CaterData™ - handheld menu ordering system
A handheld menu ordering system specifically designed to deliver patient menu requests, enhance operational efficiency and reduce wastage by matching food availability to demand.
Struggling with inefficient manual bed-side ordering systems? Expolink’s CaterData™ could be just what you need for automated menu ordering. This live PDA handheld software solution is designed to collect patient orders according to dietary requirements against menu options. It allows automatic calculation of demand through synchronisation of the PDAs to the kitchen / catering department, ensuring patient satisfaction and waste prevention at all times and across multiple sites.
Is CaterData™ right for you?
CaterData™ has been designed to integrate with all government targets and initiatives to facilitate:
- Cook /freeze ordering within hospitals
- Batch produce menus against PEAT
- Supports the Government’s “Better Food for Hospitals” initiative
Benefits:
Automates patient choice
- Reduces food wastage by exactly matching supply and demand for food
- Automates seasonal menus
- Increases patient satisfaction by ensuring they get the food they want
- Prevents the mistakes of paper-based processes and incorrect menus being used
Ease of use
- Live data collection across multiple sites
- Limited IT skills required
- Flexible, simple-to-use system
- Full training provided
Powerful features
- Uses latest Microsoft .NET technologies and hand-held PDAs
- real-time data download
- Uses Crystal Reports™ for flexibility
- Easy set-up either as a stand-alone installation or fully networked
- Menus controlled by and automatically synchronised with the kitchen
Customised
- Easily customised for each hospital site / menu ordering requirement
Streamlined administration and processes
- Replaces time-consuming manual ordering and costly paper-based menu cards
- Improves productivity and reduces costs
- Enhances operational flexibility
- Provides efficiency improvements through automated menus and effective communication
- Structures waste-management process through batch production
- Access to real-time management data, so you can benchmark and meet objectives
- Helps you comply with legislation and best-practice methods
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To find out more
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