Customer of the Month
Patty Page Director of Nutrition Services Manteca Unified School District, CA Patty has been using PCS products in Manteca since the fall of 2011 and is currently using RIGHTrak, FASTrak, NetPOS, Rocketscan F&R integration, and PayPAMS. She is now implementing PCS' TrakNOW Nutrition and Inventory, which will be rolled out to all school cafeterias this year. With Patty at the helm, Manteca USD is one of only 24 districts in California to achieve honors in the U.S. Department of...
I love my PCS!
I've used PCS for over 25 years and have consistently found that whenever I needed assistance, the response from support was very quick and on target to resolve any issues. The company has made it their business to put their customers' needs first, rather than just trying to sell their "latest and greatest" to make a buck. Everyone, from the company General Manager, David Yaniv, to the support techs (too numerous to name), make their...
Districts use PayPAMs for all School Fee Payments
Many districts are using PayPAMs to handle all School Fee Payments. From Computer Leasing District uses PayPAMS for student computer Leasing Fees Manteca Unified School District started using PayPAMS for computer leasing fees in November. The district hopes this program will save time handling monthly payments for 23,000 students. Manteca has been using PayPAMS for meal payments for several years. Florida District Encourages Parents to Pay Online with Bonus Program In order to encourage parents to prepay for meals...
GSNA Honors Clayton County
Earlier this month, Clayton County Public Schools Superintendent, Luvenia Jackson honored several of the district's school nutrition programs for their work in increasing participation in their respective school-level programs. Nutrition Services Director, Audrey Hamilton awarded certificates of appreciation to several school nutrition managers. Hamilton said the nutrition managers were honored by the Georgia School Nutrition Association for having consistently high breakfast or lunch participation for at least three years straight and for increasing school meal program...
Customer of the Month
Sandy Lewis - Food Service Supervisor Biddeford Schools, ME A PCS customer since 2006, Sandy oversees the food service program in 3 districts. In addition to Biddeford, where she already has PCS, she oversaw the installation of RIGHTrak/FASTrak and NetPOS in Dayton School District this year. This presented a unique challenge because Dayton shares food service and business services with Biddeford but maintains its own database. Sandy handled the situation from start to finish with aplomb, helping to...
GSNA Industry Seminar
The Georgia SNA Industry Seminar in Savannah in early December was a wonderful learning opportunity for Becki Rogers and Ava Wojcik It was a great opportunity to network with of our current and potential customers as well as new solutions partners. PCS donated a beautiful Coach purse for the live auction and it was the 2nd highest bid item. The proceeds from the live auction support the Georgia School Nutrition Foundation for furthering Child Nutrition...
Featured PCS Employee
Judi Dugan, Senior TrakNOW Implementation Specialist Judi has been providing excellent customer support for PCS TrakNOW customers for over 8 years! As a Senior Implementation Specialist, Judi has brought many districts online with fully integrated Nutrition, Production, Inventory, and Ordering. She specializes in setting up and supporting large districts with central and base kitchens and warehouses. Judi supported PCS POS and in-house web-based inventory technology at Minneapolis Public Schools central warehouse and central kitchen, before bringing her 25...
FSNA 2014 Industry Seminar, Commodity & Equipment Expo
Denise Lessard had a fabulous time" Singing in Unison, While Embracing Change and Harmony" with old friends and new friends at the FSNA 2014 Industry Seminar, Commodity, & Equipment Expo at Innisbrook Resort in beautiful Palm Harbor, Florida. Fun was had by all on Wednesday at the Casino Night - Florida School Foodservice Foundation Fundraiser. There was lots of whooping and hollering going on at the craps table. All in all, everyone was a winner,...
63rd Annual NYSNA Conference
The 63rd Annual NYSNA Conference was great! And it was terrific meeting our customers in person from Albany, Saratoga Springs, North Colony and Hudson City Schools, plus visiting with new districts interested in our programs. Bhaumik Thaker, Regional Sales Director and Donna Fuhrman, TrakNOW Project Manger, attended. SNA conferences are also a great way to meet with our PCS Solutions Partners, like Bob Gottlieb from Star Food Healthy Express to discuss present and future collaborations in reimbursable and ala...
Advice from Support
Advice from Support Due to the well-planned webinars, documentation, and videos this year, we've had a 40% decrease of support calls compared to this time last year regarding Verification. Now that year start is over and verification is well on its way, we are busy testing the new versions of RIGHTrak and FASTrak. Some of the features include: An enhancement to the Sales and Meal Counts Report to show meal counts without decimals. An enhancement to the Register Report...