Check Please! Mobile POS in Restaurants

Last week I went to a fancy Italian restaurant with my family after work. Frequently surrounded by barcode scanners and mobile computers, I thought I was done seeing data collection devices when I left the office – but boy was I wrong. Walking into the restaurant (a bit earlier than the rest of my party,…

You Know You Need A Mobile POS Solution When…

The past few weeks, I introduced two blogs discussing the benefits of a mobile computer and a mobile printer in the retail industry. Now it’s time to put this information together and see where specifically a mobile point of sale (POS) solution would have the greatest benefit. Some retailers are best fit for a standalone,…

Mobile Printers at the Hip in Retail

It’s easy to adopt old habits and stick with them – especially when they’re a part of a grand process such as checking out customers in a retail setting. For decades, that process consisted of a standalone computer next to a printer, as customers filed through the – sometimes long – lines to checkout. But…

Cutting Down the Line, Gaining Loyal Customers

I’ll be going on a much-needed vacation early next month, which calls for some new clothes for the trip. Something tells me that what I normally wear in Upstate New York won’t do me any favors for the Florida heat. Shopping at the mall last weekend, I found myself waiting in lines at the counter…

How To Improve Efficiencies With Mobile Computers

Manual process presents challenges in areas of organization and real-time visibility. Improving your inventory management through the use of mobile computing will reduce errors by improving accuracy, saving time for better resource allocation and give you the visibility you need. This type of inventory management/tracking technology is especially important in the highly competitive and growing…

Point of Sale, Mobile Printing, and Holiday Shopping

I love to shop and if I could do it all the time I would.  There are a few things holding me back though: money does not grow on trees, I have other priorities that come first, and bills that need to be paid. I especially love to shop around the holidays. The sales, the…

For the Love of Football!

Football season is about halfway over and my favorite team is not doing as bad as they usually do. Maybe there is hope their losing curse/streak is almost over.  No I am not going to tell you which team it is, but I will give you a hint. Fans of my team will always be…