Menu and Ordering System is a software package to facilitate ordering within a traditional restaurant.
The customer is able to :
view the menu
place orders
call the waiter and
organize the final bill through the surface computer interface built into their table.
Waiters are able to:
initialize a table for customers
control table functions remotely to assist customers
confirm orders, send orders to food preparation staff and finalize the customer’s bill – all through their wireless tablet PC
SCOPE
Three related concepts are encompassed by the general scope of the
Restaurant Menu and Ordering System.
The first pertains to the replacement of paper-based menus using an electronic format
second relates to a complementary electronic strategy for the front of house handling of a customer’s order and
the third surrounds the process of transferring said electronic orders to the kitchen for preparation.
BENEFITS
Greater flexibility in menus
increase in restaurant productivity
capacity for extensive business auditing.
Menu updates can be rolled out at any time with no extra labour from printing and distributing new menus (allowing for more dynamic pricing and content changes)
accuracy ensured as the software system takes responsibility for a customer’s order.
APPLICATIONS
Only imagination can limit the applications of the proposed system
Following are some examples
Designed for hospitality management
Can be used in various POS (point of sale) services.
Used for remote customer feedback
CONCLUSION
The objective of this project is to build an application for pocket PC and application for PC (Kitchen PC). Which can be used for ordering in restaurants. And thus reducing manual work and making the traditional ordering system automated and faster.
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