The POS system is the primary control in any food service establishment, it serves as a recording of all the transactions in any given day, giving the operator a basic idea on how the business is going.
It is unfortunate that the amount of technology available nowadays does not get to the ones who use it the most. This can be due to either (1)ignorance (2) apprehension. More so on number one since most service staff would rather deal with the status quo than think out of the box.
The POS system in the Alabang Country Club are not interconnected, no server where valuable data such as guest count, month-to-date sales, or even product performance that are ususally stored in, can not be retreived. It's like steering a ship blind in the dead of a foggy night with sunglasses on.
For purposes of cost control, I will use excel to create a cost compass, plotting sales against sales by category. If the POS system can not give me valuable data on a timely basis, at least the cost compass will give me a good bearing on where the business is headed.
There are cost compasses available on the net, but they cost money.
This morning, that is what I plan to do.
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