How POS Systems Can Improve Employee Management

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Business owners are always looking for ways to improve employee management. After all, a well-organized workforce is one that’s happy, productive, and profitable. However, it’s not always easy to know what to do first or even how you can make sure your employees are valuable assets within your business. Point of sale (POS) systems may be instrumental in employee management, and you can find out why below. 

Streamlined Training  

When you invest in an iPad pizza POS, you’re also investing in a user-friendly system that simplifies the training process. Rather than relying on multiple complicated systems that take several weeks to learn, you can invest in one that’s easy for part-time and seasonal workers to adjust to quickly. 

As a result of a quick, easy training process, your team may be much more productive in their job roles from early on in their employment. You may also be able to avoid the need for additional staff to be rostered on while training is taking place. 

Better Sales Accountability

Business owners and managers can face many employee-related problems such as absenteeism. However, one that’s least often talked about is theft. While there’s every reason to believe your team is honest and reliable, a POS system can make sure. 

They are designed to monitor all transactions being entered into the system by the employee logged in at the time. You may not have the time to do this manually, so technology takes the lead and does it for you. 

Roster Management

Many pizza restaurants have part-time, full-time, and seasonal workers. Such work types allow employees to achieve work-life balance while working the hours that suit them the best. 

However, scheduling work hours to suit everyone can take a considerable amount of time, especially when using archaic methods like whiteboards and paper. POS systems allow you to create work rosters with ease based on previous working hours. It’s also quick and easy to change shifts as necessary. 

Employee Hour Tracking

Having time management skills in a management position can be crucial, particularly for managing staff. However, you may not be making the best use of your time if you’re using inefficient methods to calculate the hours your team has worked. 

Technology has made this task much easier. All employees can clock in and out with a unique pin code, with automatic calculations giving you insight into the exact number of hours each employee worked. 

Better Communication

Communication is pivotal for employee morale, lower absenteeism rates, and improved job satisfaction. Surprisingly, technology in the form of a POS system may prove valuable in this regard. With orders being sent directly to the kitchen, there can be no miscommunication about whether or not serving staff misplaced paper orders. 

An online ordering platform can also mean that customers have more control over placing their orders, leading to less room for error throughout the chain of service. 

Technology has been a game-changer in the hospitality industry. Not only does it allow restaurants to have more control over their inventory and ingredient ordering, but it can also lead to improved employee management. Now might be the time to start looking at your current technology and seeing if there’s room for improvement.

Adam Hansen
 

Adam is a part time journalist, entrepreneur, investor and father.