Restaurants - More Choice

Knowing the needs of modern restaurants, Aztec simplifies the communication between the waiting and kitchen staff. Customer orders are communicated automatically from your terminals to the kitchen for display on a kitchen management system or for printing on a kitchen printer. No longer will the chef have to decipher the handwriting of waiting staff! This minimizes wait times and eradicates ordering mistakes that can irritate customers and cost your restaurant valuable unearned revenue.

When combined with Zonal's handheld terminals, orders can be taken directly from tables speeding up the ordering experience further.

At your Corporate Office...
Corporate office managers can analyze the performance of the business via the extensive reporting options on all aspects of your business and make product and price decisions for the whole organization. Corporate offices can either assume complete control of all matters (suitable for new sites or sites with inexperienced managers) or devolve varying amounts of control to site managers. At the furthest end of the spectrum you can reduce the managing office to a merely supervisory role where you configure a common area of the theme for the terminals across all your sites, view global reports and produce financial audits.

When your restaurant grows, you can give your site managers more control over the panels on the system. This can allow each site manager to edit the theme for their site, adding daily specials and local dishes to the menu, priced according to their market and clientele. Promotions can also be configured according to the regulars' preferences, which the site manager can identify through Aztec's extensive reporting options.

Aztec's range of corporate office reports allow you to monitor every site and employee to ensure that your business is running efficiently and that staff training needs are identified early. Coupled with Zonal's MIS Reporting application, managers can create the exact reports that provide the information needed for daily and weekly decision making.

The Aztec system is not just integrated into your product database and sales, but can be integrated into other business software, such as payroll systems. Employee reporting allows you to monitor the performance of staff and identify the best performers to whom you could reward and the underperforming personnel who may be in need of extra training.

As a restaurant manager you can respond quickly to the changing tastes of your customers. Take the opportunity to boost sales through promotions and monitor the results for subsequent events. Aztec provides an unprecedented level of inventory control allowing your site managers to order new inventory 'just in time'. This minimizes the amount of inventory you need to hold on site thereby maximizing the space available for your sales areas. Our Inventory system also works on a First In First Out basis whereby oldest stock is always used up first - essential if you want to minimize waste in your kitchen. Aztec Inventory Control allows you to create a database of recipes and review inventory usage right down to the smallest ingredient. You can retain complete control over your business by defining all settings at your corporate offices or assign elements of control to your site managers. Use Aztec to take as much control as you need for your business.

In your Restaurants...
Our POS terminals are rich with features that make life easier for your restaurant staff. Per-seat ordering is as simple as it gets and bills can be split, merged and transferred between any tables in the sales area. Any order combinations can be handled easily with, for example, wine split over the whole table, appetizers between three, and all other items individually - Aztec can satisfy even the most complicated customer requests simply and easily. Ease of use is essential for restaurant staff to be able to get up-to-speed with serving customers quickly. To this end our systems are designed to help your staff work more effectively with help on grayed-out buttons, online help for every procedure and a training mode that allows staff to get to know the terminal in a safe environment.

To help you maximize your sales opportunities Zonal offers a handheld terminal that allows your staff to take orders directly from tables. As orders are taken, the handheld prevents staff from selecting items that are out-of-stock and prompts for up-selling opportunities relevant to a particular order, for example, a portion of garlic bread, an extra roll with the soup, a side order of chips. Orders are transmitted to the bar in real-time allowing waiting staff to service orders in a fraction of the time. Staff can manage tables directly from the terminal - including allocating bills to tables, entering covers, table transfers and split bills.

Quick turnaround is key to maximizing your profit potential. Aztec simply makes serving faster and more efficient. That means more people spending, and less people waiting. Smaller restaurants generally have fewer tables so the faster you can turnaround your customers during your dining period the more revenue you can take. Zonal terminals communicate directly to a kitchen management screen so all orders are transferred to the chef in real-time. This minimizes wait time for the customer and as customer turnaround time in your restaurant becomes quicker, you can handle more covers than you could before.

Aztec Human Resources gives you complete control of staffing. The Staff Scheduler enables site managers to assign staff different jobs on different days as required. Managers can review table reports that enable them to monitor key issues, for example speed of service, for every customer. Armed with detailed information, managers can ensure all customers are attended to appropriately. For flexibility, you can have variable menus at the terminal, easy-to-change manager's menus and open keys for flexible pricing.