August
2005
Flightware and Elo team up to deliver
15" Touchscreen solution
The latest advancements in touch
screen technology for the harsh environment of restaurant business.
"Designed
for touch" from the ground-up; stable tilt base; cables hidden from
user's view; controls on the side rather than the front, plus lockout
function for public use. This new terminal is packed with great features and
a knockout display to hold all of your expanding menu items.
Features:
-
Space saving, all-in-one touch computer
- Small footprint of a standard
15" LCD display
- Silent, fanless design
- Available as a solid-state
embedded or hard drive system
- Functions as desktop or
wall-mountable system
February 2005
Order Confirmation Debuts in Sonic
The Wrisinger King Group is the first
Sonic to offer Order Confirmation in the Drive-thru.
"This is a great way to offer more accurate orders" states a
supervisor of the WKO Sonic Group. But that is not all the Order Confirmation
can offer a Sonic Drive-thru.
In a recent national survey, accuracy was the number one customer service
complaint in the drvie-thru. With the new Flightware Order Confirmation you
can rest your customers at ease that every order is just the way they want
it.
Features:
- Highbright Point of
Purchase that assist your customer to make ordering decisions faster.
- More up selling, when your Point of Purchase is interactive.
- Upgradable to Credit Card use in Drive-thru
For
More Information
October 2004
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July 2004
Power Protection with today's technology
Flightware is proud to announce our relationship with SmartPower 
Systems. The new 3rd
Generation Digital Power Filter – the “Digital Smart POS
Guardians”. The product that out performs an Isolation Transformer, but
does not come with the same hefty price, size or weight.
Protect against brownout damage and power surges that can damage your
valuable POS equipment. Many operators state it's not the cost of the
equipment but more the downtime effect it has on operations when power issues
occur.
May 2004 
LCD
Kitchen Displays improve operations
When flat panel LCD's hit the office environment in the early 90's the
thought was to improve the workspace in relation to ergonomics and
functionality, it did just that. Now Flat panels are hitting the retail
foodservice sector for the very same reasons. Longer lasting, easier to view
and what's best is that it makes more room in the space constrained retail
food service environment. All of this equates to some very good productivity
by foodservice workers. In a recent Restaurant Study, workplace improvement
was on the top of the list for worker happiness. Older equipment seems to
drop the moral of workers in this stressful workplace. With our new LCD Flat
Panels for use throughout our Total
Kitchen Optic System use and function are improved in your
restaurant operation.
See some
of our latest installations
Mar 27 2004 
"Training your next lunch crew"
You’d best prep, study, and gear up for the next generation of
learning, and how it’s going to change the way you recruit, teach, and
retain your company’s future human capital. When we change how we learn
and what we know, we also change who we are and what we do, both as a company
and as an industry. Transforming
the way we share, store and exchange information internally will alter the
way we serve, sell, market, and grow our businesses. Count on it. You
don’t build business, you build people. People build business.
Dec 01 2003
Multilingual
on the fly - Flightware Solutions delivers industry first.
Most
backroom video or kitchen video systems can offer multilingual capabilities
as long as you configure which monitors you want to be Spanish ahead of time.
TKO- Total Kitchen Optics
delivers the first of its kind. With a bump of a button on the familiar bump
bars just below the monitors, you can convert your monitor view to Spanish
anywhere in the system. When you're done at that station and need to go back
to English for a new crew person, just bump it once more and you are back in
English mode.
With rising
Hispanic numbers in the U.S.,
continued use of these great employees will no longer be a difficult
transition to make them productive. With TKO you bring your entire team into
the fold and make them feel like they are part of your operations at a new
level. TKO delivers with a knockout
punch for your operations!
Dec 2003
Multicom
System4 raises the bar for multi-point communications with full duplex
development.
Continued
development of our popular integrated multi-point audio system brings new
features to our customers. Many of you know how the Multicom works in unison
with our POS. But did you know that the Multicom is also a stand-alone complete audio system with timing
controls? Or that the Multicom has a built-in Virtual Duplex
technology?
New innovations are bringing more features to the popular Multicom.
- Integration of new industrial
wireless handsets at a fraction of the cost of 3M, Panasonic or HME wireless
systems
- Complete Digital Duplex in wired
or wireless mode
- Bluetooth wireless technology and
much more
Look for the release of the Multicom System4 in late 2004.
Nov 2003
Flightware
Solutions makes new moves in management team
George
Kahwaji, our founder and long time leader, is embracing a new and challenging
role of Chief Technical Officer and CEO of Flightware Solutions. George has
over 20 years of experience in development of advanced solutions for many
technology sectors. He has also performed as a professor, aerospace engineer
and international business executive.
George is committed to new product development and improvements on our
current product line. George has been the leading engineer and software
developer for multi-point audio and POS applications in the industry. He is
dedicated to providing the very best POS and touch screen solution to Sonic
Drive-in and the quick serve restaurant industry.
Sep 2003
Flightware Solutions partners with BMG Consulting
BMG
is
a leading team of experts that have been focused on developing innovative
concepts, technology and operational improvements for many QSR and Fast
Casual Chains. BMG has also been involved in developing new technologies
being used in several major food retailers nationwide. Paul Barron the
leading consultant with BMG has been involved with companies like Sonic Drive-In,
McDonalds, A&W - YUM Brands, Arby's, Applebee's and many other food
service retailers.
BMG Consulting brings a new level of talent to the Flightware Solutions team.
They will be focused on new improvements in technology, operations and sales
& marketing. Flightware Solutions is committed to bringing on the right
people and partners to make our solutions the very best in the industry.
Aug 2003
Flightware Solutions
spins off Digital Audio product Line
Part
of the long-term strategy of Flightware Solutions is to innovate our Digital
Audio Solution. Sensory 3 Systems will be the company that does just that,
creating new audio solutions for Drive-thru, To-go and our latest project
that will interface to many POS applications.
Audio has been a critical operation of QSR's and Fast Casual restaurants over
the past three decades. Sensory 3 Systems will offer a complete new product
segment that will improve operations and create a new business aspect to the
highest revenue area (drive-thru) in QSR. Watch for the latest news at www.sensory3.com (Coming Soon)
Jan 2001
First Touch Screen is released into
the Sonic Drive-in market
As a long-time supplier for Sonic, Flight-Ware. Ltd. released its latest
development of its Windows based POS. Driven with a very unique touch screen
and integrated digital audio network, the Presto is set to become the next
generation of POS in high speed drive-ins and QSR's.
After 5-years of a Non-Compete in the Sonic Drive-In
market, today Flight-Ware Ltd. is proud to offer the Presto POS to all of the
Sonic drive-in market. The Presto has been the culmination of a five year
development plan with many long-time users and continuing franchisee support.
Many top minds of QSR and our close relationships with many customers has
been the pivotal difference in what makes the Presto a new breed of POS.
Flightware continues its trek to become the very best POS for the Sonic
Drive-in market. When you say POS,
we say Presto!
