The Hidden Margin: How to Know Your Real Profitability

In hospitality, the selling price does not always tell the whole story. Behind every dish, every breakfast, or every menu of the day, there is a silent equation that determines the financial success or failure of a business: the relationship between production cost and final price. PIDE transforms that equation into clarity, helping managers understand, protect, and maximize the true profit margin of their sales.

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For years, many restaurants and hotels have managed their prices based on intuition about profitability.

But the market changes, input prices fluctuate, and that apparent profitability can evaporate without leaving a trace in the monthly balances.

PIDE sheds light on that blind spot where invisible profits are lost.

Its functionality for monitoring sales profit allows for automatic comparison of current production costs with the selling price and analysis of the real margin of each product.

Imagine that the cost of oil, flour, or meat increases by 7%. At first glance, it seems like a minor change, but by the end of the quarter, that increase could have reduced your overall margin by several percentage points. PIDE visualizes those variations in real-time, allowing for a proactive response before the problem affects the final outcome.

Our platform translates each operation — from an order to the receipt of an invoice — into structured data that integrates into a business intelligence system. This means that the general manager or purchasing manager sees numbers and patterns, enabling them to identify which products have become unprofitable, how supplier changes affect margins, or which recipes need to be readjusted.

This data-driven approach turns cost management into a strategic practice. It is no longer just about controlling expenses; it’s about making informed decisions: adjusting selling prices, renegotiating conditions with suppliers, or redesigning menus based on real profitability. PIDE offers a panoramic and accurate view of the business, eliminating assumptions and replacing them with evidence.

In a sector where every margin point counts, monitoring sales profit with PIDE is a tangible competitive advantage. Because what is not measured cannot be improved. And what is measured with precision can be transformed into sustained profitability.
Turn your data into decisions and your sales into real profits.

Contact us and discover how PIDE can help you know the real profitability of your business.

The DX ecosystem

Manage with a data-driven approach and extract value from data through an ecosystem of modular and flexible solutions tailored to your organization’s needs.

Designed for companies, businesses, and organizations that work with data, seek to extract value from it, or are looking to start doing so, we offer comprehensive support throughout the entire data lifecycle.

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ILUMINA
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Data monitoring and automated event triggering
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Data-driven purchasing management and cost analysis

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