BANCO Catering Software

Banco Catering Software brings all of the advantages of an electronic
information system to caterers. Banco was designed from the ground up to
meet the demands placed on caterers. It provides an unparalleled degree of
flexibility in a straight forward and easy to use package.

Banco relieves caterers of most of the paperwork involved in selling and
delivering quality events. At the front-end, the software provides a
simple mechanism for preparing quotes and recording all event details.
Quotes, cover letters, and contracts are easily printed. With our Banco/
FAX option, quotes and contracts can be in a customer's hands within
minutes. Changes are easily made. The software instantly re-calculates the
price per person, taxes, gratuities, total, and cost.

Every detail concerning an event can be recorded in Banco, right down to
the quantity and types of flatware. With this information stored in the
computer, it can be quickly called up at any time. There is no need to go
searching for a particular piece of paper. When a customer calls with a
question or change, all information concerning their event is at your
fingertips.

Producing work orders, set-up notes, and event calendars is simply a matter
of telling Banco to print the reports. You can even have Banco produce
work orders tailored to specific departments, i.e. a work order for the
set-up crew will only show their set up instructions.

Recording deposits and issuing invoices is also a snap, its all handled by
Banco. And, since the software handles the tax and gratuity calculations,
you don't have to worry about math errors.

Sales and profitability reports are available any time, for any period. If
you want a projection of your booked sales next month, just ask Banco. If
you need to compare last months sales with a year earlier, just ask Banco.
With Banco in place, you no longer have to spend hours tallying sales and
cost figures, the computer does the work.

SALES 

Capitalize On Sales Opportunities

o Sending Christmas party and other reminder letters keeps your name in
front of prospects. Banco can print customized letters and mailing labels
for any group of clients.

o Event calendars and projected sales reports can be used to identify slow
periods well in advance. These are prime opportunities to increase
marketing efforts.

Concentrate On Salesmanship

o Banco does the clerical work involved in developing quotes, so that you
can spend more time on the sales effort. And, with on-screen displays of
profitability, you can work out the benefits of different options in less
time than it currently takes you to prepare a single scenario.

O If you promise to call a customer next week, just put a note on their
quote or contract. Banco will remind you to call them on the date you
promised.

React Quickly To Market Demands

o Lost Business Graphs show you how much business has been quoted but not
booked. This type of information lets you identify and quantify the
reasons why prospects didn't book with you.

o Responding to the competition is facilitated by Banco's flexibility. If
you decide to offer discounts, Banco can handle it. If you need to adjust
pricing, Banco makes it a simple job. If you want to include complimentary
items, Banco lets you do so easily.

CONTROL 

Costs

o Tracking costs related to an event is a simple matter in Banco. The
software keeps track of all costs, including out-side services. You can
even assign theoretical costs to such items as equipment and rooms.

o The on-screen display of event profitability helps to insure that no
event falls outside of your desired margins. It also means that you can be
more exact when quoting in highly competitive situations.

O Since Banco can keep full event details on file for as long as you want,
you can monitor profitability over any period of time. This monitoring can
be done on an event by event basis or summarized by day.

Increase Awareness Of Your Operation

o Banco has an extensive selection of reports which let you examine various
aspects of your operation in detail or summary. If you just need the big
picture, Banco's sales graphs and lost business graphs can give it to you.
If you need to know the profitability of sales generated by different
people, Banco can also give you that information. If you want to know how
many waiters to schedule next Saturday, Banco can help out.

Access To Information

o With all this information in a central and convenient repository, you
have to be able to control who has access to it. Banco provides a
comprehensive security system which allows you to control each user's
access to various parts of the system. For example, you can allow some
people to view contracts but not change them.

TIME 

Improve Staff Productivity

o Clerical work is virtually eliminated since the software prints cover
letters, quotes, contracts, invoices, etc. With Banco doing the paperwork,
people can concentrate on more productive endeavors.

o Questions concerning particular events can be handled immediately. When
someone needs to know if table numbers have to be placed on the tables,
they can use Banco to find out. If you need to know if a deposit has been
received, ask Banco.

Improve Management Productivity

o The 'personal desktop' feature in Banco provides everyone with an
instantly available appointment calendar and phone book. It also lets
people send messages to each other electronically. This feature is
available everywhere in Banco, at the touch of a key.

o Banco's Sales & Cost Report Writer lets you quickly extract relevant
information from Banco. When you want to know the percentage of your sales
which were weddings, Banco can provide that information. If you need a
list of all the functions booked by a particular client in the last year,
Banco can give it to you in seconds. All this adds up to less time spent
gathering data and more time making use of it.

PROFESSIONALISM 

Project A Thoughtful And Caring Attitude

o Banco can automatically generate thank you and wedding anniversary
letters. These little touches which take a lot of time when done manually,
show your customers that you care about their business.

o Customers can have written quotations in their hands within minutes. Not
only is this less work for you, it also gets you in ahead of the
competition. When a change is requested, you can immediately deliver a
neatly printed revised quote.

Look After Every Detail

o Check lists insure that no event detail is forgotten. Banco lets you
develop as many different check lists as you need.

o Recording every event detail in Banco insures that they are never
forgotten. Banco's detailed work orders make sure that each department has
a complete list of the items for which they are responsible.

Be Pro-Active Rather Than Reactive

o Calendars and event summaries keep you informed of all pending events.
Production reports assist with purchasing and production planning.
Historical and projected profitability reports enable closer monitoring of
performance. With all this information at your fingertips, you can
effortlessly stay informed about all aspects of your operation. Potential
problems can be identified and dealt with ahead of time.

Avoid Misunderstandings

o Clearly printed, detailed contracts help to avoid misunderstandings. Your
clients can be given a contract with the level of detail that you deem
appropriate. Its your choice. Event details can be selectively included in
customer copies of quotes and contracts.

o Clearly printed work orders assist staff in preparing for each event.
And, since all relevant details are neatly printed on each work order,
there is less chance of details being overlooked.

VALUE

Automate Mundane, Repetitive Tasks

o Printing quotes, contracts, cover letters, and invoices; calculating
extensions, taxes, and gratuities; tracking deposits and accounts
receivables; are all handled by Banco.

Provide Potential For Growth

o The productivity enhancements offered by Banco allow you to handle more
business without significant increases in staff.

o Customer and event 'type' tracking can be used to identify profitable
market segments. Customer 'source' tracking helps to quantify the
effectiveness of your advertising expenditures.

o Banco is able to handle all sizes of caterers, with equal ease. As your
operation grows, Banco will be able to handle the additional work. And,
since the software is available for a large variety of computer types, you
can easily move your Banco system to more powerful computer equipment.

Dependability

o Banco is a mature, dependable package which is being used daily by many
different types of caterers. If you are a restaurant, hotel, university,
banquet hall, club, or social caterer, you can control Banco to do its
job.

o Banco is backed up by knowledgeable support staff, Qualified Installers,
and Qualified Trainers. In addition to the support and training offered by
your Authorized Banco Reseller, our annual maintenance option provides for
unlimited telephone and modem support direct from Roberts Browne Limited.

o The software's 'audit trails' and 'time stamps' assist in tracking all
activity in the system. If Banco's data becomes corrupted because of an
equipment malfunction, the software's built in integrity checking and
repair facilities can often correct the problem without resorting to a
backup.

Peace of Mind

o With Banco 'to do' lists keeping track of the important things that must
be done each day, with Banco remembering every detail of all booked
events, and with Banco providing quantitative measures of your operations
performance, you can concentrate on other aspects of your business.

Required Hardware

Banco operates on a variety of popular computers. The software is available
for a number of different operating systems, including MS-DOS, Windows,
and UNIX. Multi-user versions are available for most popular local area
networks, including: NOVELL, LANtastic, and other NETBIOS compatible
LANs.

Most printers can be used with the software. A laser printer is recommended
for generating high quality letters, quotes, contracts and invoices.

Specific equipment requirements are available from your Authorized Banco
Reseller or direct from Roberts Browne Limited.

Roberts Browne Limited
1552 Bayview Ave, Toronto, Ontario M4G 3B6 CANADA
416-481-5388,  fax 416-486-0047

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