Very interesting indeed, I ran into this group when i was looking to see what competitors are in this area and this is the post I found and I'm surprised it's only 6 day old. I was thinking of hiring some devs to do something similar.
Feng On Tuesday, 19 June 2012 06:42:59 UTC-7, BrandO wrote: > > Hi Group, > > I recently joined the restaurant game and have been searching for a iPad > POS solution. While there's a few ok ones like POS Lavu, there's none that > are just right for me, mainly because most of our staff and customers don't > speak English. > > Specifically, I'm looking for one where: > 1. Admin can create new menu items or update existing ones straight from > their iPad, using its camera to take photos and its multi-language support > to input fields in multiple languages; > 2. Waiters can switch viewing between pre-set languages on the fly > (assuming admin has set this up); & > 3. Orders can be setup to go to displays and/or printers in the kitchen or > bar as appropriate. > > So, I started a mockup and thought of some other features I'd like such as: > 1. Dragging and dropping menu items to a virtual waiter's pad to take an > order; > 2. Putting the restaurant's Operations Manual there so employees can > access training resources, procedures and policies; & > 3. In-house communication, notifications & to-do's (possibly integrated > with inventory tracking and accounting systems). > > ...and ended up with something like a "complete restaurant management > tool" which I think other restaurants will find useful for increasing > productivity (i.e, fewer and happier staff) and also the way customers will > perceive the restaurant as hipster/cool (something I want as most of our > customers are students). > > I'm about to hire someone to build this using Filemaker Pro (I'm aware > this won't be available to put on the app store) so wanted to put it to you > in case you know of any other solutions to my problem, have the same > problem or see any potential value in this as a startup idea. > > Here's a link to my > mockup<https://www.dropbox.com/s/hudz6lwr9hw2zgr/iPad%20POS%20mockup.pdf> - > try not to laugh please... > > Cheers, > Brandon > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
