Electronic Systems (KS 5)

EPOS =

• Electrical Point of Scanning

• Electronic Point of Sale

• Electronic Place of Sale

• Electronic Point of Scanning

EPOS impacts on customer experience;

• Reduced checkout time

• Orders relayed automatically to the stockroom/ kitchen

• Increased privacy of customer information

• Increased time to implement pricing and discount changes

EPOS impacts on staff;

• System can identify a single member of staff only

• Sales/ Performance can be tracked over time

• Staff able to roam on the shop floor

• Decreased speed of staff communication

EPOS stock and ordering impacts;

• Increased accuracy in stock tracking

• Automatic restocking

• Customer confidence that online orders will be ready for collection

• Increased wastage due to trend changes

Policy of encouraging workers so suggest small improvements;

• Cooperative

• Kaizen

• Flexible Manufacture

• Total Quality Management

Individual machinery units that can be linked in any order;

• Cooperative

• Kaizen

• Flexible Manufacture

• Total Quality Management

Policy of streamlining manufacture by identifying and eliminating errors;

• Cooperative

• Kaizen

• Flexible Manufacture

• Total Quality Management

Periods of manufacturing time when workers are not productive;

• Ideal time

• Idol time

• Idle time

• Idel time

Advantages of CAD over paper-based sketching;

• Greater ease of modification

• Cheaper

• Can be used any where at any time

• Greater ability to collaborate