PAR Technology announces IoT partnership with TempAlert

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — ParTech, Inc., a New Hartford–based global provider of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and retail market, announced on Friday that it has formed an Internet-of-things (IoT) integration partnership with TempAlert, a Boston–based firm specializing in temperature monitoring.

TempAlert will integrate with PAR’s SureCheck Advantage food safety system to enable 24/7 remote monitoring to ensure “critical” temperatures of food are captured, monitored, and maintained in kitchens, serving areas, holding areas, and while in transit, according to a ParTech news release.

“This exciting partnership with TempAlert will expand PAR’s product offering for grocery, contract food, C-Store, fast casual, and quick-service restaurants,” John Sammon III, GM of SureCheck at ParTech, said in the release. “The decision to partner with TempAlert was driven largely by organic demand from our customer base. We have a number of pilots in place with both existing and potential new customers. The enthusiasm for the combined solution underscores the value proposition for our customers.”

No financial terms of the partnership were disclosed.

ParTech is a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR).

PAR SureCheck is a mobile client-based, automated system that provides checklist management for hazard analysis amd critical control points food-safety programs and employee-assigned tasks, the company said. The SureCheck platform includes a mobile application, a multi-mode wireless temperature-measuring device, and a cloud-based enterprise configuration and reporting server application. SureCheck is currently deployed at 14,000 distinct locations globally, the company said.

TempAlert, founded in 2005, automates monitoring for food and medication safety and compliance, and monitors critical equipment and tanks for product quality and preventive maintenance. The TempAlert systems are deployed at more than 2,000 organizations in 75 countries, including Walmart, CVS Health, SpaceX, Apple, Coca Cola, McDonald’s, and the U.S. Department of State, the release stated.

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