October 25, 2011NEXTEP Releases Foundation5 - Complete Foodservice Technology SolutionFoundation 5 release by Nextep for QSR and food ordering. Along with the different channel support, it now comes with backend system. Approved PA DSS. Cloud-based command center. NEXTEP Releases Foundation5 - Complete Foodservice Technology Solution | Business Wire TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEXTEP SYSTEMS, the leading provider of customer self order technology, today announced general availability of the Foundation5 foodservice technology platform. Foundation5 provides foodservice operators with a single vendor solution for operating high volume restaurant concepts. Historically, restaurants only required cash registers or their high tech equivalent, the Point of Sale (POS) system. Each year, more ordering is done “beyond the counter”, for example ordering a pizza from a website, ordering from a touch screen kiosk, or ordering at the drive thru. Yet, multiple vendors were needed to supply the various technologies, requiring restaurateurs to act as systems integrators, with inevitable finger pointing when systems failed to properly function. Over the past six years, NEXTEP developed a reputation for the highest quality customer facing technology, including self order kiosks, online ordering, digital signage, and mobile applications. However, NEXTEP customers still required another vendor to provide POS terminals and back of house systems (e.g. labor management and inventory), increasing project risk and overall expense. The industry needed a single vendor with a proven track record to develop and support one complete integrated platform. In close cooperation with local restaurant operators, NEXTEP leapfrogged existing options with a total solution as easy to use as a self order kiosk, but with all of the power of an enterprise POS system. Foundation5 is scalable and secure, having been approved by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) for deployment. Multiple payment options are supported, including cash, credit, gift cards, and soon mobile payment options. NEXTEP’s product suite can be managed from anywhere, using NEXTEP’s cloud-based command center, providing a single touch point for managing menu items, promotions, inventory, employees, and reporting. About NEXTEP SYSTEMS NEXTEP SYSTEMS, based in Troy, Michigan, is the leading provider of foodservice technology for restaurants, airports, casinos, convenience stores, grocery stores, educational facilities, and sporting venues. Founded in 2005, NEXTEP is the industry’s only turnkey provider of integrated solutions including Point of Sale, Self Order Kiosks, Online Ordering, Dynamic Digital Menu Displays™, touch screen drive thru solutions, smartphone ordering, iPad touch screen kiosks, and iPod employee ordering. Contacts Tommy Woycik NEXTEP Releases Foundation5 - Complete Foodservice Technology Solution | Business Wire Posted by staff at October 25, 2011 03:07 PM |