Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Frontech Limited
Fujitsu Releases TeamStore/M Point-of-Sale System
- Speeds up checkout lines while offering food-safety and environmental benefits for large retailers -
Tokyo, May 11, 2009 — Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited jointly announced today's release of TeamStore/M, a point-of-sale (POS) system for supermarkets and other large retailers.
TeamStore/M features an easy-to-understand and easy-to-operate screen design that uses a large font size and a simple function button layout. This makes the POS system much easier to use, reducing wait time for customers while streamlining the checkout process.
As TeamStore/M is compliant with the GS1 databar(1), which stores more information than conventional barcodes, it can display on-screen alerts based on encoded use-by dates, thus preventing the sale of expired goods and contributing to food safety.
As well, the POS system can send information such as individual store data, to a central location through a network so that data currently handled by POS servers in each individual store can be consolidated onto a main server. This reduces overall space and electricity requirements and thereby helps to create an environmentally responsible system.
In recent years, retailers have looked to their POS systems to do more than simply increase transaction efficiency. Systems offering customers a smoother checkout process, as well as playing a significant role in promoting broader food-safety and meeting environmental goals, are high in demand.
To meet these high expectations for POS systems, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Frontech have put forward their extensive experience in the retail sector to develop TeamStore/M.
Product Features
1. Simple, easy-to-use POS system
The new system greatly enhances user-friendliness of POS systems by displaying the necessary information through a clear and comprehensive design template.
TeamStore/M was designed taking into consideration those users, such as part-time employees, who would be encountering their first POS system, and includes on-screen, step-by-step guidance. It organizes frequently-used function buttons into a row along the bottom of the screen for one-touch, easy accessibility. The easy-to-use operational system allows for short-term training so that users can be brought up-to-speed in no time.
2. Contributing to food safety
As TeamStore/M can read use-by dates encoded into the GS1 databars, expiration date checks on perishables can become a part of the checkout process. This feature safeguards against the sale of outdated food products, so that both the customer and retailer can enjoy a safe shopping environment.
3. Environmentally-conscious and conserving energy
TeamStore/M has a built-in network system that allows information, such as POS data from each respective store, to be consolidated in main servers at a single location. As a result, the required storage space and electricity usage needed to separately manage multiple POS servers at each individual store is minimized. For a chain of 30 stores each with 1 POS server, the number of servers can be minimized to 6 main servers centralized in one location thus reducing CO2 emissions by 30.4% in turn (estimate by Fujitsu Group).
TeamStore/M will be on display at Fujitsu Forum 2009, running May 14-15 at the Tokyo International Forum (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
Pricing and Availability
| Name | Pricing (excluding tax) | Shipment |
|---|---|---|
| TeamStore/M | JPY 1.8 million and up | Mid-May |
TeamStore/M includes POS core software and POS hardware (POS terminal, drawer, multifunction electronic keyboard, and fixed scanner set).
Sales Target
14,000 units over next three years
Glossary and Notes
- 1 GS1 DataBar:
- The newest type of one-dimensional barcode symbol promoted by the Distribution Systems Research Institute, as part of the Distribution System Standardization Project, sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Compared to the earlier JAN symbol, this symbol can hold the same amount of data in less space.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 175,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.
About Fujitsu Frontech
As part of the Fujitsu Group, Fujitsu Frontech Limited ties people and IT together through the development, manufacture and sale of front-end technology such as ATMs, operation branch, POS and totalizator terminals, and public display devices. Fujitsu Frontech also delivers related software, system integration and outsourcing as part of its total solutions offerings. The company supports the security sector by offering products incorporating Fujitsu's latest palm vein authentication technology, and is actively involved in the development of key technologies in various fields, with a current focus on color electronic paper and RFID systems. For more information, please see: http://www.frontech.fujitsu.com/en/
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