Sentry9000 featured product at the Texas Region 4 Annual Child Nutrition Showcase

The Future of Food Safety Technology - Paperless HACCP Documentation and Digital Production Reports.

Sentry9000, the leader in Food Safety Management is proud to announce that its cutting edge Digital HACCP System will be showcased as a “Featured Product” at this years Region 4 Annual Child Nutrition Showcase on March 4th at the William L. McKinney Conference Center in Houston, Texas.

Sentry9000 Digital HACCP System is the pioneer in automated data collection for school foodservice. Sentry9000 is a completely paperless HACCP Documentation, Temperature Monitoring, Kitchen and Food Safety Management System.

Based on Standard Operating Procedures required by the USDA and The National Food Service Management Institute Guidelines, Sentry9000 has put all of the necessary food safety forms into a handheld computer that records real-time data and wirelessly transmits critical information to a customized website for each school in a district for easy viewing and for monitoring. It is Internet based so it also can be viewed from an offsite location.

Not only does Sentry9000 record data but it will analyze the information collected and alert management when out of limit conditions occur. Maintaining safe food temperatures is critical in preserving Food Safety. If a temperature collected is out of the designated safe temperature zone a Corrective Action will be automatically created requiring the problem to be fixed to allow the program to move forward.

Digital data collection changes the work dynamic because the data is Real-Time. It records WHO takes temperatures, WHEN temperatures are taken, and WHAT menu items temperatures are taken. Accountability creates a more responsible kitchen staff. There is much improved data accuracy because temperatures are sent directly from a wireless Bluetooth temperature probe to the handheld computer without transcription error, time recording errors, forgetting and the other human errors that occur. Everything is time and date stamped with a digital signature of the person inputting the data when they take the data.

Sentry9000 prides its self on being an environmentally friendly company. Taking the necessary steps to eliminate ALL paperwork associated with HAACP and Food Safety in the kitchen and the ancillary programs that benefit HACCP. Sentry9000 not only provides the means to do away with all the paperwork, but also provides a kitchen management tool. Nowhere is this more evident than on the home page for each school where Incidents, Reports, Corrective Actions, Freezer and Cooler Temperatures and Food History are all available at a glance.

One of the greatest features of the Sentry9000 system is the Reporting capabilities. Once the data has been collected it can be organized into concise, informative reports.

Sentry9000 is a Food Safety company with a suite of products to enhance your Food Safety Program that is based on the HACCP program. These include:

Temperature monitoring of coolers and freezers – Sentry9000 installs wireless sensors that monitor the temperature and provide alarms and alerts when conditions arise for concern. This includes out of limit temperature conditions as well as lack of signal because of electrical failure. Monitoring of coolers and freezers are an ancillary program of HACCP that provides insurance against the loss of a freezer full of food over that long weekend or scheduled break.

Digital Production Reports – Sentry9000 utilizes the HACCP system that provides a production report based on meals that are prescheduled and allows easy changes to menu items and quantities at the different school grade levels. It can provide the pull amount for each ingredient and accounts for disposal of menu items at the end of the meal.

Menu Scheduling – Sentry9000 makes menu scheduling a breeze, have the entire years menus scheduled in minutes. The menu can be viewed monthly, yearly, or daily. Plus, the calendar on the Homepage allows for quick navigation through past, present, or future menu dates.

Employee Training – Sentry9000 includes a Training Schedule and Record as part of the basic HACCP program. All employees assigned to a single school will be on the Training Record for that school. The training that is scheduled will appear in an easily viewable schedule and a permanent record of training and other administrative actions.

For more information on Sentry9000 please visit wwww.sentry9000.com. To set up a meeting or free demo for your school please call 1-800-519-7657 or email information@sentry9000.com. Don’t forget to stop by their booth if you are in the area for the Region 4 Annual Child Nutrition Showcase on March 4th at the William L. McKinney Conference Center in Houston, Texas.

Using an Email Address as a Business Card

Using an Email Address as a Business Card

The advent of the business card was in France during the monarchy of Louie XIV. The first cards used were actual playing cards with signatures, promissory notes and other comments and were called “Visiting Cards”. This transpired into the current business card through several different juxtaposes of form and content. (http://www.belightsoft.com/products/composer/historyfr.php)

Now with the invention of the internet and the digital revolution the newest style of business card is the email address.

Many have their username reflect a personality trait that they have, or think they have, or wish they had. This is somewhat like the tattoo’s that emboss many individuals in today’s society.

More important though is the use of the email address as an actual Business Card to replace the typewritten, embossed, engraved, colored, two-sided and picturesque cards that are commonplace in addition to the more austere single color, or lack of color(white), and black colored font.

Note the email address of the professional that represents a business.

Jane.Doe@mycompany.com
JohnSmith@ourcompany.com
CJones@thecompany.com
ClarkL@company.com

There is a lot of information available in that email address.

There is the name.

Note that the first two contain the full name and one of them puts a period between the first and last names so there is no doubt about the separation.

There is a last name in all of the above that provides a good starting point even if the remainder of the name is shortened to an initial.

There is the company.

The domain name should provide the link to the company’s web site. This will provide information about the company. It will provide an address, a phone number, a fax number and maybe a staff directory. It will also provide information about the company, what it is and what it does. It has established credibility.

The email address has provided you just as much, and more, information than will a beautifully developed, printed business card. It is also more useful because you don’t have to worry about filing the business card and remembering the person’s name or the company name because you have an address book in your email program with search capabilities and folder differentiation to take care of things like that for you.

More important is that you now do not have to type the email address of that person into the email that you are sending as you will be able to copy and paste or type in a couple of initials and be offered a list of available email addresses that meet that criteria from which to choose.

There is also the other side to the “business email address”.

JanesStore@gmail.com
TheBaker@hotmail.com
and the list goes on.

These type email addresses are fine for personal mail as they engender the relationship of the sender to their audience. However, it does absolutely nothing from a business standpoint.

You don’t have a valid name for the person. You don’t have a company web site address from the domain name. You don’t have the information afforded by access to that company web site. You will just have to wait until the arrival of that infamous paper business card to proceed.

Remember that first appearance. Now it is your email address before it is yourself or your business card.

Plus, every business card that you don’t use saves a twig!