The kitchen’s day, on every screen in the restaurant.
Prep lists, orders, notes, counts out front and the schedule, kept in step across the kitchen’s iPads, a screen out front and everyone’s phones.
01Every screen
Tap here, it shows up there
Plump runs on the iPads in the kitchen, a screen out front and the phones in everyone’s pocket.
Tap something on one, and every screen that needs it updates a moment later.
Front screen
Salmon tapped down to 5 left, out front.
Sal’s phone · manager
And a manager’s phone, wherever it is.
02Your kitchen
Set up from your own lists
You set it up around your own kitchen: your stations, what you make, how much you like on hand, and who you buy from.
Office iPad
Stations, named the way your kitchen names them.
03The count
The count becomes the prep list
Each day starts with a count.
Plump compares it to what you like on hand, and turns the difference into each station’s prep list.
Office iPad
Each count is checked against what you like on hand.
04The line
Take a task with one tap
On the line, anyone can take a task with one tap.
Their name shows on every screen, so nothing gets made twice.
And recipes open right from the task, scaled to the amount on the list.
Line iPad
Tap a task, then tap a name.
05Planning ahead
Big jobs land on the right days
Bigger jobs, like a party or a catering order, go in once.
The prep lands on the right days, with a heads-up when the timing’s tight.
Office iPad
A catering order, a special order and a party, each on its own days. The one due tomorrow is flagged short notice.
06Ordering
Flag it where you notice it
Whoever notices something running low flags it on the spot.
It lands on that supplier’s order sheet, so the ordering starts from a list that’s already made.
Line iPad
Basil, flagged from the line: running low, or out.
07Notes
Problems reach a manager
Anything that isn’t an order goes to management as a note.
Urgent ones buzz the managers’ phones, and the kitchen can see when it’s been read.
Line iPad
An urgent note from the line, not seen yet.
Sal’s phone · manager
It’s at the top of a manager’s inbox.
08The front
One count, front and back
Out front, anything that’s limited gets a running count.
The floor taps it down as it sells, and the kitchen watches it drop, all the way to 86.
Front screen
Short rib tapped down to zero out front turns into an 86.
09The front
Allergy answers out front
Pick what a guest can’t have, and every recipe sorts into has it, doesn’t, or not checked yet.
Front screen
Fish picked: one dish has it, and the rest are sorted below it.
10The schedule
Posted once, on every phone
Managers build the kitchen and front-of-house schedules, and post them.
Everyone sees their own shifts on their phone, and a swap waits for a manager’s yes.
Sal · manager
A swap waiting for a manager’s yes, above the week.
Marisol’s phone
Your own shifts, and who else is on.
11The week ahead
See the busy nights coming
Local events, road closures and parties go on one calendar, so the busy nights don’t sneak up on anyone.
Office iPad
The week’s events, closures and parties in one place.
Marisol’s phone
Friday on a phone: the game that night, and who’s on.
12When the internet drops
The building keeps working
If the internet goes out, the screens in the building keep passing taps to each other, and catch up when it’s back.
Plump
The kitchen’s day, on tap.
Every screen in Plump has a question mark that explains what it’s for.
Try it
Run Plump in your kitchen
Plump is in testing with a few kitchens. Ask for a trial, and you get a kitchen of your own to run it in, and a say in what it does next.