Oracle Retail Point-of-Service

The Oracle corporation submitted in March, 2012 the new version of industry solution of Oracle Retail Point-of-Service designed to help the retail companies to increase operational efficiency, to improve service quality of buyers and to simplify process of settlement transactions in international markets.

The new version of Oracle Retail Point-of-Service offers the retail companies the optimized functionality and the increased security, providing the single open interface which can be adapted for the different markets. It provides integration for several partner systems of the international payments and additional data protection of payment cards of clients, says Oracle. At the same time, the new version increases efficiency of staff of shops and simplifies system deployment due to expanded integration into solutions both Oracle, and other suppliers.

"Globalization is one of the main sources of growth for the retail companies, and the solution Oracle Retail Point-of-Service is designed to help them to service quickly the new markets, providing localization of offers and providing key components for cross-channel retail" — Mike Webster, the senior vice president and the general manager of division of Oracle Retail said.

Now Oracle Retail Point-of-Service offers the Authorized Payment Foundation platform that allows to simplify and consolidate process of payment authorization. Authorized Payment Foundation represents the flexible and safe application programming interface (API) which displays process of authorization for a framework of the cash solution and provides integration with processing systems of payments from ACI Worldwide and Servebase, reported in Oracle. The retail companies using possibilities of Authorized Payment Foundation receive the configured, expanded and quickly developed platform. It is necessary for the satisfaction of constantly changing requirements to payment authorization, supports payment devices and numerous gateways and also is capable to switch between service providers worldwide.

Besides, using the integrated means of biometrics from DigitalPersona company, world solution provider for authentication and protection of access, data and communications, the new version of Oracle Retail Point-of-Service facilitates observance of requirements of the standard of security of PCI, allowing operators to be registered and log in, using fingerprints. Biometric function allows to replace passwords or PIN codes with authentication on a fingerprint and to eliminate with that a possibility of unauthorized use by the employee of identification data or the magnetic card of the head for access to a cash system or commission of other unauthorized actions.

Oracle Retail Point-of-Service also includes now the visualized system of quick search allowing the cashier to add quickly the necessary goods items to the current check. Cashiers will not need to be verified with lists for scanning any more to find a goods barcode. According to developers, it will accelerate process of settlement and cash services or order placement.

The new version in addition optimizes settlement process at the checkout, providing closer integration with Oracle Retail Price Management that, in turn, allows to expand configurability of a system for support of marketing campaigns using threshold price values (like promotion actions like "purchase two things and receive a third free of charge").

Besides, Oracle Retail Point-of-Service allows managers of shops to browse cash reports at any time, without sending them to printing entirely. In the new version the user interface which allows to display, in particular, more accurately a system status is also improved, to display results on transactions and to select data entry fields.

The Oracle corporation provided in the fall of 2012 of Oracle Retail Mobile Point-of-Service — the mobile expansion for the Oracle Retail Point-of-Service (POS) system allowing the staff of shops to advise clients and to carry out the protected transactions using mobile devices in any point of shop. The solution gives to the retail companies an opportunity to better service clients and to increase efficiency of transactions.

"Mobile POS systems gain popularity at buyers and the retail companies as they accelerate and simplify control cash services, save from need to stand in a queue, cut down the expenses connected with increase in number of cash desks and allow personnel to communicate with clients in trading floors, but not to stand behind cash registers" — noted in corporation.

So, the solution Retail Mobile POS allows the retail companies to use more effectively Oracle applications of Retail Stores Solutions, giving to the staff of shop an opportunity to check warehouse stocks, to browse information on goods, to activate gift cards, to print or send cash vouchers by e-mail and to stop transactions for their end at the checkout.

"Oracle Retail Mobile POS provides the flexibility allowing to service buyers in the mode, convenient for them. Providing to the staff of shops the approved interface for transactions and allowing them to obtain necessary information at any stage of service, we help the retail companies to equalize possibilities of staff of the shops and buyers who are actively using digital technologies — Mike Webster, the senior vice president and the CEO of the Oracle Retail direction noted. — Oracle Retail Mobile POS offers the retail companies the integrated and scalable architecture which allows to select the interaction method, most suitable for the specific client".

Thanks to integration of Oracle Retail Mobile POS into Oracle Retail Stores Solutions simple updating and also coordination of business logic and processes of accomplishment of transactions for all complex of applications is provided.

Oracle Retail Mobile POS has scalable and flexible architecture which supports any combination of stationary or mobile systems of control cash services and a set of mobile operating systems and devices, such as iPod touch and VeriFone PAYware Mobile Enterprise Apple. Thus, the retail companies can not depend on specific equipment suppliers.