On Display: Restaurant Kitchen Efficiency

If you’re a restaurant owner, you’ve probably heard of the kitchen display system. But what is it, and how could it improve your restaurant? 

The kitchen display system (also called the kitchen video system) is a digital alternative to kitchen printers and paper tickets that connects to your restaurant’s POS software. Essentially, it acts as a communication link between the front and back of the house. As soon as an order is recorded in the POS system, it is sent to a touchscreen in the kitchen. Orders are displayed with their respective time of entry. Upon completion, orders can be cleared out of the queue using a bumpbar.  

Efficient, right?  

All restaurants stand to gain by implementing a KDS in their restaurant. Here are just a few benefits of the KDS: 

Higher Productivity The KDS keeps track of how long it takes each employee to complete orders and holds employees accountable by alerting them when an order hasn’t been completed in a…