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News Image: Text decoration - bulletTechnology Image: Text decoration - bulletJune 8, 2007

ARTS and NAFEM Announce New Communication Standard to Link Back-End Systems to Restaurant Equipment
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kathy Grannis or Ellen Davis (202) 783-7971
Email: grannisk@nrf.com or davise@nrf.com  

ARTS and NAFEM Announce New Communication Standard to Link Back-End Systems to Restaurant Equipment 

Washington, June 8, 2007— The Association for Retail Technology Standards, a division of the National Retail Federation, announced the availability of a technical specification for creating a communication link between the Point of Service (POS) and commercial kitchen equipment. ARTS, in collaboration with the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers, has been working to develop the specification for more than two years. 

The ProCon Technical Specification sets data protocol conversion standards for messages between XML-based systems, like POS terminals or payment systems, and SNMP-based foodservice equipment, such as fryers or refrigerators. The result addresses an industry need for greater systems integration and information exchange enabling better sales reporting, inventory management and kitchen equipment monitoring.   

“The ProCon Technical Specification will help retailers get the data and information they need to run their foodservice operations more efficiently and effectively,” said Richard Mader, Executive Director of ARTS. ”The results will lead to improved business support and lowered information technology costs within the foodservice environment.” 

The new technical specification incorporates the NAFEM Data Protocol, a widely-accepted standard that allows commercial kitchen equipment to communicate with a foodservice manager’s or service technician’s computer.  The ProCon Technical Specification has been released to the public domain and may be downloaded free of charge by visiting the ARTS website at www.nrf-arts.org or the NAFEM website at www.nafem.org.

Users should also download the NAFEM Data Protocol Standard at http://www.nafem.org/resources/dataprotocol/index.cfm.  

The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers is a trade association of more than 625 foodservice equipment and supplies manufacturers that provide products for food preparation, cooking, storage and table service. NAFEM's biennial trade show attracts 19,000 foodservice professionals and features more than 600 North American manufacturers. For more information regarding The NAFEM Show, visit www.thenafemshow.org.  

The Association for Retail Technology Standards of the National Retail Federation is an international membership organization dedicated to reducing the costs of technology through standards. Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively for the retail industry. ARTS has four standards: The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS, ARTS XML and the Standard RFPs (in partnership with NRF). Membership is open to all members of the international technology community-- retailers from all industry segments, application developers and hardware companies. # # # 
 
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