Kitchen Display System

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Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

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This article contains information about the setup and use of the KDS system in Hospitality.

To benefit the most from the instructions, we recommended that:

  • the user is familiar with the Hospitality system.

The Kitchen Display System is an advanced kitchen production system. It is designed for use in casual dining and fine dining.

System highlights:

  • While orders are being processed in the kitchen, the Hospitality POS is updated with process information.
  • Display Stations are set.
  • Display stations can also be printers.
  • Possibility to activate a different configuration depending on the restaurant’s or hospitality type's load.
  • The Kitchen service constantly pulls data from the KDS Web Service to send between POS and the Kitchen service.
  • The Kitchen service can access information from Business Central in the Cloud/SaaS with OAuth authentication.
  • Users have full control of the process.
To See
Get an overview of the KDS, KDS Process, Synchronized Timing, Setup Data and Load Configuration. System Overview
Learn about KDS Display Stations and printer stations. Display Stations
Printer Stations
Use the KDS for the dine-in restaurant. Dining Table Orders and the KDS
Use the KDS for Delivery and Takeout. Delivery and Takeout
Use the KDS for quick service . Quick Service Orders and the KDS
Read about Lines, Modifiers, and Routings in the Kitchen Order Ticket. KOTs
Learn how to use restaurant menu types. Setting up Menu Types in Your Restaurants
Set up the KDS. Kitchen Display System General Setup
Set up and configure the Job-Queue for the KDS. The Job Queue Scheduler for Restaurants

Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

Term Description
KDS Kitchen Display System
KS Kitchen Server
DS Display Station
KOT Kitchen Order Ticket
Order/Transaction Order in Hospitality is also a transaction. An order of food items makes up a Hospitality transaction.
Expeditor A display station that shows the whole KOT, and when bumped, indicates that the order has been served to the guest.
Preparation Station A display station that shows ordered items as lines. The line can be started and bumped to indicate the progress of preparation of the item.

See also

System Overview

Processes

Installation

General Setup

KDS Coursing

KDS Configuration

Migrate Data from Standard KDS to Web KDS

Kitchen Printing

Reports

Troubleshooting