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POS Beast
User Guide

The whole system, explained in order

The manual that ships inside the software, published here in full. 28 chapters and 314 topics, from signing in for the first time to closing the day — read it before you buy, or hand it to a new member of staff.

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Version 3.4.0 28 chapters 314 topics

This is the guide built into the product, not a rewritten summary of it. It is updated with the software, so what you read here is what the current build does — worked examples with real numbers, the setup sequences people get stuck on, and every switch on the Modules tab.

Chapter 1

Welcome

What this software does, and how to use this guide.

4 topics

Chapter 2

Signing in

The email login, the PIN pad, and how a shared till works.

7 topics

Chapter 3

The order to do things in

Almost nothing in this software works until the thing it depends on already exists. This chapter is that order, and the reason behind each step.

9 topics

Chapter 4

First-run setup

Your restaurant details, logo, language, time zone and currency.

7 topics

Chapter 5

Printing: the Thermal Receipt tab

The two printing modes, the Print Agent, your printers, the paper, and splitting the kitchen ticket.

13 topics

Chapter 6

Tax, discounts and modules

Your tax rates and default discount, then every optional module and what switching it on adds.

16 topics

Chapter 7

Every switch on the Modules tab

Each toggle on Settings → Modules taken one at a time: what it is, what switching it on adds, and when a restaurant wants it.

32 topics

Chapter 8

Setting up the menu

Categories, dishes, sizes, deals, and importing the lot from a spreadsheet.

9 topics

Chapter 9

Setting up the floor

Your tables, their numbers and capacity, and the live table map.

4 topics

Chapter 10

Staff, roles and permissions

What each role can do, the permission grid, and creating users with PINs.

9 topics

Chapter 11

Taking orders

The POS terminal in full: the three order types, the cart, holding, the Order Tab, and taking the money.

21 topics

Chapter 12

The kitchen

The kitchen display, the printed ticket, and bumping orders through.

6 topics

Chapter 13

Deliveries and riders

Dispatching an order, the rider portal, and the daily rider ledger.

12 topics

Chapter 14

Waiter shifts

Starting a shift by PIN, the end-of-shift report, and the manager's cash-up.

12 topics

Chapter 15

Cash sessions and the drawer

Opening the till with a float, petty-cash payouts, and closing with a count.

5 topics

Chapter 16

Customers and loyalty

Your customer book, and a points program run off phone numbers.

8 topics

Chapter 17

Khata — customers who pay later

The credit book by the till, kept by the software: putting a bill on somebody's account, and taking the money when it comes in.

10 topics

Chapter 18

Stock from scratch: the whole sequence

One running example — chicken bought by the kilogram and cooked by the gram — carried from the first category to the first goods receipt and the first sale.

15 topics

Chapter 19

Inventory, purchasing and recipes

Ingredients, suppliers, purchase orders, goods receipts, recipes and wastage.

17 topics

Chapter 20

Expenses, accounts and banks

Where your money sits, what goes out of it, and the transaction history.

7 topics

Chapter 21

Employees and attendance

Your staff records, wages, salary payments and the daily attendance sheet.

10 topics

Chapter 22

Online ordering

The QR table menu, your own website, and the delivery marketplaces.

17 topics

Chapter 23

Bots

Four bots that work like a team: customer service, feedback and reviews, offers, and the Audit bot that reads your books.

9 topics

Chapter 24

Table bookings

Reservations at the counter and from your website, the live floor, and the waiting list.

8 topics

Chapter 25

Reports

Every report, the question it answers, the shared filters, and exporting to PDF, Excel or CSV.

21 topics

Chapter 26

Multi-branch

Running more than one location from one login.

6 topics

Chapter 27

Day-to-day routine

Your first day on the software, and a checklist for opening and closing.

6 topics

Chapter 28

Troubleshooting

Real problems, their real causes, and what to check first.

14 topics

The guide is inside the software too

Every account gets the same manual as the last item in the menu, searchable, with a Print / Save as PDF button. Anyone can open it whatever their permissions — the person who most needs the manual is the one who has just been handed a login.