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Point-of-sale (POS)

Solutions for small and medium retail business

Point-of-sale (POS) solutions from IBM and IBM Business Partners offer retail-hardened systems that can help you quickly move shoppers through the lanes, support sales and marketing programs and increase associate productivity.

Benefits

IBM SurePOS Point-of-sale solutions can help you build a reliable POS environment. You can reduce total cost of ownership, streamline day-to-day operations, reduce energy, perform remote monitoring, and provide advertising at the point of sale. You may be able to:

  • Support real-time customer sales tracking and marketing initiatives such as loyalty card programs. 

  • Increase revenue by enabling promotions and advertising at the point of sale.
  • Lower total cost of ownership over time and fewer support requirements than PCs.
  • Reduce lost sales by integrating supply chain and inventory information across the enterprise.
  • Improve associate training times with an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use graphical user interface.
  • Increase customer service, satisfaction and loyalty by speeding checkout and improving accuracy.
  • Reduce labor costs by simplifying cashier training.
  • Withstand the full brunt of today's retail environments with units that are built with a sealed, spill-resistant display and self-service retail hardened design.

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POS solutions

  • IBM and Epicor

    Provides retail management software, hardware and services to help its customers drive sales, improve customer service, and reduce operating costs, all with more ease and flexibility.

  • IBM and JDA

    Delivers integrated software and professional services for the retail demand chain.

  • IBM and MarCole

    Provides full function gift registry and catalog systems for the mass merchant and small- to mid-sized retail markets.

  • IBM and Oracle Retail

    Provides software that enables retailers to leverage real-time operational intelligence from the point of sale (POS) to the back office and across the enterprise.

  • IBM and PCMS

    Offers Vision BeanStore, a 100% Java™ POS and back-office software solution developed using the latest technologies and an object-oriented architecture to take full advantage of thin clients and Internet computing technology.

  • IBM and POSitouch

    Develops, supports and markets the POSitouch system, a point-of-sale system focused solely on the hospitality industry.

  • IBM and Retalix

    Provides comprehensive supply chain execution solutions and services to food and consumer goods wholesale and retail distributors.

  • IBM and SalePoint

    Provides point-of-sale and corporate merchandise management solutions for retailers.

  • IBM and VAI

    Provides state-of-the-art software solutions for the distribution, manufacturing and retail industries.

  • IBM SurePOS ACE for 4690 Operating System

    Combines check-out support, electronic marketing, data maintenance, account management and other business processes in a versatile, cost-saving package.

We're here to help

We'll work with you to understand your needs, determine the best options and find the IBM representative and/or IBM Business Partner that is right for you. Contact the Express Advantage Concierge, a team of specialists dedicated to mid-sized business at 1-877-IBM-ACCESS
(426-2223).