Simplify Production Planning for BOH
Dataspoon Stations uses your sales data and kitchen capacity to keep your BOH running smoothly by creating precise production plans that reduce waste and prevent stock outs.
Recommended Batch
Our advanced production algorithm connects directly to your POS system, analyzing live sales data alongside your configured parameters—minimum food on hand, depletion rates, store hours, and cook times—to calculate exactly when and how much to prep. Each location and product gets fully customized recommendations based on its unique patterns, with the system refreshing every 15 minutes to adapt to changing sales. This keeps food fresh while minimizing waste through precise, data-driven timing tailored to your specific operation.
Smart Batch
Choose the perfect batch size with complete visibility into the impact of your decision. Our system presents multiple batch size options alongside estimated runout times and quality indicators for each choice, all calculated from your location's 6-week sales average. Whether you select a half-batch, full-batch, or custom size, you'll know exactly when you'll run out and how it affects food quality. Empower managers to make informed prep decisions based on real data instead of guesswork.
Batch Tracking
Monitor every stage of your prep process with comprehensive tracking from recommendation to service. Our system expires cooking recommendations after 15 minutes to prevent batch pile-ups, tracks staff compliance with starred indicators when recommendations are followed, and monitors in-progress batches with cook time alerts that highlight overdue items in red. Once completed, batches display real-time quality scores and remaining quantities, giving you complete visibility into your prep pipeline at every moment.
Quality
Maintain optimal freshness standards with configurable quality scoring that tracks time elapsed since cooking. Our system continuously monitors and displays quality percentages at every level: individual batches, products, and store-wide.
We give you complete visibility into food freshness across your operation. Quality thresholds are fully configurable in your settings, and the system clearly identifies when batches have expired, helping you manage cook-and-deplete items effectively while ensuring customers always receive the freshest food possible.
Waste
Track and minimize food waste with precise reporting that captures every discarded item. Our system defines waste as food thrown away due to expiration based on your restaurant's food safety standards and quality preferences, ensuring nothing unsafe reaches customers. With both batch-specific and waste entry options, you can accurately measure disposal patterns, identify problem areas, and use this data to refine future prep recommendations, creating a continuous improvement cycle that reduces waste while maintaining food safety standards.
Built for your team
It’s one click and you’re good to go. Your crew can switch languages instantly, keeping prep smooth and the team in sync.
Advanced Production Forecasting
Dataspoon uses one integration to create an advanced forecast showing you what to cook & when for all your menu items. Recommendations appear when you need them, and auto-update every 15 minutes to provide you with an up to date recommendation that accounts for any fluctuations in sales.
Throttle online and in-store orders
Online and 3rd party delivery orders continue to capture a larger portion of customers. Stations keeps teams prepared for the growing demand. Don't waste time analyzing trends. Ensure your team is cooking what you need when you need it as it's happening.
Run it your way.
Dataspoon has your back.
Every kitchen’s got its rhythm. Whether you want full-blown cooking recommendations tailored to your pace, or prefer batch insights that help you decide. Dataspoon is designed to support your workflow.
Ready to optimize your kitchen?
Join the restaurants already saving time, reducing waste, and improving efficiency with Station's production planning.