Preventing
Restaurant Theft
Keeping
the money a restaurant earns is every
bit as important as earning
it.
Better Tracking
Means Less Theft
Cash is the most
important commodity to protect, and
individual responsibility is the best
way to protect it. Point of Success
allows a till (cash drawer) to be
assigned to one staff member. When one
person is assigned to a till, only
that person can accept a payment into
the till. Individual responsibility
means that you know where to look when
a till comes up short!
Cash
register tills and server and driver
banks are tracked to the penny from
the moment they're opened until they
are closed. Tendered payments,
additions, drops, and cash paid out
are all detailed. Reconciliation
reports with count worksheets help
count and balance tills and banks.
Server banking is a Point of Success
Premium feature 
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Program Security
Settings
Every user in Point
of Success is assigned to a security
group. Important settings like price
changes, removing an item from an
order that has been sent to the
kitchen, order voiding and many other
functions are all protected by
security. If a staff member doesn't
have permission to use a function, a
manager can override the security
setting to allow it to be used once.
Use
one of the predefined security groups,
create your own security groups, and
modify security settings for everyone
who works in the restaurant.
Employee Cards
Point of Success
requires a PIN code from each user to
use the system. PIN codes can be
entered manually or by using optional
employee cards.
Employee
cards have a more secure 10 digit PIN
code encoded on the magnetic stripe.
Use an employee card to clock in at
the start of a shift, to log in for
the Order Entry and Office Manager
programs, and to clock out when a
shift is complete.
Use of employee
cards requires a magnetic stripe
reader on each workstation that is
capable of reading track two. A
magnetic stripe reader intended for
use with credit card processing is the
type used to read Point of Success
employee cards. Hardware is purchased
separately from your vendor of choice.
Audit Trails
Point of Success
includes an audit report that lists
every incident in the system that
could be a security problem. This list
can include:
- Price changes
- Order voids
- PIN code attempt failures
- Time clock changes
- Removing items from orders
- Security overrides
Regular review of
the Point of Success audit report can
help to prevent and discover theft.
Food and Labor Cost
Reports
Point of Success
produces ideal food cost reports and
labor cost estimates. Comparing these
reports to actual food costs and
historic labor costs can reveal
missing stock and improper time clock
usage.
Ordering and
Preparation With the System
Control free food,
fraudulent orders, dishonest servers
and other risks with Point of Success.
Require that all food prepared, every
delivery dispatched and all payments
received are processed through your
point of sale system.
Helping to Secure a
Restaurant's Computers
Point of Success is
designed to limit user access to the
Windows operating system to help
prevent access to the computer or its
contents. User access is controlled
through security settings and other
means. To further enhance security,
using a touch screen rather than a
keyboard and mouse makes it more
difficult to tamper with POS
computers.
