Digitized Back-of-House Operations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThis technology might be invisible to the average diner, but kitchen technology will have the most impact on their experience, especially in the areas of quality and safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital applications and equipment help restaurants streamline inventory tracking, order processing, food prep and more. Analog back-of-house practices are quickly becoming obsolete in favor of these more convenient and reliable digital solutions. And that\u2019s before<\/em> taking data into consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData Management and Integration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nData is the key to sustained improvement, whether that\u2019s in operating efficiency, customer service or finance tracking. Every digital solution implemented in a restaurant offers a wealth of data that, if tracked and analyzed properly, will tell owners just what they need to do to improve that part of the business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Integrating this data, or cross-referencing it with other data, will help restaurant operators paint a more holistic view of their business and expose areas of growth that they\u2019d never even considered before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consolidated Online Ordering and Delivery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nOnline ordering has taken the restaurant industry by storm, for better or worse. It\u2019s common to see cashiers surrounded by two or three tablets, one for each online ordering service. This is stressful for employees to manage and unsustainable in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2020, expect to see restaurants or startups centralize online ordering into one application, whether as a central online ordering service online, or an on-site restaurant order management software that will consolidate all online (and maybe even offline) orders in a more manageable fashion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2020 is just around the corner and it\u2019s an exciting time to be in the business! Every year brings changes to how customers interact with restaurants, and every year new technologies pop up to help restaurants keep up. Let\u2019s review some of the most likely trends we will see in the restaurant industry for 2020. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[70,6],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transact-tech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}