HotSchedules and Cooper-Atkins Bring the "Internet of Things" to Restaurants

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- HotSchedules®, a leading provider of mobile technology for the restaurant and hospitality industries, has partnered with Cooper-Atkins Corporation to bring the "Internet of Things" (IoT) to the restaurant industry. Their integration will ensure food safety and eliminate waste by transmitting real-time temperature alerts from the Cooper-Atkins Blue2 Bluetooth Thermocouple Instrument to HotSchedules Logbook via the HotSchedules IoT Platform. Restaurant staff will be able to receive warnings on their smartphones and take action before cold storage and freezers reach hazardous temperature levels.

Since 1885, Cooper-Atkins has built a solid reputation as a leading manufacturer and provider of quality time, temperature and humidity instruments. The world's largest restaurant brands use Cooper-Atkins products to properly cook, store, hold and monitor temperatures and thereby prevent bacterial growth in foods. These capabilities help restaurants serve quality food and comply with USDA and FDA safety standards.

Restaurants that use Cooper-Atkins Blue2 can now transmit temperature readings to the HotSchedules IoT Platform and generate alerts in Logbook, a mobile application built for task and shift communication. So for instance, the USDA's sample HACCP model for raw pork sausage calls for it to be stored below 40° F at all times. If a restaurant normally stores pork sausage at 30° F and Blue2 reads 35°, Logbook could automatically produce a warning message on staff members' mobile devices. The message could also include what remedial actions (e.g. check the plug) to take and the service technician's phone number.

The integration between HotSchedules and Cooper-Atkins enables the collection of data from virtually any thermometer or kitchen device and makes that data actionable. The HotSchedules IoT Platform is uniquely designed for restaurants and provides a bridge between food service devices and HotSchedules applications. This empowers restaurant managers and staff to make data-driven business decisions in real-time.

"This is a straightforward and powerful food safety innovation that will help restaurants protect their customers," said Jeff Yeager, Vice President, Foodservice at Cooper-Atkins. "By combining our wireless instruments with HotSchedules IoT Platform and Logbook, we can get the right data to the right people faster than ever before. Our shared customers love using Logbook, so it's the perfect place to deliver these temperature alerts."

"Our mutual customers want us to bring thermometer data to the cloud and make it actionable, so we are making it happen with this partnership," said Sastry Penumarthy, VP of Platform at HotSchedules. "This integration fits perfectly with our mission to connect HotSchedules to the different systems, applications and devices that our customers depend on. We're bringing IoT to restaurants, and we could not have picked a better partner. Cooper-Atkins temperature instruments are truly the gold standard in food service."

The HS IoT Platform and Logbook to Blue2 integration will be available to customers beginning in Q1 2015. To learn more about HotSchedules IoT Platform, please visit https://www.hotschedules.com/bodhi/.  To learn more about HotSchedules Logbook, please visit https://www.hotschedules.com/logbook/.

About Cooper-Atkins

Located in Middlefield, CT, Cooper-Atkins Corporation is a leading manufacturer of quality time, temperature and humidity instruments, with focus on the Foodservice, Industrial HVAC and Healthcare markets both domestically and abroad. Cooper-Atkins Corporation is proud to be a Woman-Owned business, certified by the National Women's Business Enterprise Certification (WBENC) as well as an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. To find out more about Cooper-Atkins Blue2, please visit http://www.cooper-atkins.com/Products/Blue2/.

About HotSchedules

HotSchedules provides mobile, cloud-based technology for the restaurant, retail and hospitality industries. The company delivers a comprehensive suite of cloud-based software designed to automate operational challenges such as recruiting, training, scheduling, business intelligence, shift communication, labor and inventory management. Its world-class products include comprehensive labor management, recruiting, learning, back office, print and digital logbooks and various applications built on their open-source platform. HotSchedules is proud to serve more than 1.8 million users in over 120,000 locations across 26 countries. For more information visit: http://www.hotschedules.com.

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