1.13 ICT in the Catering Industry
Mindmap displaying how ICT is used in the catering industry. Includes notes on Reservation, Managment, Stock Control and Food/Bererage Management systems, also on EPOS, menu engineering and dietary analysis.
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- Uses of ICT in the Catering Industry 1.13
- Management Systems
- Used for room reservations
- And guest history
- And guest billing
- Reservation Systems
- Used by Hotel Groups
- A customer can email or ring a central reservation address or number
- Can book a room anywhere in that group
- EPOS
- Electronic Point Of Sale
- A number of machines linked to a central computer
- Customers can order from different sections of the establishment (bar, restaurant)
- All transactions passed to the central computer
- Then bills are generated automatically
- All transactions passed to the central computer
- Stock Control
- Holds details of suppliers
- Generate orders automatically when stock levels fall
- Hold detailed records of stock issued and current prices of stock held
- Food/Beverage Management
- Big database of recipes, quantities needed
- Ingredient codes and also tax codes
- Events Management
- Computers used when planning, organising and running large events
- Data used can be stored and used in simular future events
- Dietary Analysis
- Nutritional Analysis Programmes
- Companies can include nutritional information on menus
- People on special diets (hospital patients)
- Menu Engineering
- chefs can create perfect menus based on popularity and profit
- Management Systems
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