Speaking of technology
By James Kon 

One of the most essential aspects of any retail operating system is up-to-date technology on retail and office equipment, in order to facilitate promotion as well as save cost in a long run. Aliaa Label & Stucker Sdn Bhd recently introduced to the market a new Casio cash register, Casio QT-2100, that has a multi-cluster tracking system and a ram size of between 4 and 8 MB.

It is also capable of credit card verification and automatic assignment of discount rate. Additional features include a barcode reader, automatic consolidation sale data, and perhaps most importantly, a data-saving compact flash card.

One of the advantages of implementing such system is time saved from producing daily sale reports.

Since it is linked to the back office computer, the system allows new information to be sent to the cash register almost instantaneously.

Other new machines available at Aliaa are CasioTE-100, Casio TK-T200, Casio TE-2000 and CE 7000; these items come with hand-held laser scanner and possess up to 65,000 PLUs with stock control.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin