How to change R-Keeper

In September, 2012 in Elki-Palki restaurants there will be a change of the main information system supporting their work, the president of the company "G.M.R. Planeta of Hospitality" Merab Ben-Al (Elashvili) told CNews. The holding owning also Yamkee networks, East Market, Viaggio and some other and also developing the franchize Sbarro purchased Elki-Palki and Small Japan at the beginning of a year (the network in September will also be transferred to a new management system).

Now in recently purchased network the R-Keeper program (development of UCS company) is installed. The corporate standard for restaurant holding is iiko (David Yang and Maxim Nalsky's project) and in the fall of 2012 in 64 points there will be a replacement of software. "We began installation of a new system with "East market" in 2008, then connected to the Sbarro system, by the end of 2010 completed the project on all the networks, including franchasing which include more than 200 restaurants", - Elashvili says.

Functionally it software for restaurants fixes sales of dishes, time of arrival and departure of employees, automates calculation of cost of dishes (food cost) and the salaries (labor cost). Shareholders from a system are employed given about financial results of restaurants. Managers see a remaining balance on products and means at the checkout.

"All data are stored on the central server in Moscow, - Merab Ben-Al (Elashvili) says. – Cash desks are closed at 11 p.m., when opening next day at 9 a.m. all information already is at it, unloading happens between midnight and 6 o'clock in the morning".

Installation of a new system in "Fir-trees sticks" and Small Japan will happen within September by forces "G.M.R. Planeta of Hospitality". "6-14 people will work at the project depending on a stage, works will be carried out at night, before their end R-Keeper will continue the work, - Elashvili says. – The total costs will make about $1 million, from them about 70% will go for equipment procurement (point-of-sale terminals, the central server of IBM, servers on points, printers), 25% - on the licenses iiko, the remained 5% - on logistics, delivery).

In addition to installation of a new system in Elki-Palki restaurants and "Small Japan further at the checkout of fast service of restaurants of holding there have to be monitors displaying the order of the guest in process of his input by the cashier. Also in plans of the company to unroll a video surveillance system at restaurants.

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