Setting Up the Food and Beverage Takeaway Process

The Food and Beverage takeaway process uses the following panels in the Demo Data Company:

In the #FAB-TD interface profile:

  • #OFFLINE 

In the ##DEFAULT interface profile: 

  • #FAB-CONTACTINFO
  • #FAB-CONTINFO-ZOOMPL
  • #FAB-ORDER-COMMENT
  • #FAB-ORDER-DATETIME

To run the Food and Beverage takeaway process, you need to have these panels in your company in their respective interface profiles.

Registering the LS Hospitality Module

In order to have the basic setup in place you must do one of the following:

  • register the LS Hospitality Module.
  • insert default data and run the Insert process for Hospitality commands.

Setting up a takeaway sales type

You must set up at least one sales type that represents F&B takeaway.

Note: You can have multiple F&B takeaway sales types per restaurant (for example one for web orders and one for restaurant orders). Each POS Terminal specifies which sales type it uses to create F&B orders. This is useful if you want to give specific discounts depending on the sales type of the order. The FAB POS terminals running in the restaurant show the restaurant's FAB orders.

Configuring Hospitality Setup

  1. Click the icon, enter Hospitality Setup, and select the relevant link.
  2. In the F&B Order No Client Name field, enter text that is displayed in the Client Name field of the FAB order when there is no name specifies with the order.
  3. In the F&B Order Comment Icon field, enter a letter that indicates that there are comments on the FAB order.

Configuring the restaurant

  1. Click the icon, enter Restaurant List, and select the relevant link.
  2. Select the restaurant that you want to set up F&B Takeaway in.
  3. Go to the Delivery & Takeout FastTab.
  4. Select the Use F&B Order Structure check box. This tells the system to create FAB orders instead of Delivery orders when an order is sent from eCommerce.

Setting up hospitality types

For each restaurant accepting takeaway orders, you must set up a hospitality type for each F&B takeaway sales type used by the restaurant.

  1. Click the icon, enter Hospitality Types, and select the relevant link.
  2. Click New to create a new hospitality type.
  3. Select the appropriate restaurant in the Restaurant No. field.
  4. Select the desired F&B sales type in the Sales Type field.
  5. In the Service Type field, select F&B Takeaway.

The program selects F&B orders as the Layout View.

Setting up POS terminals in the restaurant

For each POS terminal you use for handling takeaway orders in the restaurant:

  1. In the Hospitality Type Card, click Related - POS Terminals to open the Restaurant POS Terminals card.
  2. Select a POS Terminal taking F&B takeaway orders in the restaurant.
  3. Select #FAB-TD in the Interface Profile field.
  4. In the Sales Type Filter field, select all F&B takeaway sales types used by the restaurant.
  5. In the F&B Takeaway Sales Type field, select the F&B sales type that is used to create FAB orders on this POS terminal.

Setting up a POS Terminal for eCommerce FAB orders

  1. In the Restaurant POS Terminals card, select the POS terminal that is used for eCommerce FAB takeaway orders.
  2. In the Sales Type Filter field, include the F&B takeaway sales types used for eCommerce FAB orders in the restaurant. Note: You can only include one F&B sales type in this filter..
  3. In the F&B Takeaway Sales Type field, select the same F&B sales type.