Eatec Corporation announced today that its enterprise back-office
solution, EatecNetX, has been selected by Cara Airline Solutions
(CAS), the largest travel caterer in Canada, to support operations in
CAS' ten centres across Canada.
Cara Airline Solutions will utilize EatecNetX for forecasting of
passenger and meal volumes, purchasing, inventory, production
planning, menu cycles, flight orders and invoicing. The solution will
enable near real-time updates of passenger counts, special meals,
aircraft configurations, flight schedules, and gate locations to be
imported for automatic adjustment of production quantities and
schedules. EatecNetX will also help create efficiencies with the
configuration, stocking and management of trolleys for all flights
serviced by Cara Airline Solutions.
"We were looking for a comprehensive solution that would allow us
to replace numerous cumbersome and labor-intensive legacy
applications, and help reduce food and production costs," said John
Thompson, Director of Information Technology, Cara Operations. "With
EatecNetX, Cara Airline Solutions will have the required platform to
achieve integration flexibility, process performance and enhanced
operations across each of its flight kitchens."
About Eatec
Eatec Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise back-office
solutions and services for the hospitality and foodservice industries.
EatecNetX, Eatec's web-centric software solution, helps organizations
reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies, resulting in a
quick return on investment. In addition to managing flight catering
operations, airline caterers may also utilize EatecNetX for airport
food and beverage terminal outlets, airport retail shop outlets, and
business and industry and event catering. Eatec clients include
restaurant chains, hotels, resorts, casinos, stadiums and arenas,
convention centers, theme parks, airline caterers, universities, K-12
schools and supermarket foodservice. For more information, visit our
web site at www.eatec.com.
About Cara Airline Solutions
Airline Solutions is a division of Cara Operations Ltd. With over
50 airline and rail customers representing all regions of the world,
Airline Solutions is Canada's leading provider of catering and
logistics services to the travel industry. Airline Solutions operates
ten centres across Canada, including a kosher certified production
facility and a 269,000 square foot centre at Toronto's Pearson
Airport.
