What KJB helps you do¶
KJB runs the working day of a restaurant: taking orders, getting them to the kitchen, taking money, and telling you afterwards what happened.
The day, in order¶
Someone orders. A captain opens a table on the floor and adds what was asked for. A counter or takeaway sale works the same way without a table.
The kitchen gets told. Sent items become a kitchen ticket, printed or shown on the kitchen display, and the kitchen marks them as they cook.
The customer pays. The order becomes a bill; the bill gets settled by cash, card, UPI or a split.
The day is closed. A manager signs the trading day off: shifts closed, drawers counted, figures recorded.
The books catch up. The day's trade becomes accounting entries an accountant can read, reconcile and eventually lock.
The six areas¶
| Area | What lives there |
|---|---|
| Overview | Is anything wrong right now? |
| Serve | Tables, orders, the kitchen display, bills and payments |
| Operations | Shifts, cash drawers, and closing the day |
| Manage | The menu, stock, staff and customers |
| Books | The accounting side of the same trade |
| Setup | Configuration an administrator sets once |
Two ideas worth having early¶
Trade after midnight is recorded on the next date. A restaurant's evening does not respect the clock, but KJB currently records sales against the calendar date — so a late service appears across two dates. Worth knowing before you compare a night's takings against what you counted. See Outlet settings.
What you can do depends on your role, and being refused something is usually the design working rather than a fault. See Who can do what.
Where to go next¶
- Already running KJB? Find your role.
- Setting it up? The setup areas.