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Tabit Glossary

4

4 week average

Total of the past 4 weeks of sales, divided by 4, based on the day of the week

8

86

An 86ed Item is out of stock and cannot be ordered

A

All-Day Count

An active listing of the Items to be sold within all of the Tickets/Orders currently displayed on the screen

Auto Staffing

Auto Staffing in Tabit Shift allows a Manager to automatically populate the schedule using available data (Employee Availability, Employee Quotas, Employee Priority, Employee Shift Limits, Vacation Requests, and Shift Priority)

C

Combo Group

A group of Items sold under a single price point. Ex: Our Burger Combo includes a cheeseburger, a choice of side, and a drink.

  • If the Items are all sold separately, the total bill will be $18.50 ($5 for Fries, $3.50 for a Coke, and $10 for the Cheeseburger).

  • If the Items are sold as a Burger Combo, the total bill will be $15

Comp

An Item that has been made and the restaurant elects not to charge for it

D

Decision Group

  • Decisions can be pre-selected and overridden before ordering an Item

  • Cannot have a price associated with them

  • Only one value can be selected/applied to Decisions

Discount

An Item that has been made and the restaurant elects to only charge for part of it

E

Employee Quota

Employee Quotas in Tabit Shift lay out the framework for the schedule by defining the number of Employees needed for each Job Function, Shift, Day Part, and Day of the Week

Exception

Occurs when an Item is sold at an open price or a Comp/Void/Return is made

F

Future Order

Future Order allows Customers to order Takeaway, Delivery, or Eat In Orders for a specific date and time. They can be automatically suspended and are available for both the Manager and Server to view

Future Reservation

Future Reservations in Tabit Guest are reservations that are made ahead of time over the phone or online

G

Gift Card

Prepaid card that can be used as an alternative to cash

Gross Sales

Total of all net sales plus comps and promotions

H

HQ

HQ sites are multi-site (group) or restaurant chain setups that allow for centralized management of menus, promotions, and more. Each HQ can determine what aspects of their business are managed on the HQ level, and what should be managed on the site level

I

Item

  • Can have an Offer (price point) associated with it and can be reported on

  • Can be part of a Modifier and/or Decision Groups

  • Can have a Modifier/Decision Group attached to it

K

Kitchen Queue

Kitchen Queues are documents that include certain Items and/or Item Categories and can be associated with multiple printers

L

Labor %

Based on Gross Sales

Lead Item

The main item that a combo is connected to. Ex. in a meal deal, the burger is the lead item and the side and drink are included as part of the combo

M

Master Item

Items that are managed only from HQ level. Master items appear in blue on local sites

Menu Catalog

  • Every Item in Tabit Office needs to be categorized into the Tabit Catalog

  • The Tabit Catalog has three levels of departmental hierarchy that is built into the standardizing reporting

  • Kitchen routing is also based off of the Tabit Catalog

  • If a site wants to customize reporting ensure the Menu and Sections are set up to reflect the specific needs of the restaurant

Menu Section

Menu Sections allow for:

  • Customized reporting through Tabit BI

  • The management of multiple price points

  • Secondary grouping of Menu Items outside of the Tabit Catalog

Modifier Group

  • A group of Item(s) or free text that is available to add or to remove from an Item(s)

  • A group of Item(s) or free text that comes with an Item(s)

  • Items in a Modifier Group can have a price associated with them. Modifiers cannot be modified

O

Offer

A price point that an Item is sold at, each is defined by a unique Offer Code

Order

A recorded transaction from multiple sources (PAD, online, external) that may include any combination of Items sold, payments, exceptions, or media exchanges

OTC Orders

Generated in one of two ways:

  1. Through the OTC Work Flow Profile as sold as "Eat In"

  1. Through Seated Orders that were open and closed in less than 10 minutes

OTH

An Item that has been made and the restaurant elects not to charge for it

P

PAD View

What the user sees on the PAD

PPA (Per Person Average)

  • Determined according to the Net Sales for a given day

  • Includes only Seated Orders where seated duration exceeds 10 minutes (excluding Tips), divided by Guest Count

  • PPA excludes all OTC Orders

Q

Quick Seat

Quick Seat in Tabit Guest is used to seat a guest quickly without putting them on a waitlist or making a Future Reservation. Entering guest information is optional when using the Quick Seat option

R

Refund Orders

Any Order that has payments returned

Reminders

Reminders in Tabit Shift are used to keep restaurants in compliance by ensuring that employees are aware of when their certifications expire

Reservation Tags

Reservation Tags are used in Tabit Guest by the Hostess to take note of certain things like birthdays, strollers, wheelchairs etc. The guest does not see Reservation Tags when making online reservations

Return

An Item that was made and returned. Appears as red on the PAD

S

Seated Orders

Any order rang in on a Table or Tab

Shift Priority

Setting Shift Priority in Tabit Shift ensures that the highest priority shifts are filled first, and all other shifts filled afterward accordingly. This is done using a number system where the higher the number, the more priority the shift has

Suspicious Transactions

Suspicious Transactions allow GMs/Owners/Chef users to view transactions that aren’t on the expected path of the order cycle and may be suspicious

T

Tabit Order

Online ordering platform for takeaway, delivery, and future orders

Table owner

By default, is defined by whoever is logged in on the PAD, opens an Order, and fires the first item. The Table Owner is monetarily responsible for the sales and if a tip is given, will be allocated to them

Tags

Tags are be used to communicate additional notes to the kitchen or bar and can be customized by Course, Diner, Item, or Order

Takeaway Orders

Generated in one of three ways:

  1. Through the OTC Work Flow Profile as sold as a "Takeaway"

  1. Through the Takeaway Delivery Profile as "Takeaway"

  1. Through Tabit Order/ External Sources as "Delivery"

TD

Takeaway/Delivery

U

User Permissions

Provides access to different areas in Tabit Office

V

Void

An Item that was not made. Appears in blue on the PAD

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