Kitchen Display System

A KDS that move with the pace of service.

Nova KDS routes every order to the right station, tracks ticket age, and helps the kitchen stay ahead during rush periods.
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Two men in black aprons using touch screen order systems in a restaurant kitchen with digital order details displayed above each screen.

Kitchen management beyond the screen.

Nova KMS helps operators manage prep, production, recipes, waste, and station performance from one connected kitchen layer.

Prep lists based on forecasted demand
Recipe and build card consistency across locations
Waste tracking tied to items and stations
Production visibility for managers and operators
Two women in aprons working together in a modern cafe or restaurant, one holding a tablet and the other using a laptop, smiling and discussing with a digital overlay of a restaurant order interface showing order details and settings.

AI kitchen orchestration.
Trained on your kitchen.

Most KDS systems route a ticket and start a timer. Nova KDS predicts how long each ticket will take in your kitchen, balances station workload in real time, and streamlines the order queue during peak volume.

Dynamic station load balancing during peak volume
80/20, 60/40, or custom station allocation rules
Prioritize orders based on station speed, staff rating, and prep capacity
Bump bar support for fast, hands-free ticket control
Ticket aging surfaced before complaints land
Honest ETA based on real kitchen conditions
Modern commercial kitchen workspace with stainless steel counters holding stacks of white plates, two mounted touchscreen monitors displaying kitchen order systems, and a worker in a black shirt preparing food with containers of fresh green lettuce.

Kitchen management.
Beyond the ticket.

Nova combines Kitchen Display System (KDS) and Kitchen Management System (KMS) into a single platform. Operators gain visibility into station performance, throughput, bottlenecks, ticket aging, and kitchen productivity across every location from a centralized dashboard.

Station throughput and performance reporting
Identify bottlenecks before service levels are impacted
Kitchen productivity analytics by location and daypart
Ticket aging trends and service-time monitoring
Manager alerts when stations fall behind
Real-time kitchen health dashboards
Diagram showing two devices connected in a workflow: a touchscreen device with a dark task management interface on the left and a laptop displaying a kitchen display system with order details and a QR code on the right, with curved arrows indicating bidirectional data flow between them.
A man in a black shirt and brown apron using a touchscreen point-of-sale system in a kitchen setting, with a diagram showing integration of online ordering, mobile app, kiosk, and POS into one consolidated system.

One kitchen.
One queue.

Whether an order starts at the POS, kiosk, mobile app, drive-thru, web ordering, or a marketplace, every ticket flows through a single kitchen workflow. No duplicate systems. No third-party tablets. No missed orders.

All channels flow into a unified kitchen queue
Marketplace orders routed alongside in-store orders
No third-party tablets at the expo station
Prioritize by channel, promise time, or order type
Consistent workflows across every location
One source of truth for kitchen operations
Real example - lunch rush load balancing
During a lunch rush, Nova KDS identified one grill station falling behind while a parallel station had available capacity. The kitchen manager adjusted routing rules and rebalanced the queue in seconds. Ticket aging stabilized, service times improved, and the kitchen avoided a growing backlog during peak volume.
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Modern POS

Orders flow from POS to kitchen in near real time.
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Handhelds

Tableside and line-busting orders routed directly to KDS.
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Online ordering

Web, mobile, and marketplace orders enter one kitchen queue.
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Modern KDS. Smarter kitchens.

See how Nova's Kitchen Display System (KDS) and Kitchen Management System streamline routing, balance station workload, and improve kitchen performance.
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