Company Information

About EMS LINQ, Inc.

EMS LINQ, Inc. (LINQ) has been working with K-12 schools for more than 30 years. During times of increasing regulations and reduced resources, when school districts are being asked to do more with less, LINQ’s software helps schools run better. LINQ is the first company to deliver a full suite of integrated solutions, including analytics, to manage K-12 operations at the district and school level.

Our Mission

To be a trusted partner to our customers and connect the entire K-12 community.

Our Vision

Continually improve K-12 education through our technology and our people.

Our Philosophy

Seek ambitious, creative teams players who delight in learning and building lifelong customers.

• Our team is comprised of industry leaders with decades of experience. We are a team of professionals who stay current with evolving issues and know the finite nuances of the district office as well as the day to day management of school cafeterias.
• You can rest assured we will always provide quality, solution-based products & unsurpassed customer support.

The LINQ family includes the following brands, please click on the logos to learn more.

About Meals Plus Nutrition

Meals Plus helps build the Smartest Lunchrooms - from the front of house to the back, our software solutions help you make your operations far more efficient.

Nutrition Technology and Digital Menu Suite

• A Dedicated Partner
  • With over 30 years of experience, we are committed to providing software solutions that adapt to your district needs.
• Fully-integrated Tools
  • Maximize productivity and streamline your operations with our easy to use, unified software system.
• Superior Support
  • We support districts of all sizes across the US, if you ever have questions, simply calls us and you will get answers right away.

About LINQ Financials

LINQ Financials gives administrators the power to build and control the complex financial life of today’s modern school district. With single-sign-on access and complete integration, LINQ makes every aspect of your financial and operations management much easier, much faster and far more accurate.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

• Fund Management
  • View and manage all general ledger account history in real time, with a flexible chart of accounts. LINQ General Ledger has been optimized to create seamless fiscal years and offers GAAP-compliant processing with full reporting for auditors and stakeholders.
• Accounts Payable
  • LINQ’s real-time integration with purchasing and general ledger eliminates double the work and helps you efficiently manage invoices, requisitions, and purchase orders. This application immediately provides notification of any over-budget encumbrances or expenditures, significantly enhancing budget management. Flexible payment processes also save time and money.
• Purchasing
  • LINQ Purchasing has streamlined the purchasing and ordering process for the K-12 environment via the online requisition system. When requisitions or purchase orders are entered in LINQ Purchasing, account codes and associated funds are automatically verified, instantly providing notification of any exceeded budget.
• Accounts Receivable
  • Save time and money for schools and parents with our integration to LINQ School Payments for school fees. Also, increase revenue with our easy-to-use interface by creating customer and item billing groups to speed time to payment.

• Budgeting
  • Save time and reduce errors by importing beginning budgets from spreadsheets or build from previous years. LINQ’s real-time tracking of budget balances ensures every dollar is used efficiently down to the school level.

School Accounting

LINQ’s School Accounting is an intuitive, user-friendly system that simplifies school-level accounting and reduces the time, money and stress that goes into fund management. It’s a single point for cash handling built on a strong framework for audit-friendly accounting, multi-layered security and flexible reporting.

• Upgrade and simplify your school funds management, with LINQ’s school-based processing and reporting based on-site security.
• Flexible chart of accounts set up with a roll-up to district general ledger.
• Event-based Accounts Receivable/Payable with integration to school fee processing in LINQ School Payments reduces in-school cash handling, cutting back on errors and fraud.

LINQ Human Resources

LINQ Human Resources makes life easier for both administrators and employees. With our secure Employee Portal, the communication line between employee and administration is always open. With the ultimate integration between HR and Payroll, LINQ helps districts use every human resource to its fullest, processing multiple jobs and pay types with ease and accuracy.

• Position Management
  • Create and manage HR positions and assigned general ledger budget codes, with integration with payroll through automated staff actions. Run reports and analytics to project effects of budget changes on HR positions.
• Payroll
  • Unlimited flexibility in pay group, pay type, job, and general ledger code assignments. Exception-based payroll processing includes automated overtime and comp time calculation, handling even the most complex payroll situations. Integrations with the Employee Portal.
• Employee Portal/Time and Attendance
  • Payroll-integrated time and attendance reduces error-prone manual time entry and processing time. 24/7 employee access to records – earnings and reimbursements, W-2s, benefit and leave information, professional development tracking. Automated requests for leave, record changes and professional development signup and CEU tracking.

• Reporting and Regulatory Compliance
  • FLSA-compliant job setup and payroll processing. Standard and ad hoc exportable reporting, including time, absence and leave management based on school site/location and security. Federal and state trial balance-based reporting for 941, W-2 and state withholding.

LINQ Analytics

LINQ’s Analytics simplifies the complex, time-consuming responsibility of running and analyzing reports. With our completely unified platform, today’s K-12 finance administrator now can have all the tools needed to meet tomorrow’s challenges.

• Provides you the specific data you need
• Provides up-to-date revenue and expense information to better analyze the financial health of individual schools or the entire district.
• Make better decisions for students with accurate, integrated, real-time reporting.
• Protect your school's data with role-based security.
• Stay compliant with LINQ industry experts monitoring ever-changing state and federal regulations.

LINQ Digital Displays

LINQ provides many digital displays that inspire taste and appetite with engaging image-based menus that are designed for students who live in a digital world. We also educate them on good nutrition and staying fit. LINQ helps you to nourish minds and bodies by serving up flavorful images that fire up the taste buds!

• Largest School Nutrition Media Library
  • Enhance your menus and build your brand using the largest media library of nutrition and fitness education images and videos.
• Seamless Menu Campaign Integration
  • Create a menu once and keep it updated automatically. Easily sync your menus and nutrition data with videos, graphics, and plug-ins.
• Permission-Based User Access
  • LINQ’s software allows multiple user access based on well-defined permissions by individual, site, menu or media asset.

LINQ Online Payments and Applications

K12PaymentCenter.com

LINQ’s Payments simplifies the process of managing all the different channels of money flowing into schools and the district. With desktop and mobile access, teachers can collect and report on field trip fees online or in the classroom, sell t-shirts and school supplies in an online store, or even track and report receipts and collections by the student, by class, by the school, by the event, by account. The system-wide integration with your LINQ Financials gives you visibility and fiscal control demanded in today’s school management landscape.

• Complete Solution
  • Accommodates payments for all school-related expenses-meals, fees, activities, events, merchandise, and facility rental.
• Fully Integrated
  • LINQ Payments are a part of the LINQ financial ecosystem so data flows through the school and district accounting systems.
• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Certified
  • Industry standard security provided by compliance with Payment Card Industry data protection standards.
• Easy to Access
  • Use Desktop or Mobile. Handles payments online or at school sites with mobile apps and integrated point of sale payment plug-in hardware.
• Automated
  • Send reminders for fees due or overdue. Alerts for new fees assigned or new merchandise added. Accommodates form submissions and other administrative functions.

LunchApplication.com

LINQ Online Applications is a portal for online free and reduced applications.

• Allows parents and guardians to apply for meal benefits online
• Speeds application processing
• Makes it easy to administer - no more dealing with messy handwriting
• Eliminates the need for paper files
• Fully integrated with Nutrition Free & Reduced program to accurately update eligibility

LINQ Website Solutions

We offer a wide array of products to power your organization. Whether you are looking for website design and hosting, document management, or ADA compliance, and so much more, we have what you need. All our products were designed with school and educational organizations specifically in mind.

*Websites solutions include Notifications & Registrations

• OneView
  • There are a lot of tools that collect data, but eSchoolView is now the only solution available that combines emergency medical authorization forms, transportation forms, athletic forms, online enrollment for new students, as well as forms for currently enrolled students in one complete package. Plus, our premier partnerships with DASL and PowerSchool makes OneView even more essential to your organization.
• Content Management System
  • Our Content Management System (CMS) was built from the ground up specifically for educational organizations. We understand that website management must be intuitive for all levels of users, and that your websites should always be easy to update from any device. With eSchoolView, you will gain access to an arsenal of editing tools, neatly packed within an intuitive interface designed by our award winning team.

 

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