Mplus Checkout

Mplus and Recras

Among Recras’ membership are a large number of companies that provide catering on a terrace in addition to the group activities they provide. Some of these members are fine with Recras’ POS system, but some have a more advanced POS system that also allows orders to be taken at the table, which can then be prepared and served at the bar.

Due to the linkability of Mpluskassa, Recras has realised a link with Mplus, of course there are other POS systems for the hospitality industry, but these do not have a link with Recras.

 

Why a separate cash register system?

Why use Mplus or another till system instead of the Recras till? If, as a Recras member, you choose to work with an Mplus cash register, it is important to familiarise yourself with it. The following are things Mplus can do that Recras cannot:

• Handheld for the terrace. At the bar and in the kitchen, terrace orders come in immediately.
• Mplus owns a kitchen management screen. Chefs can set it up so that four different dishes are ready exactly the same.
• Pin machines can be linked to the till.
• The bill can be split.
• Table allocation can be entered, with customers being put on a table number.
• Band with which employee logs in.
• Extensive menu structures (For example, a 3-course dinner where 4 starters, 4 mains and 4 desserts can be chosen, for example

In short, Mplus is a real hospitality cash register and has many advanced features.

 

Advantages of the Recras checkout

Recras is a true activity checkout especially designed for large groups. Recras can do the following things that Mplus cannot:

• Take into account availability based on material & location.
• Schedule activities at a specific time.

 

Why a link?

For companies working with both Recras and Mplus, it can be useful to have a link between the two systems. There are companies that effortlessly run these systems separately side by side, but there are also companies that like to invoice a complete booking from Recras. All snacks and drinks charged on the day in Mplus can be moved to the right booking in Recras at the end of the day with one click of a button. Finally, the complete invoice can be sent from Recras at the push of a button.

 

What does the link do?

In one operation, drinks that have been charged in Mplus are assigned to the right customer/booking in Recras, so that the final invoice can be sent from Recras at the press of a button.

 

Things you need to know before using the link

What does the clutch not do?

• Create customers in Mplus who are already in Recras.
• Transfer bookings from Recras to Mplus; it then becomes financially very unclear and unclear in which system a customer has paid.

 

Extension of the link by Up Events

Recras member Up Events from Amsterdam has built an extension to the Recras-Mplus link with an external party. The reason is that Up Events wants to be able to extract all statistics and all financial data from Recras. Feel free to contact Up Events to inquire about the benefits of this integration. See here in brief how the integration works.

 

Basics for Recras members

There are some things very important to have clear. If these cannot be met, there is no point in establishing a link. This is because outstanding invoices may then ‘disappear’ or, on the contrary, be entered ‘twice’, with the possibility of chaotic and untidy administration.

Make sure you have described all financial flows (money flows). Such as who do we invoice in advance, who afterwards, when must payment be made and where do we record which payment. etc etc. Make sure items invoiced from Recras are also paid in advance (or afterwards) in Recras. It is not possible (nor desirable) for an invoice outstanding in Recras to be paid in Mplus.

Maintain the flow that guests should be received in Recras (from the Recras checkout, this can be done with 1 press of a button), set them to Ongoing there, only then can you write extra food and drinks back to the customer from Mplus.

A choice has to be made whether the activities (products with a duration) of extra people are charged in Recras or in Mplus. This should be clearly described in the financial flow.

• Advantage to choose Mplus: Guests can charge this directly in Mplus.
• Advantage of choosing Recras: The availability remains exactly the same. It is then important that this is also settled in Recras.

A compromise could be to create a ‘Free’ product in Recras. So that it is registered in Recras but then also charged in Mplus so that it can be settled there.

 

Setting up the Mplus link

The following must be done when setting up the coupling:

• In Recras: Generate an appropriate link that must then be added in Mplus to activate the link. To do this, go to the ‘Links’ section in Recras under ‘Manage’.
• In Mplus: Set up the link; click here for its documentation.