Order Fulfillment Process Audit at Legally Brewed Cafe
📌 The audit focused on the order fulfillment process at Legally Brewed Cafe, spanning placement, transmission, preparation, assembly, serving/delivery, and billing.
☕ The cafe, owned by Mr. Baron von Castro, began operations in January 2025.
📋 Current ordering allows customers to order at the counter, via staff interaction, or by calling, with payment possible at the counter or via a calling device (gavvel).

Order Placement Stage Improvements
🚨 Key risks identified include wrong/incomplete order details and delays due to staff unavailability for order taking.
✅ Recommended controls include assigning dedicated staff members solely for order taking to reduce confusion.
🔢 Implementation should start with assessing resources, assigning roles, and introducing a pickup number system incorporating customer names for takeout orders.
📊 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will focus on reduced order errors and increased customer satisfaction.

Order Transmission Stage Streamlining
📝 Risks in relaying orders involve misplaced slips, delays, confusion between dine-in/takeout tickets, and illegible handwriting on manual slips.
🖨️ Immediate recommendation is to replace handwritten slips with printed kitchen tickets to eliminate handwriting errors.
💻 The long-term goal is to adopt a Kitchen Display System (KDS) for digital order presentation, eliminating paper and reducing delays.
🧑‍💻 Implementation requires initial role assignment for order relay and short team briefings to confirm the new handoff procedures.

Preparation, Assembly, and Quality Check
⚙️ Preparation risks include equipment malfunctions and ingredient inconsistency due to varied supplier sourcing.
🛠️ To mitigate this, regular staff training and routine equipment inspections are recommended to improve satisfaction.
🛑 Assembly risks involve staff shortages and inconsistent preparation; this requires assigning a designated staff member for oversight.
🎓 Standardized training for food and beverage preparation is suggested to ensure efficiency and maintain staff motivation.

Serving, Delivery, and Billing/Payment
🚫 Serving risks include delivering wrong orders, delays from one-at-a-time handling, spillage, and customer miscommunication.
🔢 Recommendations include assigning table numbers and customer order numbers to prevent incorrect serving.
🥤 To prevent spillage, use spill-proof cups for beverages and provide staff training on careful food handling.
💰 For the bill out stage (a lower priority risk area), recommendations include assigning staff to monitor billouts and having backup receipt printers.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The central theme of the audit is transitioning from manual, verbally communicated processes to structured, documented, and potentially digital systems to minimize human error.
➡️ Dedicated roles are crucial across the process, specifically for order taking and order transmission, to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
➡️ Future technology adoption, such as KDS systems and printed tickets, directly targets reducing errors stemming from illegible handwriting and manual slip handling.
➡️ KPIs must be established to measure success, focusing on accuracy (fewer errors) and speed (faster serving times).

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