RTN Workgroups

Workgroups are hyper-focused, technical collaborations where technology suppliers work together to develop tangible outcomes such as data standards, frameworks, and best practices. Restaurants provide strategic guidance while tech suppliers deliver expertise.

Participation is flexible — join anytime and contribute as much or as little as you like. Leading or contributing to a workgroup provides visibility as a thought leader in the industry, often leading to speaking opportunities at events like MURTEC.

Frequency: Twice per month
Length: 1 hour

Forget slides, scripts, and one-way presentations. This RTN Share Group is a live, unscripted conversation where restaurant operators and technology leaders come together to solve the real challenges of boosting efficiency and profitability.

Discover how smarter systems—from IoT-driven food safety and real-time operations visibility to enterprise data modernization and AI-powered guest engagement—empower brands to streamline workflows, reduce waste, and drive stronger margins. Our panel of innovators will share practical examples, answer your most pressing questions, and offer actionable insights you can put into practice immediately.

Bring your challenges. Share your wins. Learn from peers who are transforming efficiency into profitability every day.

This is real talk for restaurant leaders who want results—no slides, no scripts, just smarter ways forward.

Work Group: Restaurant Back-of-House Automation

Join the Restaurant Technology Network to revolutionize Back-of-House (BOH) restaurant operations by establishing universal data standards that enable seamless communication and integration across diverse technological systems. As the industry shifts toward automation to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve service quality, the lack of standardized data formats presents a significant challenge to interoperability.

By developing and implementing these standards, we empower restaurants to optimize key operational functions, streamline workflows, enhance communication between kitchen and front-of-house teams, and ensure food quality and service delivery consistency. Our goal is to drive industry-wide innovation, enabling restaurants to fully leverage technology for improved productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

Workgroup: Vendor-To-Vendor Integration Assessment

The future of innovation inside the restaurant industry depends on various technology applications integrating smoothly and sharing data seamlessly. RTN's Open API Framework provides a solid foundation for defining what constitutes an Open API. Although many restaurant technology companies have open APIs, they are sometimes controlled by contractual and/or cost-prohibitive business practices that render an open API ineffective and/or inaccessible - especially to the newest innovative technology companies on the scene.

Solution:

This workgroup will collaborate to develop the following initiatives:

RFP Questions to identify cost-prohibitive business practices and assess the adoption of RTN Standards.
An Education Guide to raise awareness of key industry challenges.
A Self-Certification Program to recognize and promote organizations that implement RTN Standards.

These efforts aim to facilitate the seamless, efficient, and equitable integration of vendor solutions into the industry's broader ecosystem of established market solutions.

Who Should Join this Workgroup?

POS
Loyalty
Back Office
Small Vendor Companies, such as those deploying AI solutions
Partner Managers
Integration Managers
Sales Leadership
Marketing Leadership

Any interested in standards, advancing adoption and enabling integrations!

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