Food & Beverage
Your restaurant and food brand on systems you own, with no subscriptions
Build an internal Kitchen Display System (KDS) that receives orders in real time from the POS and online ordering channels and routes them to preparation stations (grill, appetizers, drinks), with a timer on each order and a color alert when it's running late. Make updates instant over WebSocket so orders appear on screen without a page refresh, with a task queue that guarantees correct ordering during peak times, and caching of each station's status to reduce database load. Add roles and permissions (RBAC): the branch manager sees all stations and reports, while a cook sees only their own station, with secure, encrypted login. Design a database indexed by branch, time, and order status, ready to be partitioned as branches multiply, with scheduled backups and logs for every status change. Make the interface Arabic RTL-first with English support, with large, touch-friendly text suited to a kitchen touchscreen, and accessibility support. Add an observability dashboard showing average prep time per item and station, and the rate of late orders. Apply rate limiting and protection against common attacks on the API. Deliver the system production-ready with basic tests and short documentation on how to add a new branch or station.