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7 reasons which make iPad POS the ideal system for your bar

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Saim Ali
7 reasons which make iPad POS the ideal system for your bar

Bars happen to have a relatively greater in-out movement of customers at any given time as compared to other hospitality industry businesses. Naturally, then, a bar’s environment is fast-paced and makes high demands on its staff and management. It goes without saying that margin of error is even smaller here. Patrons visit bar to relax and have some fun time. For such expectations to meet with an unsatisfactory service would mean beginning the slide down the hill, however slow that may seem in the beginning?

One of the many gifts of modern technology for businesses is the development of point of sale (POS) which replaced the traditional cash register or “till”. Thanks to the bar POS system which is designed keeping in view the needs of a bar, bar owners have enabled themselves to save precious money by way of plugging leakages and reducing discrepancies to zero.

Just as evolution in ways of thinking continues to shape the way we perceive the world around us, evolution in point of sale technology has led to the development of iPad POS system. It wouldn’t be exaggeration if it is said that a bar iPad POS system is panacea for everything related to bar. We have identified 7 reasons you (the bar owner / manager), should choose iPad POS system.

  1. Better personnel management

The iPad POS system is a great help in registering and maintaining staff attendance. This in turn helps to keep a tab on staff punctuality and regularity. The icing on the cake: it also records not only the orders but also which staff member brought and/or served how many orders. It quantifies each staff member’s performance. This is next level. Your iPad POS system literally provides you with staff performance index.

  1. Enhanced customer services

Customer is the lifeline of a bar. Serving them to their satisfaction is naturally the goal of every bar owner. With your iPad POS system, you have the freedom of mobility. You can go right up to the customer’s table, or wherever they are, to note their order and have them served more quickly. This would be unthinkable with non-iPad POS systems.

  1. Improved inventory updates

With the variety and quantity of drinks (and foods if it is a liquor and food bar), it is imperative that servings, stocks and bills accurately reflect the state of business. If this tallying with inventory were to be done manually, the one responsible for this job would have to be on their toes literally all the time. In addition, they would need to be accurate all the time. But is it really possible to be accurate in all these things all the time? Of course not. One would need technology to help themselves out. And what better technology to have than a bar POS system. This iPad POS system makes sure that the reports on a) inventory, and b) sales, inventory and receipts provide the most accurate picture of the business as it is on ground.

  1. AI enabled sales forecasting

All the iPad POS systems available in the market come equipped with the feature of recording sales transactions. However, there are few which have gone a notch up in that regard. The AI-enabled iPad POS system provided by such companies not only records and monitors sales, it also tallies that with the inventory and produces reports highlighting which items sold more/less and hence need to be replenished/exhausted. Simply put, based on previous sales, it forecasts demand for the coming weeks and advises on the quantity of supplies of each item to be procured.

  1. Caller ID

With its unique caller ID feature, the AI-enabled iPad POS system automatically picks up the identification details of a caller instead of you having to ask them each time a customer calls. This is hassle free for both you as well as the customer on the phone. You get to save time and avoid mistakes which may be made in manually noting down details while the customer gets their order placed and delivered conveniently. This also means that even if you have missed a call, with the help of caller identification details which surface with the call, you can make a call back.

  1. Intelligent reporting

The intelligent reporting feature (unique to very few iPad POS systems) produces both surface level and detailed reports on sales, deliveries, cancellations, refunds, etc. This features also reports on such details as the time an order was placed and the time at which order was delivered. In case of cancellation of orders and refunds, it intelligently digs out the possible reason(s) by checking, e.g., if there was prolonged delay in serving that order. Identification of this one detail alone can help you fix responsibility with pinpointed accuracy.

  1. AI-powered analytics

The AI-powered analytics feature produces detailed analyses, graphs and charts depicting the quantity of sales overall, individual item sales, profits (on each item as well as overall), business direction (upwards, downwards or stagnant), and much more.

Just as the bar business continues to be demanding with increasing competition, the point of sale technology continues to develop side by side to ease up the demands made on a bar owner / manager. iPad POS system exemplifies just that.

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