Define restaurant FP&A software scope before planning cycles, owners, and evidence sources drift.
Restaurant FP&A software review should start with planning calendars, budget owners, forecast owners, scenario models, board packs, operator packs, buyer-owned finance records, market-visible assumptions, and the first planning decision that needs proof.
- Finance, operations, accounting, procurement, labor, franchise, analytics, and executive owners agree which planning workflow needs proof first.
- Budget files, forecast models, GL exports, POS history, payroll, AP, invoice, cash, tax, and entity assumptions remain buyer-owned and explicit.
- The review names whether the output should be annual plan, reforecast, scenario model, board pack, operator pack, CSV export, API feed, or MICT follow-up workflow.
