Cafeteria Point of Sale Hardware and Software for School Lunch

FSS™ POSitive ID System III

Designed by Food Service Directors and Business Managers alike, our TCP-IP client-server Point-of-Sale software system is developed to meet the specific needs of a school cafeteria environment. Every feature, screen, and reporting function we incorporated into this program was done so with one thing in mind…YOU, a food service professional. Our POS system will provide you with a complete audit trail, provides total confidentiality for Free & Reduced students, eliminates cash or ticket systems, generates State & Federal reports at a touch of a button, sends account balance & transaction letters to families, plus much, much more.

Designed to run over a LAN/WAN using TCP-IP (Internet based protocol) POSitive ID is perfect for schools/businesses with multiple buildings with connectivity. Data is stored on a central server and each point of sale terminal can be controlled from a central office. Any student or employee can eat in any connected building. No more downloads, uploads, merges or data dumps on a daily basis. Data is just like your car keys. The more times you move them the more likely they are to get lost or misplaced. Lost or misplaced data is a Food Service Director's worst fear and an IT nightmare.

Additionally, our POS system is fully integrated with number pads, bar code readers, biometric scanners, accounting packages, digital Photo and FSS™ F.O.R.M.S. (Free or Reduced Meal software).

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System Requirements
Point of Sale Terminal

Touch Screen Monitor (13" larger) or Mouse
Windows 2000-XP (stand alone)
Pentium Class III or equivalent
1.2 MHz or faster
Network Interface Card
256 MB RAM
10 GIG or larger hard drive

Network Server **
minimum specifications

Pentium Class IV or Xeon Server
1 GHz or faster
512 MB RAM
Windows 2000 Server
Network Interface Card
Network Switch Compatible With Fractional T-1

FSS-POSitive ID operates most efficiently on a Windows 2000 or better platform with connectivity at Fractional T-1 or better (500 KPS).

CAT-5 cabling must be run from the switch of the existing network

APS Battery back-up on server required and very highly recommended at POS station.

FSS POSitive ID

TCP-IP Client-Server application
Centralized MS SQL Server Database using LAN/WAN
"Smart Terminal Technology" POS runs local if server is down
Centralized Reporting with no merging, data dumping or downloading (Real-Time)
ODBC integration to student information package
Intuitive, easy to use Windows 32 bit application
Prints daily deposit ticketing showing all cash and checks taken in. No need to recopy information to your banks deposit ticket.
Tracks free, reduced, snack, summer feeding or milk programs
Prints edit check sheet for USDA School Lunch Program
Separate school lunch and ALA carte accounts
Customizable shortcuts and menu as per lane
Buy your own or we supply standard PC based hardware
Real Time integration for Free Or Reduced Meal application processing (FSS F.O.R.M.S.)
Email letters or statements to parents

"Shrink Wrap" Point of Sale Solution

The point of sale industry has a long term history of proprietary hardware, cumbersome installation and expensive service support contracts. Many point of sale suppliers abide by "the mushroom theory". Keep the customer in the dark with an expensive, overrated support contract (get your money up front). When it comes feeding time (service call) make sure the tech doesn't give away the trade secrets so we can keep them on support (read: in the dark and knowledge starved).

Food Service Solutions is a software developer first and foremost. We believe the same people who support the computer you surf the Internet on every day are more than capable of installing our software (point of sale in cafeterias really is quite simple). Furthermore, who do you call when your computer is on the blink. Probably someone in your IT department. These same folks are more than capable of installing off-the-shelf hardware- emphasize nonproprietary. Many school districts have network technicians certified in Novell or Microsoft and large school districts have teams of experts.

What about the hardware? School districts have GSA and other special pricing sources for standard hardware. Why pay more?

Service? Your IT department is on site. If the power surges and knocks out your system a service contract won't help (lunch will probably be over)--but a good APS battery back up will. It just makes sense....point of sale is just software and support.

Our job is to support your IT department and keep them in the light. We have trained professionals in networking, accounting and food cost control on staff to support you. Best of all is the money you'll save. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands of dollars.

On site support. You bet. We love to visit our customers. But we won't show up and charge big $$$$ just to feed the mushrooms.