Culinary Software Services Releases ChefTec PDA BarCoder Software for Symbol Handhelds; Mobile Foodservice Professionals Can Easily Scan Inventory.Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Culinary Software Services released software to work with the Symbol SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. 1500 scanner handheld computer A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. , which allows foodservice professionals to scan physical inventory items and create orders on the fly. The Symbol unit has a scanner built in that easily picks up the bar code information and looks up the data associated with it. ChefTec PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). BarCoder software allows users to scan inventory items and have the data instantly appear on their PDA. By HotSyncing(R) with their PC, physical inventory is instantly calculated and orders automatically generated. "Due to customer demand we created barcode software so operators can scan their inventory, making data entry even faster. Users can scan a product's bar code and the inventory item will automatically appear in the PDA software on the Palm," said Brian Bennett Brian Laurance Bennett (born 9 February 1940, in Palmers Green, North London, England) is a drummer, pianist, composer, arranger and record producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group, The Shadows. , President of Culinary Software Services. "Taking physical inventory with our bar code scanning-integrated handheld devices is a perfect application for increased efficiency and productivity," said Doug Lloyd, Director, Worldwide Hospitality Markets at Symbol. "We see this proven supply chain technology being increasingly applied to areas outside the traditional transportation and logistics pipeline." With the ChefTec PDA BarCoder there are two options for using barcodes. From within ChefTec, users can create unique barcodes on labels and place the labels on the shelves where inventory is kept. The other option is scanning the food purveyors' barcodes that come on their inventory. Using the ChefTec PDA BarCoder helps users take inventory and create orders in a fast, easy and accurate manner. The BarCoder cuts physical inventory time by 50%. ChefTec PDA BarCoder is available now and starts at $995. For more information please visit www.culinarysoftware.com/prod0019.htm. About Symbol Technologies, Inc. Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of the National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings and barcode data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol barcode scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com. About Culinary Software Services, Inc. Culinary Software Services is the software leader in back-of-the-house technology for the foodservice industry. ChefTec(TM), CorTec(TM) and BevTec(TM) programs provide state-of-the-art inventory control, recipe and menu costing, purchasing and ordering, and nutritional analysis. Cutting-edge technology provides cost and time savings programs for foodservice operations. Installations include all Marriott International Marriott International, Inc. 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