Up to 32 revenue centers can be used in Maitre'D. The total number of revenue centers available for your system is configured in Point of Sale Control / View / Options / Configuration.
Revenue centers are sometimes also called "Profit Centers". Revenue Centers generally correspond to different services or locations offered by the establishment. For instance, a restaurant that has a bar/lounge, a take-out counter and a delivery service in addition to the regular dining room may want to be able to take reports for each of these entities separately. For that purpose, you may create a revenue center for each service: Dining Room, Bar/Lounge, Take-Out, Delivery. With these revenue centers, you can now take sales reports for each individual revenue center to assess the individual performance of each entity, or you can take reports that combine all revenue center to assess the global performance of the whole establishment.
Each revenue center can have up to 32 modes. Modes can be seen as price levels or price points. Modes can change automatically based on the time of day, or be selected manually. It is also possible to assign specific modes to employee screen access configurations. The number of modes available is configured in Point of Sale Control / View / Options / Configuration. Other mode options are configured in Point of sale Control / Revenue Center / Options / Configuration / Modes.
NOTE: The processing time used by item files increases exponentially with the number of revenue centers and modes. For instance, a system with 4 revenue centers and 4 modes has 16 different configurations per sales item to manage. A system using the maximum 32 revenue centers and 32 modes has a total of 1024 configurations per sales item to manage. For this reason, the Maitre'D system should be configured for the smallest possible number of revenue centers and modes in order to maximize performance.