Restaurant365

Restaurant365 is the world's fastest-growing, all-in-one, cloud-based accounting, inventory, scheduling and payroll (back office) solution for restaurants on Android. Overwhelmed with paperwork, scheduling issues and fragmented systems, managers at restaurant chains often find it hard to keep operations running as effectively as they should between locations. This web-based tool aims to bring accounting, inventory, rostering and payroll all under one mobile-friendly roof – but it's merely one spoke in the wheel of an enterprise software behemoth.

Advanced Scheduling: Mobile Command Center

The R365 mobile app is a small operations central that fits right in your pocket, riddled with schedules for all restaurant locations, the ability to request shift trades, capture open shifts and submit time-off requests – all waiting for manager approval. Unlike stand-alone scheduling apps, this is integrated with the restaurant's accounting and payroll systems – so approved changes flow automatically to labor-cost calculations and wage processing. Managers have their fingers on the pulse of sales stats, labor costs, and prime cost performance from mobile dashboards with data directly flowing from POS systems. By finding a better solution to access, review and approve invoices, transfers and operational checklists on the go without being tethered to the desk computer, supervisors continue approving naturally during off hours or multi-location visits so business will not be interrupted. Integration with 100+ POS, banks, and vendors eliminates needing to manually input data on multiple platforms - it all syncs automatically. The platform's power is in operational detail: Monitor inventory as it updates with each sale, auto-purchase suggestions ensure stocks are timely, and full food costing takes control of margins. Powerful report-centric accounting system in which your reporting drives the financials instead of having to consume data. Restaurant365 converts all of daily operations through creating accurate P&Ls, AP Aging Summaries and Labor Performance analysis providing a base not traditionally utilized unless you had an entire accounting department previously.

Enterprise-Grade Power Meets Mobile Accessibility

Multi-unit restaurant companies also realize the value of a central source for reporting across all restaurant locations where franchisees can consistently measure themselves by location vs. company standards. The schedule forecasting leverages sales to maximize the scheduling of labor and may help reduce overstaffing costs by maintaining service levels. Employee self-service functions further alleviate the administrative load on managers – staff members are able to adjust availability, swap shifts and maintain personal details without managers' involvement. The automation of accounting is particularly notable: daily sales and labor postings flow from your POS system directly into general ledger entries, so there's no need to manually create journal entries. Mobile-first invoice processing turns paper invoices digital and into a predictable approval workflow to streamline processing while increasing accuracy. The cloud-based structure guarantees use of the data at all times, while being secure thanks to role-based permissions that limit location and function access.

Reality Check: The Complexity and Cost of Enterprise

You have to be the holder of an active Restaurant365 subscription (plans start at $499/month)—so this is really a play for established restaurant operations, not startups with one location. The app is not fully functional without the complete platform subscription as employees are not able to access scheduling features if their employer does not have the full Restaurant365 platform.