Higher checkout productivity can be gained using epos systems. customers will be served much more quickly compared to if they were being served on a traditional cash register or a manual checkout system.
this is because every product is stored within the epos system. when a till operator scans the products barcode it retrieves the items price and product information. this is far quicker than manually typing the price into a cash register.
because of the barcode an epos systems will reduce the chance of human errors, data duplication, and data entry mistakes.
a standard epos system setup includes a terminal, scanning equipment, credit card reader and a receipt printer. a scanning device that is similar to a barcode reader is used to read the information about a product and is able to process is quickly and accurately.