Restaurant POS/Kiosk System

Project Overview

A full-stack restaurant POS and kiosk management system that allows restaurant staff to manage orders, track sales, and provide an interactive self-ordering experience for customers with built in accessibility features. This system includes a customer-facing kiosk for ordering, a cashier portal for order management, and manager tools for analyzing sales data and restaurant inventory data.

Problem Statement

Restaurants need efficient and user-friendly systems to manage orders, track inventory, and enhance customer service through self-ordering kiosks. Our solution aims to streamline restaurant operations by automating order processing, reducing human error, and providing real-time sales analytics, ultimately improving both staff efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Features

• Customer Kiosk: Interactive self-ordering kiosk interface with support for Google Authentication, customizing orders, viewing reward promotions, and placing orders.
• Cashier POS: Point-of-sale interface for restaurant staff to manage incoming orders, update menu items, and handle payments.
• Order Management: Real-time tracking and display of orders for staff.
• Inventory Management: System to track stock levels and generate alerts for low inventory items.
• Sales Statistics: Reporting tools to analyze sales, track performance metrics, and generate financial reports.
• Machine Translation: Utilization of Google Translate for website translation to improve accessibility.
• Weather API: Current location weather data sourced from OpenWeatherAPI to estimate customer turnout.

Technologies Used

Frontend:

• React.js: For building the user interfaces for both the customer kiosk and staff POS.
• CSS: Custom styling for the UI components.
• Vercel: Hosting platform for the frontend application.

Backend:

• Express.js: RESTful API to handle requests and business logic.
• Node.js: Backend runtime environment for API server.
• PostgreSQL: Database for storing orders, menu items, user accounts, and inventory.
• AWS: Hosting the backend infrastructure and database instance.

DevOps/Other:

• Google Sheets: Agile project management and issue tracking.
• Git: Version control and team collaboration.
• Vercel: Continuous deployment of the frontend.
• AWS: Hosting for the backend services and PostgreSQL database.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js v14.x or higher
• PostgreSQL 13.x or higher
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/username/repository-name.git
   cd repository-name

2. Install dependencies for both backend and frontend:

   cd client
   npm install
   cd ../server
   npm install

3. Setup

   DB_HOST=your-db-host
   DB_USER=your-db-username
   DB_PASSWORD=your-db-password
   DB_NAME=your-db-name

4. Start the backend and frontend servers:

   cd server
   npm start
   cd ../client 
   npm start

5. Access the system on localhost:3000 for the frontend.

Acknowledgments

• React for making the UI easy to build and scale.
• PostgreSQL for providing a reliable database for handling orders and inventory.
• AWS for hosting and supporting the application infrastructure.
• OpenWeatherAPI for providing weather data and services.
• Clerk for simplifying Google Authentication integration.
• Google Translate for powering machine translation on the website.

Website Link

https://project-3-team-2-s-client.vercel.app/