Modules & Features

TrakNOW is available in integrated or standalone modules, with configurations to meet your specific needs and budget

District Enterprise Module

  • Menu Planning, Production and Nutrition Analysis
  • Pre-coded Ingredient/Recipe and Inventory Databases (see other side)
  • Ingredient/Inventory/Commodity, Bid, Recipe and Menu Management
  • Program, Site, Vendor, Central Distribution & Production Definitions 
  • Supports supervisors easily accessing any site and performing site functions
  • Central processing of requisitions for district approval prior to purchase

Download Site Inventory Module

  • Physical Inventory Counts, Valuation, Perpetual Inventory
  • Pick inventory and list reasons - pick for production, spoilage, expiration, etc.

Download Site Ordering Module

  • Purchase Orders to Vendors
  • Supply Orders to internal suppliers
  • Requisitions for central approval
  • Supports pre-coded shopping lists
  • Integrated receiving & invoice reconciliation

Download Site Production Module

  • Edit and forecast menus, add leftovers, make substitutions
  • Display Nutrition Analysis or Food Components; Take corrective action
  • Print production worksheets, recipes, pick lists, & deplete inventory automatically
  • Record production, temperatures, usage, meal participation, adult and ala carte sales
  • Print Production Reports customized to each state

Download Auto Order Module

  • Order based on par; set reorder point, min/max par
  • Order based on menu forecast for multiple menus or sites and any date range
  • Order missing items based on on-hand + on-order - committed
  • Pre-order for all suppliers and break order automatically to multiple suppliers

Central Production

  • Supports Central and Base Kitchens
  • Unlimited serving locations, satellites sites, and other programs
  • Automatically combines requirements, scales production recipes, creates pick lists and Transfer documents
  • Supports both “push” and “pull” configurations

Download Central Distribution Module  

  • Summary picks for staging and truck routes
  • Transfers, reverse transfers and Shipping Tickets
  • Multiple warehouses supported, any site can be a mini-warehouse
TrakNOW

Fully Integrated Modular Solutions

TRAKNOW “Nutrition On the Web” USDA - Approved for use in implementing Nutrient Standard Menu Planning and in conducting nutrient analyses that meet School Meals Initiative requirements and including USDA recipes yield adjusted for nutrition and production, along with fully integrated, modular enterprise-wide software solutions for all of the back office needs of school food and nutrition operations. By applying the latest in business intelligence technology, PCS customers can spot trends and analyze operations quickly, responding to the challenges of their business with the best practices built-in to every feature and function of the software. 

Modularity means you have the flexibility to move at your own pace in whatever order works best.  Start with inventory management or nutrition analysis, or both at once. Enterprise-wide, web based operation means one database available instantaneously, anywhere and everywhere at all times.

Complete Supply Chain Management - Including Central Distribution & Central Production, Purchasing, Commodity and Bid Management

Enhanced inventory features for automated par and menu-based ordering, central purchasing approval and central distribution are available for base kitchens, central kitchens and warehouses, including full central requisition, supply requisition and purchase order approval and vendor interfaces.

Districts supporting traditional menu plans can enter food component contributions for items and recipes for sites or meals not utilizing NSMP.

TrakNOW comes preloaded with: 

  • Child Nutrition database version 13
    • Over 11,000 items
    • 189 Manufacturers
    • 108 Brands
  • USDA Recipes edited 2009
    • Yield adjusted for nutrition
    • Yield adjusted for production 
  • Precoded ingredient / inventory data bases including USDA commodities

Reporting includes PDF and Excel formats with ReportNOW OLAP Viewer, Dashboards and Exports Built-in

  • Preview all reports on screen
  • Send to PDF, Excel, CSV, HTML at touch of a button
  • E-mail reports
  • View, chart & graph data in browser,
  • OLAP Viewers and Multi Data Source dynamic digital dashboards

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