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Category / Hospitality Definition |
Example |
Escalation path |
Acknowledgment |
First Response / Contact |
1 |
Critical business-stopping: unable to accept customer orders |
Payment systems are down (network fails, register fails, mobile fails)
|
Call – Custom Number to be Provided Later |
ASAP |
ASAP |
2 |
Business-impacting: can help customers but operations meaningfully impacted |
Single register failure; printer / KDS failure
|
Call – Custom Number to be Provided Later |
ASAP |
1 hour |
3 |
All others: annoying but can still operate -- workaround exists without immediate fix |
Music down, customer Wi-Fi down, Timeclock Down, etc
|
Portal: Custom Portal Link to be Provided Later |
1 hours |
2 hours |
4 |
Nice-to-have enhancement: good to have but no reduced function relative to standard |
Computer upgrade, moving mobile iPad / KDS
|
Portal: Custom Portal Link to be Provided Later |
1 hours |
6 hours |
5 |
Project: planned upgrades or changes |
Printer upgrade rollout, installing food tablets for mobile
|
Portal: Custom Portal Link to be Provided Later |
1-2 hours |
24 hours |
Category / Definition:
Critical business-stopping: unable to accept customer orders
|
Example:
Payment systems are down (network fails, register fails, mobile fails)
|
Escalation path: Call – Custom Number to be Provided Later |
Acknowledgment: ASAP |
First Response: ASAP |
Category / Definition:
Business-impacting: can help customers but operations meaningfully impacted
|
Example:
Single register failure; printer / KDS failure
|
Escalation path: Call – Custom Number to be Provided Later |
Acknowledgment: ASAP |
First Response: 1 hour |
Category / Definition:
All others: annoying but can still operate -- workaround exists without immediate fix
|
Example:
Music down, customer Wi-Fi down, Timeclock Down, etc
|
Escalation path: Portal: Custom Portal Link to be Provided Later |
Acknowledgment: 1 hours |
First Response: 2 hours |
Category / Definition:
Nice-to-have enhancement: good to have but no reduced function relative to standard
|
Example:
Computer upgrade, moving mobile iPad / KDS
|
Escalation path: Portal: Custom Portal Link to be Provided Later |
Acknowledgment: 1 hours |
First Response: 6 hours |
Category / Definition:
Project: planned upgrades or changes
|
Example:
Printer upgrade rollout, installing food tablets for mobile
|
Escalation path: Portal: Custom Portal Link to be Provided Later |
Acknowledgment: 1-2 hours |
First Response: 24 hours |
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