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CaterXpert^TM is a comprehensive catering management solution for caterers facing the challenge of business growth and a demanding clientele.

CaterXpert^TM is the most comprehensive and accommodating catering management solution in the marketplace today. CaterXpert^TM is a fully web-based service. No special hardware or client-side software is required.

CaterXpert^TM was designed incorporating actual work-flow processes from premier catering firms. Our solution is designed to be event-centric, not departmentally oriented as other catering software. This approach enhances collaboration, communication, and coordination among all the different groups-significantly reducing the chance for problems and improving the customer's experience.

Benefits

• Reduce paperwork and administrative time for sales personnel enabling them to generate more proposals
• Better record all miscellaneous items and costs and increase the profitability of each project
• Decrease costs by running warehouse operations more smoothly, with less inventory
• Cut costs in food spoilage and waste
• Ensure proper staffing and service levels for events
• Significantly increase the operational efficiency and output for the business
• Unload clerical work from Chefs and enable them to create unique menus and spend more time training assistants
• Increase customer satisfaction by delivering more "nearly flawless" events
• Improve communication and accountability across all groups
• Handle more business with less strife than ever before

If CaterXpert^TM can help top caterers in the nation's capital serve flawless events to the most discriminating customers-political power brokers, diplomats, and dignitaries-chances are it can help your business too!

Key Features

• Kitchen
  • Food prep scheduling assigns duties to prep-cooks and prints details, and special instructions
  • At-A-Glance menu planner displays all event menus on an hourly, daily, weekly, or custom defined basis
  • Ingredient calculator estimates precise quantities of ingredients required for each menu
  • Change management feature accommodates last minute requests for changes to the menu
    
• Sales
  • Advanced contact management and client-vendor profiling capabilities.
  • Unique change notification feature permits departments to acknowledge, accept or reject requests for changes
  • Wizard-driven menu and proposal generation capabilities speed-up menu creation Step-by-step event-booking function ensures all event information and details are captured
  • Color-coded event calendar gives a clear view of workload and events scheduled that day or week
  • Reminder feature email/alerting of future tasks
• Scheduling
  • Maintain detailed personnel profiles on staff availability, qualifications, skills, cost, rating and preferences
  • Flag problems in service coverage by noting the status of each individual position as confirmed, penciled-in, or open
  • Produce call-in/call-out sheets to track time and attendance
• Warehouse/Transportation
  • Stock management keeps daily track of inventory orders, re-order levels and depreciation of items/stock
  • Accept or reject beverage, disposables, and equipment orders
  • Route optimizer minimizes travel time and cost
  • Generate detailed route maps and directions for deliveries