Glossary

The words behind the numbers.

Plain-English definitions of the terms that decide whether a restaurant makes money — each one answer-first, sourced, and linked to the part of OpslyIQ that acts on it.

Buddy punching

One employee clocking in for another — invisible to a basic time clock; caught by GPS + photo + geofence.

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Cash leak (deposit gap)

The shortfall between the cash your sales imply and what hit the bank — the quiet leak.

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Clopening

Closing then opening with too little rest between — restricted under many fair-workweek laws.

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Fully-loaded labor cost

Wages plus the employer payroll taxes on top — the labor number that actually hits your P&L.

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Inventory variance

The gap between what you should have used and what you did — the food-cost half of profit leak.

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POS-agnostic

Works on top of the POS you already run — no rip-and-replace, no vendor lock-in.

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Prime cost

Food + beverage cost plus total labor — the single most-watched restaurant profitability number.

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Profit leak

The money lost to voids, variance, and labor drift — hiding between the systems that should catch it.

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Reverse trial

Full access, no card, no auto-charge — access pauses at the end until you choose to subscribe.

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Tip-credit make-up

The wage an employer adds when tips + cash wage fall below minimum — calculated per workweek.

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Void & comp abuse

Misuse of the cancel/discount functions — a pattern of it is one of the clearest profit-leak signals.

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Wages-only vs. fully-loaded labor

Wages-only counts pay; fully-loaded adds the employer taxes — only the loaded figure is your true cost.

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