Five Casinos Rely On Enterprise Solution From Eatec Corporation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HITEC HITEC Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2003 Kewadin Casinos, a group of five Indian gaming casinos in Michigan, is using EatecNetX, a centralized back-office solution from Eatec Corporation, to manage all foodservice and retail operations. These operations include restaurants, employee dining rooms, bars, concessions, hotel room service and retail outlets. EatecNetX has also been implemented at two convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. , a furniture and flooring store and a recreation center. Kewadin Casinos is owned by the Sault Sainte Marie Sault Sainte Marie, city, Canada Sault Sainte Marie (s  sānt mərē`), city (1991 pop. 81,476), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Tribe of Chippewa Indians and offers exciting gaming and entertainment attractions to its visitors. The five properties are the Kewadin Sault Sainte Marie, Kewadin Shores Casino in St. Ignace, Manistique Kewadin Casino, Hessel's Kewadin Casino and Christmas Kewadin Casino. "In the past, we tracked food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. and retail inventory with Excel spreadsheets and a variety of separate inventory systems. This was very time consuming and did not provide us with all the information we needed to manage our operations," said Mike Day, information services See Information Systems. director for Kewadin Casinos. "EatecNetX is a great tool for our company. It offers exceptional functionality for both foodservice and retail and it gives us actionable information, which will result in significant bottom line improvements." EatecNetX is used for purchasing and receiving, requisitions and transfers, and inventory management. The robust features of the system have been especially beneficial in automating the requisitioning, purchasing and receiving of inventory. The process originates with online requisitions at the five Kewadin properties, which are either converted to vendor orders within the purchasing department Noun 1. purchasing department - the division of a business that is responsible for purchases business department - a division of a business firm or dispersed to Kewadin warehouses for fulfillment. The enterprise nature of EatecNetX has put this entire process online, eliminating many ineffectual manual procedures. The casino retail outlets and convenience stores also use EatecPocket, a wireless mobile accessory of EatecNetX, for physical inventory reporting. Bar coded product labels are generated within EatecNetX to facilitate scanning using EatecPocket and at the point-of-sale. The EatecNetX implementation began in February 2003 and was completed in April 2003. EatecNetX will be demonstrated at the HITEC (Hospitality Industry Technology Expo and Conference) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N. in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , Louisiana from June 24 -26, 2003. Company Information Eatec Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise back-office solutions and services for the hospitality and foodservice industries. EatecNetX, Eatec's web-centric software solution, helps organizations reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies, resulting in a quick return on investment. Eatec clients include restaurant chains The following is a list of restaurant chains. See also: Fast-food restaurant, Casual dining, List of reference tables. International
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