Dining services at Vermont’s Middlebury College has implemented a suite of software solutions from hospitality software solutions and services provider, Agilysys to help streamline food-service operations.

Midddlebury has implemented Agilysys’ InfoGenesis POS, Eatec inventory and procurement software and rGuest Pay payment gateway for the college’s three dining halls, a snack bar and several retail dining operations. Middlebury’s dining services staff also provides catering for a wide range of campus and private functions and was in need of new ways to help conserve resources, reduce potential losses and provide more efficient service to customers.

“InfoGenesis POS, combined with rGuest Pay, will help ensure optimum productivity and secure payment processing, as well as support our future adoption of mobile payment,” says Dan Detora, executive director of food service operations at Middlebury College. “In addition, Eatec is the ideal inventory and procurement solution for us, with interfaces to our largest vendors and support for handheld devices that will allow us to receive deliveries and conduct inventory counts quickly and easily.”

Middlebury College is using the following Agilysys software solutions:

InfoGenesis POS. Agilysys’ point-of-sale system that combines an a user friendly terminal and tablet touchscreen application with offline capabilities. The POS is designed for multi-unit and complex operations, and includes real-time reporting, support for packages and prix fixe menus, and multi-language capabilities. The system accommodates any combination of food, beverage and retail services and integrates with both other Agilysys next-generation solutions and a wide variety of third-party providers.

Eatec. Agilysys’ inventory, procurement and production system designed specifically for the hospitality and food service industries. Along with core purchasing, inventory, recipe, forecasting, production and sales analysis functions, the software also offers modules for catering, cycle planning, retail management, nutrition and allergens. The modular structure allows customers to construct the specific set of features they need whether an enterprise-wide solution for multiple sites or a single-site system for multiple functions.

rGuest Pay. Agilysys’ payment gateway solution that enables secure payment processing. rGuest Pay includes validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) to reduce malicious hacking and fraud; a Payment Information Proxy (PIP) that secures data arriving via e-commerce interfaces; tokenization to eliminate the storage of cardholder data; and a full range of fixed and mobile EMV-ready payment devices that ensure compliance with new card security regulations.