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Restaurant AI: daily brief, forecasts and menu profit

Ferculon Intelligence turns your own orders, recipes and stock into decisions: an AI brief on the day so far, the week ahead, which dishes to reprice and where money is leaking. AI also reads your menu from photos and suggests each dish’s recipe from your stock.

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Ahead of last weekAI brief
  • Sales are Rs 25,940 so far, already past last Monday’s full day (Rs 25,164).
  • Rougaille saucisses is today’s best seller with 14 sold, then Mine frit (11).
  • 3 ingredients are running low, starting with fresh milk, fresh fish, flour. A draft order is ready in Inventory.
  • 1 item was voided after reaching the kitchen (Rs 320). Each one carries a reason in Orders.
  • Tomorrow (Tuesday) looks like about 20 orders and Rs 21,461 in sales.

Written by the assistant from today’s figures. Updated 15:40.

01

The AI brief

The back office and the app open on a short brief of the day so far: sales against the same day last week, the best sellers, what is running low, voids worth a look and what tomorrow should bring. It updates as the service goes.

The brief on the app’s Today screen
Insights in the app, against the period before
  • Sales against the same weekday last week
  • Low stock, with a draft order ready in Inventory
  • Tomorrow’s orders and sales
03

The week ahead

Orders and sales for each of the next seven days, from the same weekday over the last four weeks and adjusted for the recent trend. Days you close, and holidays you mark as closed, are left out.

The week ahead+4% trend
Tuesday20 ordersRs 21,461
Wednesday18 ordersRs 19,280
Thursday22 ordersRs 23,540
Friday31 ordersRs 33,910
Saturday34 ordersRs 37,260
Sunday27 ordersRs 28,950
Monday24 ordersRs 25,930

The same weekday over the last four weeks, adjusted for the recent trend.

  • Rotas planned for the busy days
  • Stock ordered before the weekend
  • The trend against the week before
04

Loss watch

Voids after the kitchen, discounts, drawer openings without a sale, refunds and short tills are set beside the rest of the team. Only what stands out is listed, in plain words, with the figures behind it.

  • Where a manager should look first
  • The bar is set by the team’s middle value, so one person cannot move it
  • Every entry linked to the audit log
Loss watch with voids after the kitchen by person
Voids after the kitchen
Max Manager0.3%
Wendy Waiter0.2%
Walter Waiter0.1%
Cora CounterLook1.5%

Cora Counter, sales Rs 26,030. The team’s usual is under 0.5%.

05

Prep plan and draft orders

Before a service, the prep plan says how many of each dish to expect, which batches to make in house and which ingredients will not last, with each supplier’s delivery time.

  • Dishes to expect, less what has already sold
  • Batches of sauces and doughs to make
  • A draft order for what will run short
The prep plan for the next service
Today, Monday10:00 to 21:00
121 dishes

still to come, from 4 Mondays before

Alouda10
Fresh lime juice9
Rougaille saucisses8
Chicken curry8
Farata8
Dholl puri, 27
06

AI menu import

Photograph the printed menu, or upload a PDF or a Word file, and AI reads each dish with its price, section, allergens and options. You tick the dishes to add. A dish whose price cannot be read is left out rather than guessed.

  • Up to 20 pages at a time
  • Dish photos on the menu kept with their dishes
  • Photos used for the read and kept nowhere
Import a menuPhotos, PDF or Word
Gateau piment, 6StartersRs 120
Samoussas, 4Starters, contains glutenRs 150
Rougaille saucissesMainsRs 320
Mine fritMains, contains gluten, eggsRs 295
Fish vindayeMains, contains fishRs 380
Read the menuAdd the ticked dishes
07

Recipes suggested from stock

On any dish, Suggest from stock picks what one portion probably uses from your own ingredients, with quantities in each one’s unit. Check it and save it, and the dish has a food cost for menu profit.

  • Only ingredients on your stock list
  • Quantities you can change before saving
  • Food cost against the menu price
RecipeRougaille saucisses
Suggest from stock
Pork sausages150 gRs 54.00
Tomatoes180 gRs 12.60
Onions60 gRs 2.70
Garlic8 gRs 1.20
Thyme2 gRs 0.80
Vegetable oil15 mlRs 1.20
Costs Rs 72.50 to make, against a menu price of Rs 32022.7% of the price

Intelligence questions

What is Ferculon Intelligence?

The part of Ferculon that turns a restaurant’s own orders, recipes and stock into decisions: the AI brief, the seven-day forecast, menu profit, loss watch and the prep plan, with AI menu import and recipes suggested from stock to set up the menu.

Is the AI included in the price?

Yes. Every part of Ferculon Intelligence is included. Reading menus and suggesting recipes come with a monthly allowance for each restaurant, renewed on the 1st of each month.

Are the figures in the AI brief exact?

Yes. The brief, the forecast, menu profit and loss watch are worked out from your own orders, recipes and stock counts, so every figure can be traced back and stays the same each time you look.

Does the AI change prices or the menu by itself?

No. Every suggestion waits for a person. A new price, a chef’s pick or a recipe takes one tap, and nothing changes until someone makes it.

What happens to our menu photos?

They are sent for that one read and kept nowhere. The dishes found are shown to you to tick before anything is added to the menu.

More Ferculon features

Floor and waiters The room, every table and the waiter app
Kitchen display Tickets by course, timers and printers
Guests and online Table QR, bookings, pick-up and delivery
Back office Takings, VAT, menu profit, stock and loss watch
Team and control Roles, PINs, the time clock and the audit log