Catering Department Bio-metric System

The Department Ramside Catering used to run the catering at Macmillan in 1989 Ramside sold the company to Granada. In 2001 the catering was brought in house and under control of the Facilities Department

Staffing 25 staff in total 1 Manager, 4 cooks and 20 catering assistants working various hours Whole catering operation overseen by Facilities Manager

Biometric System System purchase from CRB solutions – One of the best biometric systems for education on the market. Works by taking a digital finger print. This can then be linked to a number of other things through Biostore. – CMIS, – Library, – Printing, – Access, – Classroom registration and – Parent pay.

Parent Pay Website for – Parents – Schools – Authorities – Caterers

Input, Process and Outputs: Adding money using pay in machine Students load account with money using pay in machines System assigns money to account When finger print is scanned account balance is shown

Using account to purchase meals Student takes items to cashier and finger print in scanned Cost of the meal is removed from students account Account is amended to show the new balance

Menu choices Cashier adds menu options to system System links biometric data with purchased menu choice Report on purchased history per biometric account

Advantages Cashless System No free meal stigma Quicker service at tills No lost fingers!

Disadvantages Initial Cost Initial time to set up IT issues