On campus, the canteen must satisfy both dining and educational needs. As the smart-catering market grows, how to digitally upgrade kitchen production and lower costs has become a shared need for future restaurants.
To accelerate campus IT and improve the dining experience, Suzhou CoolCode IoT Technology Co., Ltd. launched a new-generation smart-canteen solution — upgraded from single-scene intelligence to intelligent, interconnected, full-scene management — first applied at Ocean University to wide acclaim.
CoolCode’s smart-canteen system uses AI, big data, cloud computing and IoT on a powerful cloud SaaS/PaaS platform to empower the whole campus-dining service — from self-checkout to senseless payment to canteen O&M and back-kitchen management — raising IT level so teachers and students enjoy convenience.
CoolCode keeps exploring ways to bring technology into student life. In the Ocean University case: after entering, teachers/students bind a tray via face, QR or card; then self-select at windows with per-portion pricing and weighed billing; the account auto-charges 15 minutes after the tray leaves — fast, accurate, and avoiding queues.
CoolCode smart-canteen highlights:
1. Full-scene self-R&D and operation; fast, convenient system build and debugging
Whether hardware (card/QR/face) or the powerful cloud SaaS/PaaS software, all are CoolCode self-developed. The market is messy with multi-vendor bundles that cause data chaos and finger-pointing; choosing CoolCode gives a professional soft/hard team for one-stop build and debugging in the shortest time.
2. Improved dining experience
CoolCode’s solution perfectly improves the experience: 2–3 seconds per pick-up, less queuing and higher efficiency. It seamlessly connects to the existing one-card system and supports card, face, WeChat and Alipay — close to campus life.
3. Effectively prevents disputes
Per-portion pricing with fast airborne settlement avoids pricing disputes and greatly lowers O&M costs.
4. Reduces food waste
The solution cuts waste at both ends: at source via purchase/processing stats, and via pre-ordering to avoid “can’t get the wanted meal” waste — pre-ordering cuts food waste by over 40%, reducing kitchen scraps and aligning with the “tech-powered thrifty smart canteen” policy.
CoolCode breaks the rigid traditional campus-restaurant model, opening a new chapter. Its new-generation solution uses internet tech and smart soft/hardware to bridge isolated canteen scenes, achieving a new leap in campus dining and a tech-campus ecosystem.