tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18686496545707548222026-03-12T16:02:59.527-07:00We create software applications for Restaurants. We integrate with POS systems such as Toast, SpotOn, Aloha, POSitouch, Micros, Tray, Qu, Par, Simphony to connect to payroll and accounting systems such as ADP, Paylocity, PayChex, Heartland, UKG, Kronos, QuickBooks Desktop and Online, Sage and more. Visit us at https://incontrolpos.comKen Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17253605415193363706noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868649654570754822.post-63501000623011015922026-03-06T06:19:00.000-08:002026-03-06T06:19:54.295-08:00

 For multi-location restaurant groups, getting daily tip data into payroll accurately and on time is a constant operational headache. InControl Solutions recently completed a custom software integration for Duffy's that automates the entire process — pulling tip data directly from their POSitouch POS system and delivering it to ADP Wisely every day without any manual steps. The result is a

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Stop Doing Your Bookkeeping TwiceIf your restaurant runs on Toast, you already know how much time gets eaten up trying to get your sales data into QuickBooks. Copying numbers, fixing errors, wondering if everything balanced — it adds up fast.iPOSio takes that headache off your plate. It automatically pulls your daily Toast sales report and drops it straight into QuickBooks Online, perfectly

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InControl Solutions recently partnered with Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc. (CRO) to solve a critical data pipeline challenge. CRO needed a reliable way to get their Toast POS reporting data into their Cognos business intelligence platform, but a traditional API integration wasn't the right fit. We built a custom Windows application that connects to CRO's Amazon-hosted SFTP server,

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 Toast to QuickBooks Integration: How We Stack Up Against the Competition When it comes to connecting your Toast POS system with QuickBooks Online, restaurant owners have several options - but not all integrations are created equal. While solutions like xtraCHEF and Shogo offer comprehensive feature sets, they come with premium price tags and complex setups that many independent restaurants

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 SpotOn has 316 reviews and a rating of 4.34 / 5 stars vs Toast POS which has 516 reviews and a rating of 4.19 / 5 stars. Compare the similarities and differences between software options with real user reviews focused on features, ease of use, customer service, and value for money.Read the review

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 NCR Aloha has 26 reviews and a rating of 4.31 / 5 stars vs Toast POS which has 516 reviews and a rating of 4.19 / 5 stars. Compare the similarities and differences between software options with real user reviews focused on features, ease of use, customer service, and value for money.Read the review

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 Cost, not cloudSecurity issues and high project expectations were reported as the top motivators (33%) for relocating some cloud-based workloads back to on-premises infrastructures such as enterprise data centers, colocation providers, and managed service providers (MSPs).Read more

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 Toast and Square both excel in payment processing, but the best choice depends on your business needs. Square has no startup or chargeback fees, and you only pay for swipes at a known rate—no surprises!While Toast is excellent for restaurants, Square is more versatile and also offers a restaurant POS feature.Read more about Toast/Square

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Toast's software platform is gaining popularity, but the company is still facing significant financial losses. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, Toast lost $83 million, and the total loss for the past year reached $248 million. The company is operating at a loss to achieve a substantial market presence, but there's no assurance it will become profitable. Currently, the stock is trading at

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 We added the Aloha Insight pay data feed to our iPOS Payroll interface for the iSolved payroll solution. Now you can upload from Insight to iSolved. Aloha Insight can track overtime hours across all locations. Very helpful if you share employees between your stores.

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 We added the Restaurant 365/APS provider to our iPOS Payroll interface. Now you can upload from your POS directly into Restaurant 365/APS. This provides a more seamless interface to Restaurant 365 users.

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 We have added the PayCor Payroll Solution to our iPOS Payroll interface for the SpotOn POS System

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 We have added the CertiPay Payroll Solution (https://www.certipay.com/) to our iPOS Payroll interface for the Toast POS System, Aloha, POSitouch and Micros.

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iPOS Payroll Interface for the Spoton POS system gets the payroll data from your Spoton POS system and prepares it for transfer to your payroll provider. It's a button click that's easy, fast and will save you hours of effort each pay period.

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iPOS Payroll Interface for the Toast POS system gets the payroll data from your Toast POS system and prepares it for transfer to your payroll provider. It's a few button clicks that's easy, fast and will save you hours of effort each pay period.Incontrol Solutions Inc. is not affiliated with the Toast POS System nor is Incontrol Solutions Inc. endorsed by Toast, 

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Harvest Restaurants (http://www.harvestrestaurants.com ) needed a solution to integrate their POSitouch Time and Attendance (http://www.positouch.com) with the PayChex Payroll Solution (http://www.paychex.com) . With 8 locations, it was taking a lot of time to enter the hours and tips into PayChex. The iPOS Payroll integration for POSitouch automated the process and significantly

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When Energy Kitchen (http://www.energykitchen.com/ ) updated from an RPower POS system to the Aloha POS System, they needed access to the historical data from their RPower POS system. Retail Automation Products (RAP http://rap-pos.com/ ) asked InControl Software to develop an application to read the RPower database and provide reports. InControl Software built this app and provided all the

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iPOS POSitouch House Charge to QuickBooks Accounts Recievable allows you to process the house charges or payments that have been settled to a house or membership account to post as an invoice in QuickBooks allowing you to send out statements at  end of the month for billing. In the setup you map your POSitouch customers to your QuickBooks customers in an easy to use grid map, then

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iPOS POSitouch to QuickBooks Multi Store allows you to have one centralized dashboard for entering your stores' sales, payments, discounts, sales tax etc into your QuickBooks General Journal. iPOS can automatically get the necessary data files from each of your restaurants and make them available for entry into QuickBooks. Once the setup is complete, you simply click on a store and a date and

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gPOS Aloha to Google Docs is an application that allows restaurant operators the ability to get important restaurant sales and labor figures in a spreadsheet format, anywhere they have an internet connection and not have to rely on an expensive web based database application or have monthly subscription based costs. We have been getting very positive comments on this application and it comes with

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Completed our new iPOS for Dinerware. iPOS for Dinerware will integrate to QuickBooks. You can easily post your sales, payments, discounts, sales tax to the QuickBooks general journal. Simply click the date in the grid and send to QuickBooks. Makes a balanced general journal entry to your QuickBooks company. Check it out at : http://www.incontrolpos.com/products/dinerware/quickbooksgl.aspx

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We completed a POSitouch debit application for a retirement home in the Seattle area. Horizon House had a Choice Dining plan where residents would have either $150 or $300 put on their account each month and then they could charge against that in the dining facilities. Keeping track of this was becoming a problem for the site. They were using the POSitouch in house gift card application, but the

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According to a report, most users still haven't answered the call by security experts to implement more robust passwords. In fact, in a list of the most easy to hack passwords, simply typing '123456' took a truly forgettable top prize. Security firm Imperva recently released its list of the passwords most likely to be hacked based on 32 million instances of successful hacking. Imperva named

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Here's a list 101 things for servers. Many times when I go out to eat, something on this list is relevant:Do not let anyone enter the restaurant without a warm greeting. Do not make a singleton feel bad. Do not say, “Are you waiting for someone?” Ask for a reservation. Ask if he or she would like to sit at the bar. Never refuse to seat three guests because a fourth has not yet arrived. If a

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Developed an Aloha House Accounts to the MAS90 Accounting system accounts receivable module. The application is loaded at the store level. When a guest wants to make a payment on their account at the store with out an associated sale, the store can take the payment through the Aloha POS system and the application will take those transactions and prepare them in a compatible format for importing

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