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QUESTI
ON;
USI
NGORGANI
SATI
ONOFYOURCHOI
CEI
NTHERETAI
LSECTOR,
DISCUSS
ANYFI
VEFUCTI
ONSOFACOMPUTER.

Asar
etai
l
er,y
oumaybel
i
evet
hatal
ltheequi
pmenti
nthemar
ketar
emor
eorl
esst
he
same.Af
teral
l
,ify
ourgoali
stoacceptcr
edi
tcar
dsaty
ourst
ore’
scheckoutcount
er
,
thenhav
inganyPOShar
dwar
einy
ourcomput
eri
snecessar
y,what
evert
hebr
andor
t
ypewoul
dsuf
fi
ce.Accept
ingcr
edi
tcar
dsi
saf
undament
alnecessi
tyf
or 
moder
nPOS
sy
stems.Butt
oday
’sr
etai
lcust
omer
shav
emor
eway
stopayt
hanev
er,andaf
ull
y
f
eat
ured POS needs t
o suppor
t 
your cust
omer
’s expect
ati
ons 
whi
l
e maki
ng
y
our
 i
nvent
oryandaccount
ing 
processesassi
mpl
easpossi
ble.Moder
nPOSsy
stems
i
nret
ailst
orecomput
eri
ncl
udebot
hhar
dwar
eandsof
twar
efunct
ional
i
tyt
hatl
etsy
ou
st
reaml
i
net
ransact
ions,
reduceov
ersi
ght
,andmi
ti
gat
ethedamageofempl
oyeeer
ror
s.
Mostmoder
npoi
ntofsal
esy
stems(
par
ti
cul
arl
ycl
oud-
basedones)shoul
dhav
eal
lthe
keyf
unct
ional
i
tyy
ouexpectofast
ateoft
hear
tPOS.Ev
erymoder
nPOSsy
stem i
nthe
r
etai
lbusi
nesscomput
eri
ncl
udesatl
eastf
iveessent
ialhar
dwar
edev
ices/
orf
unct
ions.
Al
loft
heseel
ement
scont
ri
but
etot
hecheckoutt
ransact
ioni
nauni
queway
.Thescope
oft
hisessayseekst
odi
scussanyf
ivef
uct
ionsofancomput
eri
nret
ail
organi
zat
ions.

Acomput
eri
samachi
net
hatcanbepr
ogr
ammedt
ocar
ryoutsequencesofar
it
hmet
ic
orl
ogi
cal
oper
ati
onsaut
omat
ical
l
y.Moder
ndi
git
alel
ect
roni
ccomput
erscanper
for
m
gener
icset
sofoper
ati
onsknownaspr
ogr
ams.Thesepr
ogr
amsenabl
ecomput
erst
o
per
for
m awi
der
angeoft
asksasnot
edbyAnder
son,
(2011)
,Ret
ail
organi
zat
ioni
s
st
ruct
urel
aysoutt
hedi
ff
erentf
unct
ionsatar
etai
lcompanyandt
hef
lowofhi
erar
chy
f
rom t
opt
obot
tom asnot
edbyNat
han,
(2011)
.Thi
sdef
inest
heheadsofeachf
unct
ion
andt
het
eamst
hatr
epor
ttot
hem.I
nthi
scont
ext
,ret
ail
organi
zat
ionst
ruct
urei
s
di
ff
erentatt
heheadof
fi
cef
rom t
her
etai
lst
ores,
andi
nthi
sar
ti
clewewi
l
lexpl
ainbot
h.

Tost
artwi
th,
thecomput
ersy
stemsofr
etai
lst
oreshav
eaBar
codeScanner
.Fr
om t
he
cust
omer
’spoi
ntofv
iew,
thet
ransact
ionbegi
nswhenanempl
oyeei
ntr
oducespr
oduct
bar
codest
othesy
stem usi
ngabar
codescannerasnot
edbyCho,
andKang,
(2001)
.
Wi
thoutt
hisdev
ice,
theempl
oyeehast
omanual
l
yent
eraUni
ver
sal
ProductCode(
UPC)
f
oreachi
tem,
whi
chi
sti
me-
consumi
ngandpr
onet
oer
ror
s.Youhav
epr
obabl
yseen
t
hishappenatt
hesuper
mar
ketwhenapr
oducthasadamagedbar
code.Scanner
s
comei
nav
ari
etyofshapesandsi
zes.Super
mar
ketcheckoutl
anest
endt
ousel
argei
n-
count
erbar
codescanner
s,whi
l
eret
ail
stor
esof
tenpr
efersmal
lhandhel
dscanner
s

Secondl
y,r
etai
lst
orescomput
ershav
eregi
sterScr
eenwhi
chi
sofcr
uci
ali
mpor
tance
t
owar
dst
hei
rsel
l
ingoper
ati
ons.Onceanempl
oyeescansapr
oductcode,
the
cor
respondi
ngpr
oductshowsupont
her
egi
sterscr
een.Thi
sscr
eeni
spar
tofa
comput
ert
hati
nter
pret
sthecode,
addst
hev
aluesofscannedi
tems,
andpr
ocessest
he
t
ransact
ion.Somesmal
lbusi
nessesusest
andar
dPCsf
ort
hispur
pose,
whi
l
eot
her
s
pr
eferpur
pose-
bui
l
tal
l
-i
n-onedev
ices.Si
ncet
her
egi
steri
sessent
ial
l
yacomput
er,
you
hav
emul
ti
pleopt
ionsav
ail
abl
easnot
edbyBabu,
(2012)
. 
Deskt
opcomput
ers,
pur
pose-
bui
l
tsy
stems,
orev
enmobi
l
edev
icesandt
abl
etscanal
lper
for
mthi
sjob.Compl
ex
sy
stemscani
ntegr
atewi
thawebsi
tebackendsot
hatmul
ti
plesal
espoi
ntscandr
aw
f
rom t
hesamei
nvent
ory
,suchasabr
ick-
and-
mor
tarr
etai
lst
orewi
thi
tsowne-
commer
cewebsi
te.
 Thi
spr
event
sonl
i
necust
omer
sfr
om pur
chasi
ngi
temst
hatar
eout
ofst
ockaf
teri
n-per
soncust
omer
sbuyt
hem.

Mor
eov
er,
ret
ail
stor
ecomput
ershav
eapay
mentTer
minal
sof
twar
etoenabl
emaki
ng
t
ransact
ionswhenpur
chasi
ng.Cr
edi
tcar
dpay
ment
smakeup 
36per
cent
 ofdepar
tment
st
orepur
chases.Oneoft
hemai
nbenef
it
stousi
ngPOShar
dwar
eisbei
ngabl
eto
acceptpay
ment
sbycar
d.Pay
mentt
ermi
nal
scomei
nav
ari
etyofshapesandsi
zes,
f
rom si
mpl
emagst
ri
per
eader
s(MSRs)t
otouchscr
eenpay
mentt
ermi
nal
swi
thnumber
padst
hatl
etuser
sinputt
hei
rPI
Nnumbert
over
if
ytr
ansact
ionsasnot
edbyDahl
ber
g,
(
2008)
.The 
PCISecur
it
ySt
andar
dsCounci
l
 ov
erseessecur
it
ycompl
i
ancef
orpay
ment
t
ermi
nal
sonbehal
foft
hef
ivebi
ggestgl
obal
pay
mentbr
ands,
compr
isi
ngofAmer
ican
Expr
ess,
Discov
er,
JCB,
Mast
erCar
d,andVi
sa.Reput
abl
ePOShar
dwar
evendor
smust
cer
ti
fyt
hatt
heymeetPCISSDsecur
it
yst
andar
dssoast
omai
ntai
nef
fect
ivenessand
ef
fi
ciencyi
nthei
roper
ati
ons.

Toaddon,
ther
eisCashDr
aweri
ncomput
ersusedi
nret
ail
shopsl
i
keO.
KinZi
mbabwe.
Thesi
mpl
estpi
eceofhar
dwar
eint
hePOSecosy
stem i
sthecashdr
awer
,iti
sexact
ly
whati
tsoundsl
i
ke.Secur
ecashdr
awer
sonl
yopeni
nresponset
oav
ali
dtr
ansact
ion
si
gnal
from t
her
egi
sterasnot
edbyAv
ger
ou,
(2003)
.Ify
ouhav
eev
erseenacheckout
empl
oyeeopenandcl
oseacashdr
awerwhenpr
ocessi
ngacr
edi
tcar
dtr
ansact
ion,
thi
s
i
sther
easonwhy
.Thi
sshowst
hei
mpor
tanceofcashdr
aweraspar
tofcomput
ers
usedbyr
etai
lshopsi
nint
hei
roper
ati
ons.

Last
ly,
thecomput
erusedbyr
etai
lst
oresl
i
keO.
KinZi
mbabweal
soper
for
m Recei
pt
Pr
int
ing.Af
teracheckoutempl
oyeescansapr
oductbar
code,
conf
ir
mst
hepay
ment
amountont
her
egi
ster
,andr
ecei
vespay
mentf
rom t
hecust
omer
,thatempl
oyeemust
gener
atear
ecei
ptasnot
edbyAr
gandoña,
(2003)
.Recei
ptpr
int
ersaut
omat
ical
l
y
gener
ater
ecei
ptsusi
ngt
hedat
agat
her
edi
nthepr
evi
ousst
epsoft
het
ransact
ion.

Abr
okenormal
funct
ioni
ngr
ecei
ptpr
int
ercanst
opabusi
nessi
nit
str
acks.Fort
his
r
eason,
youshoul
dpr
ior
it
izedur
abl
e,hi
ghqual
i
tyr
ecei
ptpr
int
erst
hatdon’
trel
yon
r
ibboncar
tri
dget
echnol
ogy
.Thebestr
ecei
ptpr
int
ersuset
her
mal
technol
ogyt
opr
int
wi
thoutconsumi
ngr
esour
ces,
sot
heonl
yconsumabl
eyouneedon-
handatal
lti
mesi
s
paper
.

I
nconcl
usi
on,
hav
ingt
hebestPOShar
dwar
ecandowonder
sfory
ourr
etai
lbusi
ness.
Ther
ightequi
pmentcanhel
pyour
unmor
eef
fi
cient
ly,
sav
espace,
andi
mpr
ovet
he
cust
omerexper
ience.That
’swhyi
t’
simpor
tantt
haty
ouspendampl
eti
mef
indi
ngand
choosi
ngt
hehar
dwar
eset
upt
hatf
it
syourneeds.Addi
ti
onal
har
dwar
eandf
unct
ional
i
ty
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