System Infrastructure
The QuickDine Electronic Payment System

The QuickDine system is more than just an automated cash recording facility. Its a proven solution installed in over 30 sites backed by trained personnel with many years of experience installing and supporting education catering.

At the core of the system lies the server PC. This usually resides in the catering office. In this event all pupil account information is kept here. Alternatively the school may wish to link up their Admin server to the cashless payment system in order to process remote payments via cheque or credit card. Additionally the QuickDine System can exchange data with Capita Sims.Net TM C-MIS TM P.A.R.S. TM or to other available software modules available in the QuickDine TM range such as pupil Sports activity monitoring software.Healthy Eating promotion, Nutritional reporting or a Financial accounting package

Reports At the end of each trading session, the catering supervisor may access data which includes the value of the current transactions and daily takings analysis . In the case where single or multiple revaluation units are installed, these too are connected to the PC, so that money is credited and is available instantaneously for the pupil to spend. Additionally the catering manager may access the pupil account in real-time in order to query student balances or individual revaluation or spending transactions.

Point Of Sale Unit
This small footprint PC unit has an integral touch screen it works on a similar process to a standard  preset till keyboard. All operator functions are shown on screen, these are easliyactivated by light finger touch. Multiple menu screens are provided to cater for different Breakfast, Break & Lunchtime menus, ensuring that only those items relevant to that service period are displayed. There are no mechanical switches to wear out as with other keyboard systems.

 

Security

In addition to increases in pupil throughput, security has been of prime concern. When a card is swiped or the pupils fingerprint is read, the photo image of the account holder appears on the screen, enabling the operator to verify that the correct card is being used by the student. Images are imported directly from the school Capita SIMS TM or CMIS TM system. This ensures system integrity. This also provides a cost effective way of running a card based system rather than having to issue separate Photo-ID cards. The cards may be recycled at the end of the school year to the new school intake. Costs of ownership are reduced yet the school benefits from a highly flexible and effective system.

Built To Serve ! Reliability has been of prime concern. We cannot stress too highly the level of reliability built into this device by careful design. This Pos unit is not just a collection of separate components sourced from various manufacturers shoe-horned in a plastic housing, as which we have seen recently with some Dining systems. .Not so..This is a quality almost industrial engineered unit comprising of a high specification motherboard with a 2Ghz Processor ,Usb 2.0, 256 or 512 MB Ram choice, The world renowned ELO touch screen system is a standard feature. The aluminium housing was a massive financial investment on behalf of the manuafacturer, it ensures that cooler operating environment is provided for all of the internal components. The power supply unit is housed sepatately furthe contributing to the reliability of this product as a whole. As testament to the build quality of this product, it is rapidly becoming the premier choice of worldwide high street outlets such as, Burger King, KFC, McDonalds, Haagen-Dazs, Pizza Hut & Post Office Counter Shops (U.K.) confirming that this manufacturer has a well earned first class reputation in the food service & Public sectors.

Join The Video Age ! As from July 06, a dual VGA graphics processor is now shipped at no additional cost. This device allows a simple future upgrade path to dual screen output (as shown below). Our video information software module, allows single image or live video advertising clips such as tomorrows menu choices, special offers, important school events or healthy eating information or indeed just about anything to be displayed at the rear of the till on an optional 12" integrated LCD screen. This may also double up as the customer display (as below). Alternatively the video output may be routed to wallmounted LCD or Plasma screens for even greater impact.

Not all systems are created equal ! Our Quickdine 15" LCD terminal shown earlier, has a small footprint requiring less counter space. It is a one piece PC boasting a diecast body of heavy gauge industrial quality aluminium, Quite unlike some cashless offerings seen recently. i.e. a plastic 12" touch screen is mounted above a separate desktop pc with display !!!!.

Cheaper ?. Possibly..... Practical?... Most Certainly Not !

 

Would you really want all of this cluttering your kitchen sales area ???

New feature ! Automatic Stand-alone Opertation and Network Data Recovery. No more frantic scribbling down card numbers & meal items on paper in the event of a Network Failure. We have recently added this exciting new feature. If a tillpoint should lose it's network connection or indeed should a network completely malfunction for some reason, the tillpoints will not stop working. They will switch to Independent operation. This will allow staff to process sales as normal via fingerprint or card minimising the disruption of such an event. When the network is recovered the stored data will be transmitted back to the server PC. Available soon

Secure Revaluation Units

A steel housing with recessed door & twin locking points provide enhanced security. The Coin/Note Revaluation units are designed to be positioned at key positions at the school. The number of units required is often dependant upon the number of pupils at the school and how many pupils are likely to bring cash rather than cheque.

The Revaluation unit has been designed to be as user-friendly as possible. The unit may handle a range of coins, a note reader is now available as standard either way the "reval" unit reduces the amount of cash being carried by pupils, providing security, stremlining the cash handling process and reduces the opportunity of bullying.

The neutral colour of the Revaluation allows it to blend in easily into the school environment. These units are secure yet easily emptied by the relevant personnel.

New Biometric I.D We have added exciting new cutting edge technology to our product. Rather than "re invent the wheel" we have chosen a proven fingerprint system from an established specialist biometric i.d. company. This has been integrated into the QuickDine cashless trading solution. The tough industrial housed scanner has been chosen over many units we have tested over an 18 month period. It is robust and with good captured print quality, will return a pupil i.d. from a database of 25,000 prints in under 1 second. The fingerprint scanning system is utilised both at the tillpoint(s) and at the wall mounted revaluation unit. Our BioScanID biometric system removes completely the necessity for additional card administration within the school. Additionally pupils no longer have the excuse that they cannot afford a replacement card or have forgotten their card. They may continue to purchase at the dining facility without interruption.

C.C.T.V. A low cost real-time video CCTV system may be incorporated to monitor the units if they are sited in less public areas. The CCTV may be programmed to automatically record events as pupils approach the revaluer. all data is stored on the server and may be reviewed later.

For more information or a demonstration on any of the QuickDine products please call.
Tel:01253 62 80 20