July 23, 2007 08:00 AM EST
More Foodservice Distributors Join RTI to Provide Electronic
Ordering to Restaurants
Harvest
Foods, Manning Brothers, and Pate Dawson were added last quarter as new RTI
Supply Chain Partners. Their participation allows restaurants using RTIconnect
to download their electronic order guides—essentially product lists—and
transmit their food orders via the Internet. These partner interfaces were
added at the request of RTI’s quick-service customers in the Wendy’s, and
Bojangle’s franchise systems who use RTIconnect to manage their restaurants’
food cost.
Each
time the distributor updates their product list, RTIconnect lets the
administrator know, keeping them informed of items that are added,
discontinued, repackaged in a new pack/size, and items with price changes.
Keeping the restaurant’s product lists in sync with the distributor helps the
manager order correctly and helps ensure that the company qualifies for any
available electronic ordering discounts.
RTIconnect
automatically calculates a suggested food order taking into consideration all
of the factors that influence the ordering decision: forecasted sales,
inventory on hand, inventory ordered but not yet delivered, and optional safety
factors. The suggested order can then be modified by the restaurant manager
before it is sent electronically to the foodservice distributor.
RTIconnect
now interfaces with 18 major foodservice distributors.
About RTI
(Restaurant Technology, Inc.)
RTI
(www.internetRTI.com) is a leading developer of technology solutions for the
quick-service and fast-casual restaurant industries. Today more than 9,000
restaurants across the
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Contact:
Vice
President – Sales & Marketing
RTI
(Restaurant Technology, Inc.)
ph:
770-590-4300
fax:
770-590-4313