Payments refers to a secondary bounded context involving payment mechanisms. Currently, these are common to both customers and consumers. This will likely be refined when this work is planned out further.
The term “Docket” refers to all information relating to an open table or a consumer order, that is relevant to the consumer themselves. A docket does not include information that is only relevant to the kitchen,
A docket typically includes information such as:
The term “Check” is an informal reference to the docket. This is typically used by consumers when asking for the bill.
E.g. “Check, please”
The term “Coupon” refers to a meal item that can be credited against a meal order.
The term “Voucher” refers to a dollar amount that can be credited against a meal order.
The term “Revenue Centre” refers to an arbitrary section of the restaurant which is able to generate revenue. These are typically comprised of
A revenue centre is often described as a restaurant within a restaurant, generating its own revenue.
An example of a restaurant with multiple revenue centres would be a hotel restaurant where the seated floor space is considered one revenue centre, and the room service is considered a separate revenue centre.
The term “Order” refers to an order for food, by a consumer.
The term “Point of Sale” refers to the system which is responsible for Docket lifecycle events, payments, reports and auditing functionality.
The term “Open Table” can have different meanings depending on the context:
In terms of , “Open Table” refers to a table that is cleared and available for new consumers.
When referring to an “Open Table” within the context of a POS, the term refers to the sit-down restaurant model in which the docket is opened and remains in flight until payment is received. In this case, the docket is closed when the consumers have paid, typically after finishing their meal.
The term “Payment Instrument” refers to a consumer owned device which can be used to make payments, for example; a credit card, an Apple Pay account, etc.