IBM Self Checkout System

IBM Self Checkout System 6

The solution for the sphere of retail which is specially designed with the purpose to provide buyers with intellectual opportunities for fast and convenient self-service in shops. This first in own way finished building block solution can change radically the current idea of buyers of process of self-service in shops.

to the report of IBM Institute of Business Value institute on economic value of the modern reasonable and technically equipped buyer for the retail seller, "to retailers it is necessary to simplify as much as possible to the buyers process of purchases, having provided them, among other, all necessary interactive services, and having given them a choice opportunity". In the report it is also noted that 40% of buyers want to have an opportunity to verify the prices in any place of a trading floor and to receive the necessary data on the selected goods when scanning, and 50% of buyers wish to use for this purpose personal mobile devices to avoid long queues in cash desks.

The solution IBM Self Checkout System 6 is developed to provide to customers more flexibility. It allows retail sellers to develop all components of a system for self-service – from the scanner to devices of acceptance of money, cashless payment and packaging of goods – in trading floors of any size, from large hypermarkets to small shops of step access on duty. Using the solution Self Checkout System 6, retail sellers can select installation of completely integrated system, separate modules of scanning of goods and payment of purchases or to unroll separate collection points for money in addition to cash desks of cashless payments (for calculation for credit/debit cards). It allows sellers to offer buyers the choice of different forms of process of purchase of goods in shop. Retailers also have an opportunity to satisfy the mobile buyers using in the course of "shopping" portable devices like the cell phone or the specialized "personal device of the buyer".

Design of IBM Self Checkout System 6 offers retail sellers naikratchayshy distance between zones of scanning and packaging of goods among any existing solutions for self-service of buyers in shops that allows not only to accelerate, but also it is essential to simplify process of purchases. The distance between zones of scanning and packaging was reduced by 36% in comparison with other offers, and it gave the chance to minimize time spent by buyers for scanning of goods in the cart for purchases and their packaging in packets.

The new system of self-service of buyers is also optimized for use of the powerful software of IBM Checkout Environment for Consumer-Service (CHEC) which proposes to retail sellers the comprehensive solution helping to reduce total cost of ownership a system. CHEC allows specialized expansions of the retailer to work as a part of the global basic application and, besides, provides reliable integration into the point-of-sale terminal and a possibility of remote control with a system. CHEC also has completely updated graphic user interface improving consumer properties of this software product.

It is less than place – for optimal use of the area of a trading floor

The building block systems designed for expansion of opportunities of users help to save also useful areas of premises that is extremely important for sellers who implement the systems of self-service of buyers in rather small shops. Besides, thanks to modular execution retailers can install the system of scanning of goods for cashless payment without module of acceptance of cash that saves space, allows to avoid unnecessary expenses and optimizes self-service process.

Improvement of cash management and increased security

Designed in modular execution, the System 6 system offers control functions by a cash liquidity and the raised security level and also possibilities of tracking of the movement of cash and preparation of the corresponding reports in real time. Cash payment continues to remain around the world an attractive payment type of goods therefore expanded support of this option in a system is extremely important. System 6 offers a payment processing option banknotes/notes and coins as an effective method of minimization of operating costs of management of a cash liquidity.

Irrespective of whether you use a cash payment option, the IBM System 6 system gives to retail sellers an opportunity of the increased control of receiving cash as payment of goods. Thanks to the module of payments retailers can receive separated (on a separate key or the password) access to cash that guarantees higher level of security and reduces monetary losses.

Intuitive user opportunities

IBM saves the commitment to intuitive interfaces of the user with 100% interactive opportunities that does transactions of scanning, packaging and payment of goods fast, simple and convenient. Provided the additional signal light at all elements of input that buyers in the course of self-service accurately understood each subsequent action in the System 6 IBM system.

The IBM Self Checkout systems continue to be projected taking into account requirements of the American act of protection of disabled people (American Disabilities Act, ADA), guaranteeing simple and convenient access to the display and all controls in the course of transactions. Now the user interface of the software of CHEC contains the Disability Access button on all screens providing an instant information access, located in the lower half of the screen.