Food Service Industry Shaken by "Suspension of Specified Skilled Worker Visas." What is the 'Fully Unmanned Flow' for Ordering, Cooking, and Payment that Can Save Businesses from a Severe "Labor Force Disappearance"?
The food service industry faces a labor shortage crisis due to the suspension of Specified Skilled Worker visas. Skydining Co. proposes a solution with its POS "OneRegi," which automates processes from ordering to payment, enabling labor-saving and unmanned operations.
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As the food service industry suffers from a severe labor shortage, trends in the operational status and acceptance restrictions of the Ministry of Justice's "Specified Skilled Worker" program have become a matter of life and death for many restaurant businesses. The crisis of "labor force disappearance," where on-site operations that have been supported by foreign labor can no longer function, has reached a point where conventional recruitment measures are no longer sufficient. Skydining Co., Ltd. (HQ: Toshima-ku, Tokyo) offers a solution through its restaurant-specialized POS "OneRegi," which supports store survival with minimal staff, or a flow close to fully unmanned, by completing each process of ordering, cooking, and payment digitally.
### The Reality of "Restaurant Collapse" Caused by the Stagnation of Specified Skilled Workers
The "Specified Skilled Worker" program, currently utilized in many industries including food service, is facing changes in operational guidelines and acceptance status announced by the Ministry of Justice, which has an extremely large impact on the food service industry (Source: Ministry of Justice, "On the Temporary Suspension of Certificate of Eligibility Issuance for the 'Food Service Industry' Field under the Specified Skilled Worker Program" - April 13).
The difficulty in securing foreign staff, who have been relied upon as a "valuable labor force," can directly lead to "shortened business hours" or "business closure."
From a frontline perspective, many stores still face the following challenges:
*Source: Skydining Co., Ltd.*
General-purpose POS registers cannot fundamentally solve these "management issues stemming from labor shortages," and restaurants are now required to shift to a "system that can operate without people."
### Breaking Free from "Labor Dependency." The Next-Generation Unmanned Operation Envisioned by OneRegi
■ "Unmanned Ordering": Reducing staff customer service time to zero
With OneRegi, customers complete their orders using their own smartphones or dedicated terminals, reducing the man-hours for hall staff to take orders by 100%.
The multilingual support function allows for handling foreign tourists even without foreign staff.
Mobile Order: https://one-regi.com/lp/mobile-order/
Table Order: https://one-regi.com/lp/table-order/
■ "Unmanned Payment": Shutting out congestion and fraud at the register
Utilizing ticket machines and automatic change dispensers frees staff from accounting tasks. It prevents cash handling mistakes and fraud, and significantly shortens the time for closing procedures. The system takes on the work of one staff member.
Ticket Machine: https://one-regi.com/lp/hakkenki/
■ "Visualizing Cooking": Achieving professional efficiency even for inexperienced staff
Order data is instantly consolidated on the kitchen display. Automatic organization of serving order and alert functions enable efficient cooking and serving even with only inexperienced staff, minimizing chaos in the kitchen.
Kitchen Display: https://one-regi.com/lp/kitchen/
### Making the Food Industry a "Dream Job for Children" with Technology
From an era of "searching" for labor to an era of "complementing labor shortages" with technology. By implementing OneRegi, restaurants can build a strong management foundation that is not swayed by external factors like labor shortages. This is not just about efficiency; it is about reducing the burden on working staff and creating an environment where they can focus on "value that only people can provide," such as customer service.
[About OneRegi]
Implemented in over 2,000 stores nationwide with a retention rate of 98.3%. A restaurant-specialized POS register born from over 25 years of restaurant management know-how, equipped with all the features that frontline staff "really wished for."
[Skydining Co., Ltd. Company Profile]
Company Name: Skydining Co., Ltd.
Representative: Hiroaki Kataoka, CEO
Location: 5F, 2-1-6 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Business: Development, sales, and support of the restaurant-specialized POS register "OneRegi"
Official Website: https://one-regi.com/
[Contact for this service]
Skydining Co., Ltd. Inquiry Desk
URL: https://one-regi.com/introduction/contact/
[Contact for press release]
Skydining Co., Ltd. Public Relations
pr@sky-dining.co.jp
### The Reality of "Restaurant Collapse" Caused by the Stagnation of Specified Skilled Workers
The "Specified Skilled Worker" program, currently utilized in many industries including food service, is facing changes in operational guidelines and acceptance status announced by the Ministry of Justice, which has an extremely large impact on the food service industry (Source: Ministry of Justice, "On the Temporary Suspension of Certificate of Eligibility Issuance for the 'Food Service Industry' Field under the Specified Skilled Worker Program" - April 13).
The difficulty in securing foreign staff, who have been relied upon as a "valuable labor force," can directly lead to "shortened business hours" or "business closure."
From a frontline perspective, many stores still face the following challenges:
*Source: Skydining Co., Ltd.*
General-purpose POS registers cannot fundamentally solve these "management issues stemming from labor shortages," and restaurants are now required to shift to a "system that can operate without people."
### Breaking Free from "Labor Dependency." The Next-Generation Unmanned Operation Envisioned by OneRegi
■ "Unmanned Ordering": Reducing staff customer service time to zero
With OneRegi, customers complete their orders using their own smartphones or dedicated terminals, reducing the man-hours for hall staff to take orders by 100%.
The multilingual support function allows for handling foreign tourists even without foreign staff.
Mobile Order: https://one-regi.com/lp/mobile-order/
Table Order: https://one-regi.com/lp/table-order/
■ "Unmanned Payment": Shutting out congestion and fraud at the register
Utilizing ticket machines and automatic change dispensers frees staff from accounting tasks. It prevents cash handling mistakes and fraud, and significantly shortens the time for closing procedures. The system takes on the work of one staff member.
Ticket Machine: https://one-regi.com/lp/hakkenki/
■ "Visualizing Cooking": Achieving professional efficiency even for inexperienced staff
Order data is instantly consolidated on the kitchen display. Automatic organization of serving order and alert functions enable efficient cooking and serving even with only inexperienced staff, minimizing chaos in the kitchen.
Kitchen Display: https://one-regi.com/lp/kitchen/
### Making the Food Industry a "Dream Job for Children" with Technology
From an era of "searching" for labor to an era of "complementing labor shortages" with technology. By implementing OneRegi, restaurants can build a strong management foundation that is not swayed by external factors like labor shortages. This is not just about efficiency; it is about reducing the burden on working staff and creating an environment where they can focus on "value that only people can provide," such as customer service.
[About OneRegi]
Implemented in over 2,000 stores nationwide with a retention rate of 98.3%. A restaurant-specialized POS register born from over 25 years of restaurant management know-how, equipped with all the features that frontline staff "really wished for."
[Skydining Co., Ltd. Company Profile]
Company Name: Skydining Co., Ltd.
Representative: Hiroaki Kataoka, CEO
Location: 5F, 2-1-6 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Business: Development, sales, and support of the restaurant-specialized POS register "OneRegi"
Official Website: https://one-regi.com/
[Contact for this service]
Skydining Co., Ltd. Inquiry Desk
URL: https://one-regi.com/introduction/contact/
[Contact for press release]
Skydining Co., Ltd. Public Relations
pr@sky-dining.co.jp