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Discover the Store Management Suite
Indeed!
SMS is a complete "Suite" of applications designed for the
retail industry. From the Point of Sale system all the way up to
central host and warehouse management, SMS is the perfect tool
to Buy, Sell and Manage. Discover the Store
Management Suite...
ALL IN ONE...
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Full Featured Point-of-Sale
The SMS Point-of-Sale system offers superior data handling capabilities. Features: touch screen or keyboard, debit/credit and gas pump interface, advanced customer loyalty features, support for scanners, scales, display and printing options. -
Product Management
A full featured Item Maintenance program based on the SIL data dictionary: multiple vendors per item, multiple price levels per item, effective screen layouts, extended filter criteria, powerful global changes and real-time data analysis. -
Customer Management
The SMS Customer Database provides flexibility for multiple management purposes: accounts receivable, check validation, loyalty program. The customer information can be broadcasted to all terminals or queried from a central database over a WAN.-
Accounts Receivable
Accurate management of your accounts receivable: maximum credit, account statement in "Open Balance" or "Invoice Matching" mode, age of accounts, open payment, full or partial payment of invoices, debit notes, etc. -
Customer Loyalty Module
SMS V2 integrates the advanced preferred shopper options to manage customer benefits: discounts, electronic coupons, points accumulation, special price, etc. All customer benefits are programmable by shopper level (bronze, gold, platinum, etc).
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Accounts Receivable
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Inventory Management / Receiving
A reliable inventory control system: physical count and adjustment of inventory, multiple counts (multiple locations) for the same product, automatic inventory update. Also SMS allows you to manage receiving and cost of goods . Goods receiving can be done through a RF Controller or directly from your computer. -
Balancing and Accounting
The Balancing module is a tool to manage pickups, loans and declare for each cashier. It also support safe management: deposits, withdrawals and declaration. You can also enter all your accounting entries like paid in and paid out. -
Electronic Journal
The SMS Electronic Journal is available in XML format so you can search, report and export information easily. Multiple reports and advanced searching options are also available. -
Native Label Printing
The Label Printing program has been designed to fit with retail industry requirements: printing labels from internal or external batch, bulk printing, unlimited label formats. -
Flexible Report Generator
SMS uses Report Builder Report Generator. The SMS system currently contains over 500 reports for sales analysis. You can also create your own reports. -
Powerful Renting Feature
You can now use SMS to rent your video, games, tools, cleaning machine... -
Import / Export
The SMS database has been designed in conformity with the Standard Interchange language in order to provide flexible import and export utilities: ASCII or DBASE format converted to SIL standard file, map file to extract information from source file, deli scale interface. -
Cash Register
LOC Software has been developing retail management systems for 15 years. Interfaces with cash registers: Casio ECR interface, Superboard I/II and SA2100 interface.
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Purchase Order / Allowance
An integrated tool for purchase order entry, PO/delivery slip comparison and vendor bill control. Orders can be based on history or minimum/maximum, and transactions are exported to the account payable software. -
Kiosk and Price Checker
Our Kiosk module can be used for price verification, customer points, balance or promotion. Interface to price checker devices like NCR or Symbol. Supports Windows/PC Web kiosk with support for scanner and printer. -
RF Hand Held Controller
With the RF Controller, SMS functions are now virtually accessible anywhere, anytime. Our portable unit allows you to verify or change a price, receive stock, update information, enter orders, and even print labels. -
E-Commerce
Open your doors online! Our SMS E-commerce module provides retailers with an access to this virtual market place. Orders from the Internet are directly sent to your computer; no more interface between two systems. -
Time & Attendance
This full featured time management tool lets you create and maintain your employees schedules efficiently. -
Electronic Advertising
66% of purchases decisions are made in store; a good reason to put more time, attention and strategic design into your store advertising. -
Scale Interface
Interface you SMS database to all your department scale. Using drivers from Invatron, we can now deploy change to your register and your scale at the same time. -
Gas Pump Interface
Our Gas Pump Interface is compliant with major pump suppliers like Gilbarco, Bennett and Tokhiem: integrated pump control into the POS system, sales report for gas and store operations, gas inventory control. -
Digital Video Recorder Interface
Review the transaction live from your back office. Very powerful tools for lost prevention. -
Warehouse
This module provides ordering and shipping functions to ensure accurate and efficient management of your orders. Also supports inventory commitment, shipment handling and fees.
PowerPoint Presentations
Thru the year, we presented SMS using PowerPoint at different events, such as the MarkeTechnics (FMI), ICRDA and other events of importance. PowerPoint being a very good presentation tool, we now make our presentations available for your own use.
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SMS V3 (Slide Show)
This presentation shows the new feature available in V3. Presentation (English)(February 3 2006, 1Mg)
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Kiosk Presentation (Movie
Style)
This presentation is designed to run on a kiosk or be projected on a wall. The slides present the major SMS features in a smooth slides transition. It is ideal if you need a presentation running on a kiosk by itself. Kiosk Presentation (English)(July 20 2004, 9Mg)
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SMS Features Presentation
(Slide Show)
Here's the latest powerpoint presentation done for the CFIG West. Presentation (English)(April 21 2004, 11Mg)
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Kiosk Presentation (Movie
Style)
This presentation is designed to run on a kiosk or be projected on a wall. The slides present the major SMS features in a smooth slides transition. It is ideal if you need a presentation running on a kiosk by itself. Kiosk Presentation (English)(January 6 2004, 9Mg)
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SMS Presentation (Slide Show)
The SMS Presentation shows an overview of all SMS features. You see where SMS is installed, its design, what makes us unique, and much more. By moving from one slide to another, you discover the extensive features of SMS. Presentation (English)(December 12 2003, 12Mg)
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SMS Version 2.20 (Interactive)
The SMS Interactive Presentation starts on a main page that lists all SMS features. When you click on a feature, you reach the part of the presentation which describes this feature. Some features only include 1 slide while some others include 2 or more slides. The links are on every page, so you can only look at the features which interest you. Interactive220 (English)(October 29 2003, 12Mg)
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Architecture and Design (Slide
Show)
The Architecture and Design presentation only includes 3 slides which describe the Architecture and the Design of SMS. It presents the Inbox/Outbox concept in movement, as well as the information kept at the different levels: Lane - Store Server - Head Office. Technical (English)
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CAS-Lite (Slide Show)
Our Casio register polling software is now ready to be installed at large. The CAS-Lite presentation shows what CAS-Lite offers to you. |
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SMS V3 - Features at a Glance
Sylvain, 2006/02/03
This new version offers a good balance of new features and improvements. Below is a short list of what was done in SMS V3.
Highlights
Margin, markdown and forecast
Improved buying and DSD module
Batch enhancements
Label printing automation
More coupon scenarios
Volume pricing
Redesigned RF application
More synchronizing tools for multi stores
More import options
New security features
| Loss & Profit Analysis | |
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| Feature | Description |
| Margin | -We now show the margin on the product
right into the price window. -Future margin can be studied using the future batch -You get prompt to recalculate the price when you change the target gross margin (TGM). -Margin can be used to calculate package price and limited price. |
| Grouping Margin | You can now assign a general margin for sales made by open departments and sub departments. The system will generate a total cost and profit by adding together the general department profit and the specific item profit. |
| Margin Matrix | -Margin matrix by sub department and
category. -Price generation from margin directly from the price table, batches and customer contract pricing. |
| Cube | New cubes to study the item and margin |
| Forecasting | -Forecast can be entered for any future
period and compared to the real sales. -Forecast may be entered manually or using past movement. -The system automatically calculate the price at forecast time and use it to calculate the forecast sales amount. |
| Flyer Analysis | Flyer analysis let you specify on what page of the flyer the item is located, you can enter forecasted quantity and get the forecasted margin. |
| Maintenance | |
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| Feature | Description |
| Data entry | You no longer need to enter the decimal point, the system assume 2 decimals. |
| Nutritional Information | You can now maintain the nutritional information from SMS and deploy it to the scales. |
| Split Code | Item can be linked together using a split code. The system will automatically maintain the inventory and synch cost. |
| Batches | -New batch types: Instore, redeem,
general price, discount, bill back, general cost. -We now store the old batch in a more effective way, that lets us look back in old batch instantly. |
| Item Search | All the screen were you can search item by their description now support a "internet style" search where it searchs all the words separately. |
| Utility Screen | -New utility screen from where you can do many routine tasks like deploy, labels, movement, etc. |
| Label | -A new label extract let you extract
any upcoming events using the date. The system use the
date to determine every item that will change between
now and the date and build a recap screen where you can
print labels by event type and aisle. You can also
activate the information right from there and deploy it
the register. This let you print label and activate
printing aisle by aisle. -New instant label that can print one item or all item in the browser. -You can now choose any windows printer at runtime to print label. |
| PDA | A new feature in the PDA application will let you activate the price one by one as you put the label on the shelf. This let you put labels and change price right in the middle of the day while people are shopping. As soon as you put the label on the shelf, you activate the price by scanning the code on the label. |
| Security | You can require a user level to modify certain or all aspect of an item programming |
| Multi-Language | Alternate descriptions to support second language |
| Alternate Code | -Multiple alternate code with a main
flag to specify the preferred code. -You can now use the alternate code for selling in different format. |
| Like Code | -In batch management you can
automatically add all items that are grouped together
with the like code. -Adding new items to a like code grouping is now easier with a list available from a double click. -We also improve the HTML page item analysis by giving you an option to view sales are all items grouped by like code. Looking at the sales of the Ruffles BBQ is sometime needed for example but the sales of all Ruffles flavor is also a need that is now available. |
| New Batch Lookup | -New batch lookup form from header box,
sorting options are available. -Recall a batch easily from the header box list. -Bring all items included in the batch from a button in the header box. -By changing the date in your batch header, the system will suggest that you change all items included in that batch. |
| New Batch Type | New batch type include : Future General Price - Future Instore - Future Redemption Future General Cost - Future Cost Breaks - Future Bill Back Future main - Future POS |
| Point of Sale | |
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| Feature | Description |
| Searching | -A new item and customer lookup that
can be used with a POS keyboard and that can be used to
search using multiple criteria -New flipchart let you search using any grouping field and description. |
| Review | A new review lookup function let you review sales from other terminals and reprint receipt. |
| Swiping card | There is a new option to be able to swipe card at any time while the cashier is ringing items |
| Volume Pricing | We now support volume pricing. You can program up to three level of quantity and the associated price. The volume price are entered in the same field as package price and limited price. A new method is used to switch between volume pricing mode or regular mode. |
| Linked Items | You can now configure the system so if you void an item which is linked to another, the system automatically void the linked item. This also apply to vendor coupon, if you void the item that validates the vendor coupon, the vendor coupon is automatically removed |
| Cashier Loan | We can now loan to multiple cashiers in one shot. |
| Customer | Automatic alternate customer code lookup |
| Best Price | Best price method will scan all levels and give the best price. |
| MICR | Improved MICR decoding that can decode 98% of the check out of the box. |
| Loyalty Lane | Complete integration with external point management third party like Givex/Loyalty lane |
| Coupons | |
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| Feature | Description |
| Matching | - All coupons are now matched with an
item in the transaction - Item cannot be voided without voiding the coupon |
| Coupon type | New coupon types: By X get Y Free, By X get Y percent off, Get Y off by pound etc... |
| Reward | - Electronic coupon reward can be to
free the cheapest item - Reward can also be to apply a percent discount of cheapest or selected item - Reward can be given by unit or by weight |
| Operation | - Electronic coupon can now
be subtracted from existing line in the transaction - Coupon price can be final bundled price - All offer can be given real time or printed for next visit |
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| Not for sale | Many item grids now offers the choice to remove the "Not for sale" item. |
| Inventory count | New feature to ease the physical count process like show me that is not count, item with negative on hand. |
| Buying | Allowance, discount and rebates are tracked in different totalizer depending on if the are "off invoice" or not |
| Back Order | Back order from selling and purchasing
is now easier to setup: -Managing BO from Purchasing now have a Flag in the cost table and number of days in the vendor table. -Managing BO from Selling now have a Flag in the POS table and number of days in the customer table. |
| Account Receivable | Paying all invoice from one check is now feasible by entering the check amount and the system will match all old invoice until the amount of the check is reach. |
| Report | |
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| Feature | Description |
| Re-Calculation | The system automatically recalculate all the outdated report totals. |
| Costing System | Cost system can now be determine by item (last cost, average cost, database cost, etc) |
| Item Code | All item report can now print a choice of codes instead of the UPC code, you can choose between the following code: Alias, Alternate, Vendor) |
| Searching | You can now search for a report using keywords in the countless new reports (list) |
| Contextual Analysis | New contextual item analysis: margins, matrix, movements, batches. |
| New Section | A new revenue section gives you the amount in drawer before loan and pickups. |
| Customer Statement | Extract information from the electronic and put it on the customer statement. This can be use to show the detail gas purchase (liter, pump, odometer) on the statement. It can also be used to put the detail purchase of the customer on the statement. For example, in a case where a company use only one customer code in SMS for the whole company, you can still print the detail of what each individual have been purchasing. |
| SMSPRO Browser | The SMSPro browser can be used to filter item on the reports |
| Electronic Journal | Countless improvement to the EJ viewer |
| L_HTM | L_HTM was greatly improve for report creation (RPT). |
| New Reports | |
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| Financial / Accounting | |
| Totals Store Summary | Display safe balancing amount (Receive, Deposit, Short&over) by media and a summary of sales. CRITERIA: Period and Target |
| Financial / Operators | |
| Bank Slip | Print a balancing transaction in a bank format slip. CRITERIA: Transaction number |
| Operator Negative Report | Display negative total by operator. All total are compare with the total sale to have a percentage perspective. Totals are: Coupons, Bottle, Refund, Training, Void, Void Trans. Void Prev. Trans and Short/Over CRITERIA: Date range and Target |
| Operator Function Report | Display function total by operator. All total are compare with the total sale to have a percentage perspective. Totals are: Item Disc., Global Disc.. Price Mod., Sales keyed, No Sales, Suspend Ord. Cancel Trans. CRITERIA: Date range and Target |
| Operator Function (EJ) | Display function total by operator, Information is coming from the EJ. Total are: Reprint Inv., Cash back on Debit, Trans. Empty, Limit, Taxes Inv., Manager Auth. CRITERIA: Date range and Target |
| Sub-Departments / Totals | |
| Sub-Department by Department Detailed | Display sub department sale group by department. CRITERIA: Period, Department and Target |
| Sub-Departments / Items | |
| Item Sales by Sub-Department 7 days | Display items sales on a 7 Days format. CRITERIA: Week ending, Sub-department, Target and Order. |
| Item Forecast by Sub-Department | Print all item that contain forecast number. A comparison with actual sales is also shown. CRITERIA: Period, Sub-Department and Target |
| Sub-Departments / Inventory | |
| Inventory Value for a Date from Calculated EOW Group by Sub-Department | Display the inventory value using the cost in the database group by sub-department. CRITERIA: Period, Sub department and Target |
| Inventory Movement for a Date from Calculated EOW | Display the inventory for a specific date by taking the End Of Week value of the week before and adding all transaction back to that date. Item can be selected by a range of sub-department. CRITERIA: Period, Sub department and Target |
| Inventory Movement for a Period from Calculated EOW | Display the inventory for a specific date by taking the End Of Week value of the week before and adding all transaction back to that date. Item can be selected by a range of sub-department. CRITERIA: Period, Sub department, Price level and Target |
| Sub-Dept. Cost of Good by Item (Reg vs Promo) | Display sale separating regular sales from promotional sales. Make you schedule the Close Event from the scheduler. CRITERIA: Period, Category, Target and With or without costt |
| Item Cost of Goods Detailed by Sub-Dept. | Display the retail and cost value, profit in dollar and percent for a selectable range of sub-department. CRITERIA: Period, Sub-Department ,Target and Order |
| Item Cost of Goods Detailed by Sub-Dept. (Batch) | Display the retail and cost value, profit in dollar and percent for an old promotional batch. CRITERIA: Period, Sub-Department ,Batch, Target and Order |
| Sub-Departments / Lists | |
| Price Catalog by Sub-department | List of items for a range of sub-department, a table of content is printed. CRITERIA: Sub-department, Price level, target |
| Future Price List by Sub-department | Display an active price list according to a future date. The list will take in consideration future batch and future events. The results will have a primary sort by sub-department. CRITERIA: Sub-department, Date, Price Level, Target and Order |
| Categories / Items | |
| Item Sales by Category 7 Days | Display items sales on a 7 Days format. CRITERIA: Week ending, Category ,Target and Order. |
| Item Forecast by Category | Print all item that contain forecast number. A comparison with actual sales is also shown. CRITERIA: Period, Category and Target |
| Categories / Inventory | |
| Category Cost of Good (Reg vs Promo) | Display sale separating regular sales from promotional sales. Make you schedule the Close Event from the scheduler. CRITERIA: Period, Category, Target and With or without cost |
| Category Cost of Good by Item (Reg vs Promo) | Display sale separating regular sales from promotional sales. Make you schedule the Close Event from the scheduler. CRITERIA: Period, Category, Target and With or without cost |
| Item Cost of Goods Detailed by Category | Display the retail and cost value, profit in dollar and percent for a selectable range of categories. CRITERIA: Period, Category and Target |
| Item Cost of Goods Detailed by Category (Batch) | Display the retail and cost value, profit in dollar and percent for an old promotional batch. CRITERIA: Period, Sub-Department ,Batch, Target and Order |
| Vendors / Items | |
| Item Sales by Vendor 7 Days | Display items sales on a 7 Days format. CRITERIA: Week ending, Vendor ,Target and Order. |
| Item Forecast by Vendor | Print all item that contain forecast number. A comparison with actual sales is also shown. CRITERIA: Period, Vendor and Target |
| Item No Sale by Vendor | Display a list of item with no sale for a specific period. CRITERIA: Period, Vendor, Target and Order by |
| Vendors / Inventory | |
| Item Cost of Goods Detailed by Vendor | Display the retail and cost value, profit in dollar and percent for a selectable range of vendors. CRITERIA: Period, Vendor, Target and Order. |
| Markdown by Vendor | Display vendor sales compare with the same sales at regular price group by vendor.. CRITERIA: Period, Vendor and Target |
| Item Markdown by Vendor | Display all items sales compare with the same sales at regular price. CRITERIA: Period, Vendor and Target |
| Vendor Invoice with Cost / GM | Display the invoice with cost information. You can use this report to compare with the physical invoice. Gross margin with the actual database retail price is available. CRITERIA: Period, Vendor, Document and Order |
| Inventory No Count by Vendor | Display all item that have no count for a particular period. CRITERIA: Period and Vendor |
| Others / Items | |
| Item Sales 7 Days | Display items sales on a 7 Days format. CRITERIA: Week ending, Target and Order |
| Cost of Goods Detailed by Items | Display the retail and cost value, profit in dollar and percent for a selectable range of UPC. CRITERIA: Period, UPC, Target and Order. |
| Item Markdown | Item Markdown report CRITERIA: Period, Target, Department, Sub-department, Category, Family, Report code, Price level, Mix/Match, Vendor, Vendor code and UPC range |
| Price List by Kit | Display all items programmed in a Kit. CRITERIA: UPC, Target, Price level and Order |
| Price List by Like Code | Display all items programmed with a Like code. CRITERIA: Like Code, Target and Order |
| Item Attributes Report | List of items with major attributes status. CRITERIA: Department, Sub-department, Category, Family, Report code, Price level, Mix/Match, Vendor, Vendor code and UPC range |
| Customers / Totals | |
| Customer Profitability Report | Display total buying at retail and at cost for a particular period (Need to send totalizer 8111 and 3 in report file CLT. System/Customer/POS Calculate: Cost=net/gross). CRITERIA: Period, Shopper level, Customer group, Target and Order |
| Customer Profitability by Transaction | Display total buying at retail and at cost. This report will show every transactions for the particular period (In report table for 8111 put CLT;TTL, in detail file put CLT) CRITERIA: Period, Shopper level, Customer group, Customer, Target and Order |
| Customer Periodic Profitability Report | Display total buying at retail and at cost for a particular period setup in your PERIOD table. (Totalizer 8111 and 3 in report file CLT. System/Customer/POS Calculate: Cost=net/gross). CRITERIA: Period, Shopper level, Customer group, Target and Order |
| Customers / Accounts | |
| Statement by Strict Matching | Display statement based on strict matching. CRITERIA: Date, Customer range |
| Age of Accounts by Month | This report displays the age of accounts based on the range of selected customers. This report show 30 - 60 - 90 days aging.. CRITERIA: Period, Customer, Group |
| Age of Account by Week | This report displays the age of accounts based on the range of selected customers. Selecting a date changes the ending date of the analysis. CRITERIA: Date, Customer and Order |
| Verification Account Receivable Historic | Print an historic of all charge and all payment. Will also validate that the calculated balance was calculated correctly. CRITERIA: Customer |
| Customers / Lists | |
| List of Layaways | Display list of layaways outstanding with the amount, deposit and balance. CRITERIA: Customer and Target |
| List of Layaways with Items | Display list of layaways outstanding with the amount, deposit and balance. All item on each layaways are also shown CRITERIA: Customer and Target |
| Items on Layaways | List items that are on layaways. CRITERIA: Customer and Target |
| Multi Store | |
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| Communication | You can now give priority to your target when you use deploy by exception. |
| Ownership | Version 3 introduce a concept of ownership to determine who is in charge of maintaining items. The head office and stores can be responsible to maintain certain item with no risk of getting overridden. |
| Store | When then store are modifying the item, you can bring this back to the ho as instore batches to study what was done and merge it to the host database. |
| Importing | One the the biggest feature of version 3 is the new way of importing data. We used to import data in what we call "External batch"; The data is now being merged in the "Instore batches". This gives us much more editing, reporting, labeling capability. We can now modify most of the item database using batches (main item, POS information, etc). |
| Item Event Check | You can now see all the changes coming from the outside by date using the "Item event check" menu. |
| Message Diagnostic (Checksum) |
The verification between the SIL file import and the database amount is now available in 2 modes: Total mode and Detailed mode. Detailed mode will give you the information by store or by lane for more specific research. We also improve the GT verification to search in the database to find the day before GT and by subtracting the current GT, we can now have theoric total sale for verification. |
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| Feature | Description |
| Special order | Item can be programmed for special order. When they are sold, they are automatically added to the special order list and you can later grab all the special order in a purchase order. |
| Selling format | You can now attach an item alternate code to a selling format. So if you scan a case, it will sell a case of the item, and if you scan the unit barcode, it will sell a unit size of the same item. |
| Speed entry | We have a new speed entry screen for sale ordering. |
| History | We have new grids that show the customer purchase history. The history also remember in what format the item was sold at the time. |
| Importing | Importing over an existing sale order to re-adjust the quantity |
| Gas | |
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| Gas | Support gas tank monitoring |
| Security | |
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| Encryption | -The card information is now masked or
encrypted using a 128 bit key. -All the logging information is saved in the same directory which can be secured or encrypted. |
| Windows | -SMS uses a central Windows service to
receive and store all logging from every applications. -Support all latest Microsoft security patches natively. |
Software Offering
Sylvain, 2004/12/06
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the flexibility of 3 software level: 1. CAS-Lite is design to be a simple version that only pull Casio Register. We are putting enough feature in their to be able to compete against our competitor with enough feature to justify a lower cost 2. SMS Standard is the actual SMS but without the SMSPRO. We light up the feature list to justify a cheaper version for smaller store. See this level as being an A LA CARTE way of ordering feature. You will get to a point where it will be more profitable to go to the SMS Professional level 3. SMS Professional
is a meal deal. It is more expensive than the Standard
version but we bundle a bunch of features all Included.
Available SMS
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