Learn More About NOVUS-Ai for Back of House Operations

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Discover the Benefits of NOVUS-Ai for Back of House Operations!

Customizable Operation Envelope

NOVUS-Ai is a cloud-based platform designed to manage both single and multiple locations - overseen from a central location, - adaptable to various interconnected back and front-of-house service concepts.

The platform empowers business owners to integrate, customize, and optimise station flows while adding complementary operational segments and third-party services.

Supply management processes - including applications, approvals, and dispute resolutions - can be efficiently handled through interactive, customizable documentation, facilitating quick organization and resolution.

Additionally, NOVUS-Ai features a modular staff management system that offers a wide range of customizable options, ensuring a robust and flexible approach to managing staff effectively.

Back of House Station Management

NOVUS-Ai provides a variety of customizable staff station features that support both standard and tailored orders, including inventory management and meal kit processing.

Individual staff station performances can be analyzed in real-time to review and enhance efficiency and profitability, facilitating seamless interaction across various segments and optimising both economic and performance metrics.

Management can assess key metrics for a comprehensive understanding of front and back-of-house operations, identifying potential bottlenecks and evaluating opportunities for improvement.

Additionally, the system allows for real-time analysis of utility usage (e.g., electricity, water, etc.).

Distribute, Track, and Analyse Inventory Levels

In the fast-paced hospitality industry, speed, organization, and seamless cooperation among all staff stations are vital for smooth operations.

NOVUS-Ai's integrated NFC and RFID technologies guides staff to optimal storage locations, ensuring ideal environments to maximise shelf life for inventory items. It tracks the placement, removal, and shifting of inventory to and from relevant stations while providing automatic notifications for items nearing their expiration dates or last day of use.

Additionally, NOVUS-Ai enables chefs to pre-set and adjust critical auto-inventory level notifications for every station, triggering timely alerts for replenishment.

Organized Storage and Expedient Removal

By leveraging advanced ambient analytics, NOVUS-Ai empowers staff to make informed decisions and guides them to the most optimal locations within storage units as ambient condition can vary within storage units

This maximises shelf life and prevents ingredient groups from compromising each others shelf life, - thereby reducing pre-plate food waste and enhancing overall kitchen economics.

Additionally, NOVUS-Ai fosters a proactive approach to inventory management by providing valuable insights into food waste at relevant stations (e.g., preparation, portioning, and cooking stations). This information is essential and improves the decision-making process in the back of the house.

Synchronised Interaction of Equipment and Apparatuses

The interchangeable SUDIs (System User Device Interfaces) enable effective utilisation of hardware by allowing the integration of third-party accessories and equipment.

NOVUS screen displays can be tailored for specific tasks and responsibilities, ensuring seamless interaction within a customized operational framework. This dynamic cloud-based infrastructure adapts and evolves based on real-time data and insights, ultimately driving operational excellence and maximizing productivity.

Management SUDIs provide access to a comprehensive overview of the business's performance, including the ability to drill down to individual station levels. This empowers management to make informed decisions, address and resolve issues, and schedule reviews and training programs for specific stations as needed.

Establishing and Monitoring of Nutrition Levels

Establishing a baseline nutritional value for produce during the receiving process is essential for providing customers with accurate information for the menu items offered and when customising menu items.

NOVUS-Ai utilises advanced analytical techniques during the delivery process, and continuously updates these values in real-time while ingredient go through preparation, handling, storage, and cooking.

This is critical because ingredient temperatures during receiving, storage, and various cooking methods can significantly affect nutrient retention.

With NOVUS-Ai, chefs are empowered to create dishes that are both delicious and nutritionally balanced, while customers can make informed choices that align with their specific dietary needs and preferences.

Customizable Management

NOVUS-Ai empowers management to streamline operations across single or multiple locations through a centralized cloud-based module platform, offering clear and real-time visibility into the health of the business.

The variety of customizable dashboards enables real-time analysis and allows management to drill down into individual locations and stations to identify emerging trends and pinpoint areas that need improvement.

Additionally, the platform provides a "Test-Out Before Implementation" feature, allowing management to review the potential impact of changes before putting them into effect.

Meal Kit for Home Cooking

NOVUS-Ai empowers restaurants and other food service businesses to enter the booming Meal Kit Market.

Its innovative solutions to provide customisable meal kits to meet personal requirements will allow restaurants to turn their back of house operations into a stand-alone revenue generating segment.

Complementing the front of house business would meet customer demands because about 41% of consumers expressing interest in purchasing Meal Kits from their favourite restaurants if they would offer it. (National Restaurant Association).

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