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Fujitsu plans the next release of its GlobalSTORE point of sale (POS) software. New features will include fully touch-enabled interactive screens for cashiers and customer information displays, simplified integration to other store systems including customer relationship management programs and U-Scan checkout systems and Microsoft-centric technology. GlobalSTORE minimizes the time to create real-time interoperability between disparate applications and devices. The application is a customizable POS and cash management system.

Microsoft issues its first update to the Windows-based retail operating system, Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS). WEPOS 1.1 adds support for the latest industry standards, streamlines installation of mass storage devices during setup, and enhances its language support. The new language support includes Multilingual User Interface packs (MUIs) for more than 30 languages. The WEPOS 1.1 update follows the recent Microsoft POS for .Net 1.11 update. That release featured added device classes for biometrics, bill acceptor and dispensers and image scanner peripherals.

Many retailers sell products that is grouped into Matrix. A Matrix is a way of grouping inventory items that share the same basic item information but differ in one or two item characteristics, example size, colour, pattern, etc. A Matrix is a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns.

For example, a shoe store can have a line of shoe that comes in different colours and sizes. Rather than adding an item for each colour and size, you add one item and define it as a Matrix. Then you can specify its characteristics like in this case colour and size. When viewing your inventory or planning a purchase or issuing an invoice, it can be very helpful to view and work with a Matrix.

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