Mess Management System
A Gateway to Enabling a Hasslefree Dining Experience Introduction Did you know that the food waste in every large university campus hostel reaches up to 150 kg per day? The magnitude of this waste is staggering when you scale this number across educational institutions all over India. Food waste of this scale not only adds to the food insecurity in India but also becomes a loss-making proposition for university administrations.
Mess and canteen management systems present a transformative solution that tackles food wastage and turns this loss into additions to institutions’ revenue streams. These systems overhaul the traditional processes that hostel messes and cafeterias follow and help them digitalize operations. Digitalizing these manual processes helps institutions drive higher mess or cafeteria operational efficiency and optimize food consumption.
Let’s explore the scope of an intuitive mess management system and the features it offers for hotel messes and cafeteria establishments. Efficient meal management A mess management system helps mess, and cafeteria managers effectively cater to a precise number of students, guests, or staff. It also guides them in refining their menus and making meaningful additions according to demand.
The system helps mess and cafeteria personnel replace manual processes with a more streamlined approach to managing meals on a daily basis. Pre-ordering and menu management The mess management system‘s pre-ordering feature allows students to pre-book their daily meals and order their favorite food via dynamic meal options.
Students can book their daily meals for themselves or their guests well in advance of the meal timings. This feature aids mess or cafeteria staff get a clear idea of the headcount for any meal preparation. Furthermore, this feature also equips authorities to curb food wastage. Contactless transactions and integrated payments Another intuitive feature this system offers is the flexibility of contactless transactions. With contactless transactions, students no longer have to wait in long queues before getting their hands on their favorite meal.
They can pay contactless for the food they purchase using QR codes on the dining tables. The integrated payment feature also allows all payments to be automatically reflected in the billing and accounting software of the mess or cafeteria. Inventory optimization In addition to meal pre-booking capability, inventory management is another feature that curbs food wastage. Optimizing the inventory level helps mess facility personnel effectively stock the inventory levels. It also aids in avoiding inventory understocking and overstocking, leading to better resource management. AI-powered reporting and analytics Modern-day technologies like AI can bolster the functionality and the outputs of a mess management system.
AI technologies bring robust reporting and analytics capabilities that help mess authorities gain insights into meal consumption, popular menu items, and student preferences. The reporting feature allows the generation of detailed reports that authorities can utilize to perceive the shifts in food consumption patterns and create cost savings opportunities.
Conclusion
Implementing a mess management system can accelerate the digital transformation of any mess or cafeteria. By leveraging its features, institutions can gain cost savings lost due to manual, rigorous processes. The system helps streamline mess operations while improving the dining experience for students. SpaceBasic’s mess management system is one solution that over 50 renowned institutions in India have adopted to enhance mess operations. It has enabled these institutions to save about 3 crores worth of food while helping students book over 3 million meals. Curious to know how they achieved these results in a short span of time? Schedule a demo to learn more.
