While the coming of the RFID age appears to be inevitable, many South African companies are unclear as to what they should do about it.
SA may not be able to compete with the volume markets of Europe and the US, but when it comes to RFID technology, there is no lagging.
JSE-listed UCS Group has acquired a point-of-sale services firm.
Industrial hardware retail operation, Robot Paints, has implemented an isoPOS point of sale (POS) software solution that integrates into the company`s ACCPAC Advantage Series back-office accounting program.
IS Partners has deployed ProClarity at the JD Group retail chain to increase the levels of speed, accuracy and flexibility of the key function of reporting operational numbers.
Price is still an inhibitor of LCD monitors but the benefits, especially in a point of sale (POS) environment, justify the purchase of an LCD monitor, says Peter Held, MD of Apex Cash Control Solutions.
South African home shopping company HomeChoice has implemented Sybase's point of sale management solution, Retail Trade System, at its new retail outlet at its Cape Town head office.
The Foschini Group has signed a contract with PIC Solutions to upgrade its Triad adaptive control system.
Majestic Wine Warehouse has deployed 250 DigiPoS PowerPoS systems across its 122 stores.
New Clicks Holdings has installed Datalinx Technologies` CellPAD GPRS-based point of sale and transaction processing devices at its stores to facilitate the sale of prepaid cellular airtime.
RCS Cards, a member of the Foschini Group, has selected PIC Solutions to develop custom application scorecards for its retail cards portfolio.
SCM Solutions will launch new-generation RFID technology in SA on 1 July.
A point of sale (POS) software system has been implemented by POS software development house, isoPOS, for Chemosol, a Johannesburg supplier of art supplies.