Our affiliation with PCATS is well established and has resulted in countless benefits to our company, which has reduced both cost and risk for our organization. Our business-to-business activities with merchandise vendor electronic invoices have saved us thousands of man-hours and reduced product costs. Point-of-sale to back-office integration has helped ensure success of The Pantry’s enterprise resource planning initiatives through seamless integration of several POS platforms to our enterprise systems. Additionally, PCATS has provided unfettered access to expert resources and information about data security standards.
Just as important, our active participation in PCATS committees and events has helped us establish partnerships with other retailers and suppliers that provide us with unique insights into technology and other business matters. As a result of the knowledge we have gained, the Pantry has taken more thoughtful (and less costly) steps down the ever-changing road of convenience retailing technology.
Ed Collupy
Vice President, Retail IT & POS Systems
The Pantry, Inc.