Revista de informática y biología de sistemas

Improve the Performance of the Work of the Restaurant Using PC Touch Screen

Abstract

Nibras Othman Abdul Wahid

The growth of wireless technology and tablet PC in this era is creating a great impact on our lives. Some early efforts have been made to combine and utilize both of these technologies in advancement of hospitality industry. Nowadays, the majority of restaurants are still operating in an old fashioned way, by using pen and paper to register the orders of customers. The problem using “traditional menu” is probability of paper lost high and misinterprets the handwriting of order. Ours is designed to overcome this problem. By using “tablet PC”, the customer can send orders to the cooking room and cashier in a fast and easy way. TSIR can also give customer feedback to restaurant staff. The methodology that has been used in this paper is based on wireless communication (Wi-Fi). This system is developed by using (visual basic 6.0 and SQL server 2000). This system makes the food ordering process easier. This system, implements wireless data access to SQL server. The Windows 7 application on customer tablet pc will have all the menu details. The restaurant manager can manage the menu modifications easily, via adding and removing items.