System is a collection of interrelated component (subsystem) that function together to achieve some outcomes. It also is a set of object and relationships among the objects viewed as a whole and designed to achieve a purpose.
Cafeteria ordering system is a system specially designed to improve the waiter/waitress work efficiency or customer self-ordering and where customer can place their order and make the payment.
This system is a system that categorized on TPS (Transaction Processing System). TPS is automated handling of data about business activity. The information system characteristic of TPS is high volume, data capture focus, goal is efficiency of data movement and processing and interfacing different TPS’s.
1. PROJECT BACKGROUND
Cafeteria ordering system founded in Alpha College of Technology to provide facilities to student and lecturers. This system is ease of use because customer just can select and order their menu on the screen where it placed at counter. The system also can be efficient because chef wouldn’t confuse to make the order.
The system also needs a system administration whose will have the right to enter the menu with their current prevailing price. He/she can change the menu contents by adding or deleting an item or changing its price.
Quick order entry will make customer do not boring to wait a long time. It is because they can save their time, so customers do not need to wait for waiter/waitress to make order. The customer that come to enjoying the facilities at the cafetaria are students and also among the staff in Alpha College of Technology. Besides that, there are also guest or visitors coming to visit their children’s.
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
The basic problem in this service is cafeteria is not realizing efficiencies that would result from better application of technology in daily operation. Every order has counters where you can place your order and then make the payment, so it needs
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