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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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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

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

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

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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