Production Day & Kitchen Screen

The production day is where the kitchen works one day's orders. You see every order as a packing card, make each line as you cook it, and close out pickups. The Kitchen screen shows the same day as tickets on a tablet, so cooks can tap and bump without the planning tools in the way. Both screens update on their own as orders arrive and lines get made.

The calendar and the Purchasing tab are covered in Production.


Open a day

  1. Open Operations → Production → Production.
  2. Click Today, or click any day on the calendar.

The day opens with its date in the breadcrumb. The arrows beside Today step to the previous or next day.

The bar along the top has:

  • Calendar to go back to the calendar.
  • Print prep and Print slips for this day only.
  • The plus button to Add to calendar, if you can create production.
  • The tablet button, which opens the Kitchen screen for this day.
  • A speaker button for the New order sound, and a Full screen button.

A day with nothing on it says No orders for today (or the weekday).

Packing cards and the batch lane

The left side holds the cards. Packaging — by customer has one card per order. Special / manual productions and Kitchen / Internal (meal plans) hold work with no customer behind it.

The right side is Batch production, folded into a thin rail. Click the rail to open it.

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Also in this guide

  • Filter by station
  • Make food from the cards
  • Work the packing cards
  • Use the Kitchen screen
  • Who can do what
  • Common Questions
  • Next Steps

Last updated: November 14, 2026