Horizon Software – Bright Solutions, Brilliant Services… Everyday

Food is essential for well-being and it is important that everyone has access to fresh and nutritious food. Many agencies are striving to meet this requirement through various Nutrition and Wellness Programs. And how about infusing technology into it? Well, Horizon Software is already doing that. It greatly supports the K12 technologies through its various software solutions.

Horizon Software International is a sister company to CBORD and hence operates under the same roof – Roper Technologies – a diversified technology company that provides engineered products and solutions for global niche markets, software information networks, energy, and for various other sectors. Also a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor – Horizon, along with CBORD, is a pioneer in delivering solutions for K-12 schools, senior living communities, healthcare, and corporate dining. With Horizon’s system installed in over 11,000 sites in the U.S., there are at least 2 million users who benefit from their technology every day.

Horizon provides software solutions that are fully customizable and scalable. OneSource and Solana for school nutrition programs, myPayments plus for school payment needs, MyResidentOnline for managing online accounts of senior living communities, Corporate Café & Order Express for corporate dining are a few of their major offerings. The software vendor provides best-in-class services and products to its customers, and their partners play a vital role in their success. Toshiba, Dell, The Wittern Group, UNYTOUCH, and many others are their pillar of support in delivering unique and exceptional solutions.

OneSource or Solana? – Horizon’s K12 School Nutrition Program and K12 Online Payments

OneSource is an on-premise integrated solution that gathers and processes data that are required for accurate reimbursement claims, reporting, and more. It also provides you with smarter tools to operate your program more efficiently. The easy-to-use solution has reliable POS software built for speed. It is repellent to duplicate entries and provides a streamlined interface.

The OneSource Solutions introduces POS and Claims Reimbursement for faster serving lines for improved participation and increased revenue; Student Eligibility and Free and Reduced Meal Application Management to ensure applications are processed accurately and students receive benefits as soon as possible. OneSource is also USDA-approved for use in certification of compliance with lunch meal requirements and also for conducting a nutrient analysis.

The other solutions include OneSource Inventory Management and Business Analytics tools for more controlled and efficient business operations and Healthy Vending for easy food distribution. myPaymentsplus product of OneSource allows for a cashless cafeteria setting and enables faster serving lines, less cash handling, and less unpaid meal charges. The Warehouse and Central Kitchen solution manages everything from procurement to receiving to order consolidation, fulfillment, and shipping.

Solana, under other conditions, is a hosted, cloud-based solution with user-friendly features that simplify school nutrition operations and accountability, with limited technology resources. The Solana Solutions are similar to what OneSource has to offer. However, the cloud solution always has an edge over the in-house system when it comes to flexibility and scalability.

Horizon Software, a leader in school nutrition technology and online payments, has been named one of the Hottest K12 Solution Providers in 2017. Jim Hoefflin’s, the president of the firm, solution honors the K12 technologies that go beyond the four walls of the classroom to digitalize education and other programs in schools, including food services.

Making Lives Better – Solutions for Senior Living, and Healthcare & Corporate

Horizon also builds technology solutions for the senior living communities, making their lives easier than ever before by optimizing services that they already use at various places like a restaurant, hotel, or anywhere. Horizon’s Millennium Plus is a call for businesses to expand their services and to make them friendlier for retirement communities. Millennium Plus is a state-of-the-art resident hospitality technology solution which is designed to manage any type of meal plan, simplify management of resident charges, track resident preferences, work with any accounting system, provide account transparency, and do a lot more. Grab-and-Go dining Service, Retail Venues POS, Online Account Management System – MyResidentOnline are a few of the Senior Living Solutions that Horizon has to offer.

But when it comes to hospitals, the dining needs are more specific and sensitive. Horizon stretches its dining services to hospitals too, by providing them the software that helps meet a wide range of dining, point-of-sale, patient feeding, and client needs. With features similar to that of the Millennium Plus software, the system additionally tracks patients’ preferences and allergies. Horizon goes an extra mile to place its solutions in corporate offices, and its Desktop ordering POS, Cashless Vending POS, Billing and Payroll Integration, Gift Shops POS; Table Service POS are exclusive infusions to better serve their busy world.

The Brainbox Leader – Jim Hoefflin

Jim Hoefflin, who serves as the President at Horizon and CBORD, brings home more than 25 years of work experience in software and consulting industries. Prior to Horizon, he served as the President and COO of Kewill Inc, a global leader in multimodal transportation management software; and as CEO of Empower Software Solutions, a workforce management, and HCM solution provider. He also held various operational, technology, and marketing leadership roles for RedPrairie Corporation, a supply chain execution company. He is also the President and Founder of nextsevenLLC, a consulting firm that focuses on mergers and acquisitions, marketing and business strategies, and more.  He instills the culture of common purpose and passion at Horizon.

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