So all Point of Sale (POS) systems evolved from old school Cash Registers. Cash Registers however did not go away although their market share of the industry is tiny compared to modern POS. In the Seattle Tacoma area we have installed many Touch Screen Cash Registers systems and computer based touch screen systems.
Which type of system is right for your restaurant? Well believe it or not there are more choices out there today in touch screen systems then just a few years ago including Cash Registers. Today's Cash Registers have grown up to include models with touch screens and hybrids with traditional cash register keyboards and touch screens.
Touch Screen Cash Registers cost about 25% to 50% less then the typical computer based POS system. And of course you will find they have 25% to 50% less features as well, but most establishes never use those features.
So here a list of the pros of a touch screen cash register
- Much cheaper in most cases.
- More reliable then a PC in most every case because they are ROM based not hard drive based, they do not have an operating system, they can not acquire a virus like a computer, and employees can't play video games or surf the web on them
- Very durable and reliable
- Long service life
OK, there are a few cons as well
- The reporting is not as robust as a computer based system. For example you can go deep into history and see what server sold the most in July vs. August. Those reports are there but the register won't sort or save them
- Not as many options to integrate or expand to like hand held POS, integrated reservations etc.
- Not open architecture hardware
Now here is the great thing about our company that you won't find elsewhere in another POS Cash Register Dealer in Washington State or the Seattle Tacoma Area. We sell both Computer Based Touch Screen Systems and Touch Screen Cash Register Systems. Our computer based touch screen system is Digital Dining and our register based system is the SPS-2000 and The Sharp UP-800 Series
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