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POS Portability

POS Portability

posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2004
by Kyle Ritter

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For larger retail stores and fast paced environments such as restaurants, it makes sense to have portable options for your point of sale system. Using wireless handheld devices, wireless networked notebook pcs, and other such devices are incredibly handy for allowing employees to roam the stores and check inventory and pricing from any location in the store.

If your employees are spending too much time running back and forth from the POS terminal, which creates additional wait time for your customers, you might look at incorporating wireless modules. The portability will not only save time, but be able to immediately press upon the customer the scope of price and availability. No more running back to shipping and receiving to find out when out of stock items are due to come in.

Portability also means increased efficiency for personnel in shipping and receiving. A scanner attached to the portable data terminal will allow them to quickly verify tracking numbers or ad delivery status, as well as enter incoming products into the inventory.



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