Smart Hospitality Technology Solutions for Restaurants in India

Technology has impacted the restaurant industry in many ways. In their quest to deliver high quality service, seamlessly manage operations, curb wastage, grow revenue, enhance loyalty and optimize use of manpower, restaurants are increasingly turning to robust, feature rich software. 

Technology can become a part of the Indian restaurant growth story

In India, the restaurant industry is growing at a remarkable rate of 17.5 percent since 2013. Research estimates that the industry is set to grow at a CAGR of 10.9 percent from 2013 to 2018, thus offering an opportunity for more restaurant brands to make their way into the country. These growth indicators are being propelled forward by the increase in disposable income and changing food habit among domestic diners. 

Operational challenges that can be addressed with technology

The food industry is a people centric industry and though it requires a strong personal touch, this can also be the cause of errors and dissatisfaction among customers. It is here that some of the operational challenges can be addressed by technology. For example, by streamlining dining operations, introducing e-menu options, avoiding manual billing process, automating tracking of sales and inventory. Additionally, restaurants also have to ensure that they have the right technology platform that enables them to increase their manpower efficiency to serve their patrons better. Read More 

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By: Myra Allen

FortuneNEXT 6i R&B: The Complete Software for Your Restaurant Business

Information Technology has an overwhelming impact on hospitality business and restaurants are adopting various software solutions to effectively manage their operations and serve diners better. 

Importance of Restaurant Management Solution

Restaurant management may vary across multiple management styles, but the only common goal they have is to effectively and efficiently run the restaurant while serving guests better to realize maximum profit. It’s a fact that a restaurant’s profitability either rises or falls depending on how well it is being managed. Considering various deficiencies of manual management, we can say that managing a restaurant manually can only lead to confusion and ultimately increases the chances of revenue pilferage and leakage.Read More

By: Debi Prasad Sarangi

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Ensure Your Hotel Software is Functioning Smoothly at All Times with AMC

Being a 24/7 guest facing industry, hotels need to have their software up and smoothly functioning at all times or risk inconveniencing their guest. Thus, timely maintenance is a vital aspect in the life cycle of hotel software.

As a leading software provider IDS Next understands this requirement and offers an Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) to ensure our software users are functioning at optimal capacity.

IDS Next’s AMC is a smart choice for hotels who are using IDS Next’s robust Hotel ERPs including FortuneNEXT 6i Enterprise, FortuneNEXT 6i Professional, FortuneNEXT 6i Express, FortuneNEXT 6i Genie and FortuneNEXT 6i R&B. Once you sign up for the AMC, depending on the product you use, your hotel or restaurant gets several benefits including periodic site visits to your hotel by our engineers. Apart from helping you optimize software usage, our AMC engineers also provide your staff with tips for improvement of software performance. They also appraise your personnel on various drill down features that enable you to extract more detailed reports, customize reports to your needs and collect more data on guest. Read More

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IDS Next’s FortuneNEXT 6i R&B enables better service at The Biere Club

IDS Next’s restaurant management software solution FortuneNext 6i R&B has now enabled The Biere Club (which opened its first outlet on Bengaluru’s Vittal Mallya Road three years ago) to serve its patrons better.

Based on the patrons’ response from guests, its management launched another outlet in Whitefield in 2013. It sports the ambiance of a contemporary English pub, and houses The Biere Chophouse, an old English-style grill house.

“As we grew in terms of outlets and on-menu offerings, to keep up with the guest expectations and streamline the whole process of complex workflow, we decided to opt for IDS Next’s FortuneNext 6i R&B,” said Vishal Nagpal, director, operations, The Biere Club. Read More

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IDS Next installs FortuneNEXT 6i R&B software at Delhi-based Auma Café

IDS Next, a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and total technology solutions to the hospitality and leisure industries, has now installed restaurant management software FortuneNEXT 6i R&B at Delhi’s Auma Café.

FortuneNEXT 6i R&B helps streamline operations to efficiently track

inventory, provide faster service, optimise manpower resources, generate sales and revenue.

The data could also be mined to understand what guests are ordering with time indications and when the sales are the highest, and develop strategies to enhance revenue. The indirect benefit is that the restaurant is able to brand itself and build loyalty. Read more

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Grow Your Restaurant Business with Smart Restaurant Management Software

In the last couple of years Sri Lanka has been witnessing a sharp increase in the number of restaurants in the country. This exciting trend has the potential to boost to restaurant and food and beverage industry. Taking into account that the island nation is currently one of the top tourist destinations, the restaurant industry in the country is also getting ready to grab its share of business.

With competition increasingly, restaurants are redefining themselves to not only serve food but provide guests a whole new dining experience. Given that today’s diners are expecting more from restaurant than just top quality food, restaurants across Sri Lanka have taken a step forward to integrate technology into their operations.

Why restaurants need to adopt technology?

Competition in the restaurant business is fierce and every restaurant is looking for a differentiator. In this context, software such as a customer engagement solution provides the much needed edge to deliver personalized services and to keep guests entertained. It’s now time for restaurants to integrate such technologies in an attempt to enhance their guests’ dining experience and build loyalty. Read more

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