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Solve Peak Hour Delivery Errors & Customer Complaints

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"Order No.3! Is anyone Order No.3 here?"
It’s 12 noon, the peak rush hour for the fast-food restaurant. Servers walk back and forth down the aisle carrying plates, calling out order numbers. A customer raises their hand, only for the server to find the food doesn’t belong to their table after walking over. They call again, search again, and still deliver to the wrong table. It takes nearly 20 seconds just to locate the customer for every single order—this doesn’t even account for the back-and-forth trips between the dining area and the kitchen.

The time doubles if customers share tables or switch seats. Shared tables are even more troublesome. When two tables seating four guests each are combined to fit eight diners with six separate orders and six number tags, staff have no way to match each meal to the right person and have to ask every guest one by one.


The larger the restaurant, the harder it is to locate customers.


The root issue is not staff shortage, but lagging information flow.


Many restaurant owners believe slow food delivery stems from insufficient staff and simply hire two more servers to fix it. However, the truth is: even with extra hands, staff still cannot find the right seats, and more people will only create greater chaos.
  • Restaurants over 200 square meters feature multiple seating zones; cross-floor delivery brings extra trouble
  • Customers share tables or move seats, making number tags unmatchable to diners
  • Up to eight food runners rush around the dining area during peak hours, blocking each other’s paths
  • Cold meals, misdelivered orders and continuous customer complaints drag down table turnover rate

Core conflict: The kitchen knows what food to prepare, yet has no clear information on where each order should be delivered.


Shinage‘s Solution: Let Customers' Positions Report Themselves Automatically


Shinage  Electronics has been solving this problem since 2009, accumulating 16 years of experience and serving over 5,000 restaurants across 30 provinces and municipalities nationwide.

How does it work? Our logic is straightforward. Food runners no longer need to call out order numbers to locate customers. The system automatically captures a diner’s exact seat the moment they sit down, without requiring any extra operation from customers throughout the entire process.


Why can Xingji achieve 100% positioning accuracy?



A single base station covers 1,000 square meters, slashing deployment costs significantly.
Traditional solutions require installing dense arrays of devices, which leads to heavy installation workload, troublesome maintenance and high overall costs.
Shinage’s positioning base station can steadily cover an area of over 1,000 square meters with just one unit. A 300-square-meter restaurant can be fully covered by a single base station. Fewer devices mean easier installation and hassle-free long-term maintenance.

Precise Positioning with 100% Accuracy

Our high-precision system locates customer seats with a perfect 100% accuracy rate. Both food runners and food delivery robots can be accurately guided to the correct tables, completely eliminating misdeliveries and the trouble of searching for diners.


A single base station covers 1,000 square meters, slashing deployment costs significantly.
 
Traditional solutions require installing dense arrays of devices, which leads to heavy installation workload, troublesome maintenance and high overall costs.
Shinage’s positioning base station can steadily cover an area of over 1,000 square meters with just one unit. A 300-square-meter restaurant can be fully covered by a single base station. Fewer devices mean easier installation and hassle-free long-term maintenance.

 

Stackable Charging Design, Durable & Cashier Counter Space-Saving

 

We adopt an ingenious stackable charging structure to maximize space utilization without occupying valuable operating space on the cashier counter. It fully meets the charging demands of devices while keeping the checkout area neat and tidy. This design boosts the efficiency and rational layout of the cashier zone, guarantees stable power supply for all queue calling system equipment, and enables smooth daily restaurant service workflows.

 

Delivery Timeout Alert for Controllable Service Quality

 

The system is equipped with a built-in delivery timeout alert function. If an order remains undelivered after a preset time following food preparation, the system will trigger an automatic warning. Restaurant owners no longer need to supervise the dining floor in person; all data speaks for itself, clearly showing delayed tables and bottlenecks in every workflow at a glance.

 

Optional Call Function to Elevate Customer Service Experience

 

To cater to food pickup demands during peak dining hours, the system supports one-click linkage via terminals. Staff only need to tap the corresponding order tag number (e.g., No. 8) on the touchscreen of the inquiry terminal. The system will instantly activate the positioning device at that table, delivering three strong reminders including vibration, buzzing sound and flashing red light to accurately guide customers to the food pickup counter.

This design completely replaces the traditional way of staff wandering around to find diners and shouting numbers aloud, greatly accelerating order turnover during rush hours and upgrading overall restaurant service experience.

 

More than just positioning — it’s a full data dashboard.

 
Many restaurant owners realize after deploying the system that its greatest value lies not in faster food delivery, but in visible operational data.
The Shinage system supports the following functions:
• Real-time diner count display: Instantly check the number of occupied seats and table turnover rounds in the restaurant.
• Intelligent management: Analyze peak and off-peak hour distribution to provide solid reference for staffing arrangements.
• Growth analysis: Accumulate long-term data to identify customer flow trends and support business decision-making.
Transform store management from relying on subjective intuition to data-driven operation.
 
Actual Outcome: Fewer Staff yet Doubled Efficiency

Let’s take a typical Chinese fast food chain for comparison:

The four saved staff members can be reassigned to clear tables, guide customers and maintain cleanliness. During peak hours, there is no longer a need for all employees to deliver meals, which naturally improves the overall service experience.

16 years of accumulation, 6 generations of iterations, verified by over 5,000 brands

Qualifications & Honors

  • Member Unit of Software Industry Association
  • Double Soft Certification (Certified Software Enterprise & Certified Software Product)
  • Multiple Utility Model Patents (Desktop Positioning Card Insertion Device, Indoor Customer Positioning Terminal, Two-way Call Intelligent Positioning Terminal, etc.)
  • Multiple Computer Software Copyright Registration Certificates


Shinage’s systems have been deployed in more than 5,000 catering stores nationwide, covering a wide range of scenarios:

Restaurants in International Airports

Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Hongqiao, Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Bao’an, Tianjin Binhai, Nanjing Lukou, Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Zhengzhou Xinzheng, Wuhan Tianhe, Zhuhai Jinwan

High-speed Railway Station Restaurants

Beijing South, Shanghai Hongqiao, Guangzhou South, Shenzhen North, Nanjing South, Changsha South, Ningbo, Taizhou, Shenyang North, Zhengzhou East

Tourist Attractions

Beijing Theme Park, Shanghai Disney Resort, Shenzhen OCT Harbour, West Lake (Hangzhou), Xi’an City Wall, Chengdu Taikoo Li, Xiamen Gulangyu Island, Suzhou Shantang Street, Kunming Colorful Yunnan, Sanya Duty Free Shopping Complex

Large Shopping Malls

Universal Beijing Resort Center, Shanghai Qibao Vanke Center, Guangzhou Century Link Plaza, Shenzhen One Mall, Wuhan MixC, Hangzhou MixC, Suzhou Xintiandi, Changzhou Xinbei Wanda Plaza, Qingdao MixC, Hong Kong Shatin Plaza

Community Catering

Neighborhood restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Taizhou, Jinan, Qingdao and other cities


Simple Installation, Fully Set Up Within Half a Day


No renovation, wiring or complicated commissioning required.

  • Positioning base stations work right after power-on
  • Query terminals (PCs) placed at meal pickup counters
  • Table tag charging docks set on the bar counter
  • Zero equipment debugging needed


A full store deployment can be finished in half a day without disrupting daily business operations.


Which solution fits your restaurant?

Shinage Electronics offers a full product line catering to diverse dining scenarios: fast food / light meals, casual Hong Kong-style tea restaurants / milk tea shops / dessert stores, as well as self-service restaurants & staff canteens with self-pickup service.


If your restaurant is troubled by the following issues:

  • Food runners rush around the whole dining area during peak hours, yet orders are still delivered late or to the wrong tables
  • Mixed-table orders lead to chaos and customer complaints
  • Labor costs keep rising year after year; you want to cut manpower without sacrificing service quality
  • You need accurate real-time passenger flow and table turnover data of your store
Wondering which positioning solution suits your restaurant best?
Please email us at sales@shinage.com.cn and inform us of your restaurant type, and we will provide suitable recommendations for you.


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