ROBOTILL News and Updates

The POS Restaurant Module of ROBOTILL has been improved. Some of the new features of the ROBOTILL Restaurant Module (Version 3.8): Some layout changes on the user interface was done. A sale can now be moved from one table to another. The waiter that was allocated to a sale/table can be changed. In Version 3.8, only new items added to a sale are printed on the various department printers (kitchen/bar/etc). In previous versions, each department would have receive items for that department but all items would have been printed again if a new item was added. There is now a 'Resubmit Full Order' option to reprint the full order slip with all items for that order. It is now possible to allocate multiple printers to a Department. The order slip will be printed on all the printers for a department. Notice to existing customers: When upgrading to version 3.8, you will need to set up your Department Printers again. Previously this was done in the Departments Menu in ROB

Setting up most items for the Restaurant module of ROBOTILL is quick and easy. Some items like cocktails is a bit more tricky. You need to set it up correctly to accurately keep track of how much stock you have left. For this example, we will set up a Springbokkie (a popular  cocktail shooter in South Africa) As you will receive Cape Velvet as a 750ml bottle and you would like to sell it as a bottle or break it up into smaller units you can use for cocktails, you set the Cape Velvet bottle up as a normal stock item. You then create another stock item and call it 'Cape Velvet 30ml shots'. After you created the 30ml shot item, add it as sub items to the Cape Velvet 750 ml bottle item. As you can get 25 units from a 750ml bottle, change the qty to 25 and remember to Update the item. The bottle is now set up correctly and can be sold as a bottle or as 30ml shots. The 'stock on hand' will be updated correctly. Now do the same for the other ingredient f