NAFEM and the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), a division of the National Retail Federation have made available a technical specification for creating a communication link between the POS and commercial kitchen equipment.
"The ProCon Technical Specification sets data protocol conversion standards for messages between XML-based systems, like POS terminals or payment systems, and SNMP-based foodservice equipment, such as fryers or refrigerators. The result addresses an industry need for greater systems integration and information exchange enabling better sales reporting, inventory management and kitchen equipment monitoring," the association said in a statement.
The new standard incorporates NAFEM Data Protocol, a widely-accepted standard that allows commercial kitchen equipment to communicate with a foodservice manager's or service technician's computer.
"By providing the means to link commercial kitchen equipment and back-office systems on a network, ARTS and NAFEM have addressed one of the operator community's primary communication goals," says NAFEM President Carol Wallace, CFSP, Cooper-Atkins Corporation, Middlefield, Conn. "We're proud NAFEM could play a role in this significant step and we will continue to help foster the development of commercial kitchen and retail systems integration."
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