Abstract: In one embodiment, the method comprises operating one or more commercial appliances and establishing an event count each time a preparation event is carried out in the commercial appliance. The method further comprises communicating each event count to a database and maintaining event count information at the database. The method further comprises operating one or more point of sale interfaces for processing customer orders and communicating customer order information to a database and maintaining customer order information at the database. The method then comprises generating operating reports, the operating reports being based on the event count information and/or customer order information.

Abstract: A method for managing equipment may include operating one or more equipment units, tracking operating data for the one or more equipment units, tracking equipment service data for the one or more equipment units, communicating the operating data and the equipment service data to a database, maintaining the operating data and the equipment service data at the database, operating one or more point of sale interfaces for processing customer orders, communicating customer order data from the point of sale interfaces to the database, maintaining customer order data at the database, and calculating estimated service dates for one or more of the equipments units. The calculation of estimated service dates may be based on the operating data, the equipment service data, and the customer order data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method comprises operating one or more monitoring devices for recording and interpreting vehicle presence data and communicating vehicle presence data to a remote database. The method further comprises generating performance reports, the performance reports being based on the vehicle presence data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method comprises operating one or more commercial fryers and establishing an event count each time an operational event is carried out in the commercial fryer. The method further comprises communicating each event count to a database and maintaining event count information at the database. The method then comprises generating operating reports relating to operation of the commercial fryers, the operating reports being based on the event count information.