Restaurants, bars and cafés
Orders lost between the table and the kitchen, bills that never add up, and stock that walks off behind the bar. NodePoint puts one ticket system behind service.
What goes wrong, and what NodePoint does about it
The paper docket gets lost, and the table waits for food nobody fired.
The waiter sends from a phone and the kitchen display acknowledges it instantly, with course timing and modifiers spelled out.
Four guests want to pay separately and the bill turns into an argument.
Split by item, seat or amount, with cash, M-Pesa and card on the same ticket.
Bar stock and food cost never tie back to what was sold.
Recipes draw down ingredients as items sell, so pour cost and food cost stay honest without a manual count.
Voids and comps only surface when the month looks wrong.
Every order, void and discount carries the staff member who made it, reported by waiter, hour and category.
What to licence
The modules that fit this operation. Add the others later without a migration.
Why businesses in East Africa run NodePoint — offline trading, mobile money that reconciles itself, and VAT split on every document.
Other industries we support
- Supermarkets & chainsHigh basket counts, thin margins, stock walking out the door.
- Hotels & lodgesUnbilled nights, double-sold rooms, a night audit done by hand.
- Pharmacies & clinicsExpiry dates, batch tracking and insurance paperwork.
- Hardware & buildingBulk quantities, quotes, deliveries and credit customers.