viPOS Overview

viPOS (vendor independent Point Of Sale)

RORC developed the viPOS system because it felt that existing open systems products at the time largely ignored the smaller users. viPOS helps to ensure that all retailers, no matter how small, may benefit from these advances in technology. viPOS is installed in thousands of lanes across the nation, and allows small to medium size retailers to take advantage of product-scanning technology. This helps to build the foundation for implementing a wide range of information-intensive programs crucial for succeeding in today’s supermarket business environment. viPOS delivers a point-of-sale scanning alternative whose price point is attractive to the small-to-medium sized grocery retailer.

viPOS has proven to be a reliable and scalable point-of-sale application, installed in configurations ranging from a single lane to over 25 lanes. Architecturally, the system runs on Windows across a TCP/IP Ethernet LAN. viPOS allows each lane to operate independently, ensuring no single point of failure. Each lane contains the full PLU file and only communicates to the POS server at the end of a transaction. This allows the front-end terminals to function even if the server is not available – by scanning from a local PLU file and temporarily storing all transactions and electronic journal information to the local disk until the server comes back online. When the server becomes available, all stored transactions are forwarded to the server to re-synchronize.

Features at a glance

Frequent Shopper Reporting Features Check Processing Store Charge Posting Gift certificate tender. Graphical screen savers Receipt Coupon Generation Customer database Electronic journal. MTX/EPS WinEPS Support

Flexible report selection. Drill-down Financial Reports Integrated Electronic Payment Support Multiple transaction discounts. Secondary & back-up totals. Loans/Pickups from any terminal to any cashier. Transaction Suspend/Resume Vendor & Store Coupon Processing Multiple user programmed PLU lists NCR FastLane self-checkout integration

Lane Software

The POS lane component facilitates the operation of the store by integrating with a wide range of devices. Each lane can be configured independently to operate with differing devices. In addition, a lane can continue functioning independently as needed to provide the greatest amount of support to your customers.

• Introduces a low-cost point-of-sale scanning alternative targeted at the small-to-medium sized operator, yet scalable to large installations.
• Utilizes Vendor Independent PC architecture so that support is simplified & future extendibility is assured
• Provides a scalable software and hardware solution that will fit any retailers needs
• Redundancies in design ensure that the remainder of the system will continue to operate in the event of an individual component failure
• Large screen/large print display that provides excellent customer visibility
• Running total display on screen
• Scrollable virtual receipt on screen for quick item identification beyond the last item scanned
• Very high ease of use and minimal cashier training required
• Training mode provided for training new cashiers during regular operation
• Highly configurable and customizable
• Extensive keyboard configuration capabilities, with the ability to secure or require multi-level authorization on any key, support for department and item pre-set keys, and a broad list of common POS functions
• Extensive device support for a variety of scanners, scales, printers, cash drawers, pole displays, etc.
• Provides a flexible set of choices to customize operationally
• Graphical thermal receipt printing
• Coupon printing at the POS lane based on transaction or departmental thresholds
• Extensive payment processing support
• In-house store charge control, with real-time balance information available at the lane
• Check processing support, including local negative check and velocity checking, automated check writing, and network negative check and velocity checking
• Full integrated support for debit, credit, and EBT payments, via dial-up, VSAT, or IP-based connections
• Gift card support
• Support for WIC and Food Stamp product eligibility validation and totaling, with WIC check verification
• Support for age restricted products and age verification
• Extensive pricing support, including frequent shopper, tiered, premium pricing (buy n, get $), discounts, and others
• Immediate display and verification of price savings on screen
• Support for multiple tax itemizers, tax exemptions, and tax modifiers
• Support for customer-specified pricing, including tiers, stored awards, or stored messages for specific customers
• Not on file data capture and reporting
• Fully detailed transaction data collect for all or frequent shopper transactions only
• Price-check kiosk support using the Symbol MK1000 device
• Dual graphical customer and cashier display support
• Powerful tool for front end marketing with the fully graphical cashier and/or customer monitors, using graphics screen savers, product linked graphics and messages, and customer-specific features
• Catalina Coupon support
• Dual cash drawer support for improved cashier accountability
• Unlimited transaction suspend/resume capability
• Support for multiple scrollable PLU lists for non-scanning items
• Support for FM terminal order pre-scan (“line buster”) for busy environments
• Support for scrollable department lists permits infrequently charged department to be omitted from the keyboard.
• Support for scrollable customer list for stores running house charge accounts.

Back Office software

The viPOS product includes an extensive back office component that supports financial reporting, cash management, and cashier monitoring. The back office functionality also provides for maintenance of cashier, department, charge account, and check cashing files.

• Provides store, cashier, and terminal reports, including departmental sales and hourly sales.
• Provides a full suite of tools for cashier accountability, including blind balancing and safe accountability, with real-time reads of POS totals.
• Provide a basic Accounts Receivable system, with support for purchase recording, payment application, finance charges, and statements.
• Provides a terminal monitor displaying transactions in real-time.
• Provides a searchable electronic journal with archive tools to maintain these records over time.
• Interfaces with ShrinkTrax for more extensive cashier reporting