POS system streamlines bookstore transactions

The new Point of Sales System has recently been installed in the bookstore. With the new system, purchasing books and other items will take less time, and the automatic transaction will be more accurate.

For the ASU bookstore, a point of sales (POS) system is a dream come true. Employees will no longer have to place price stickers on each individual item, and they won’t have to replace the stickers on each individual item whenever there is a price change. Ordering books for faculty members would be as easy as ordering something online, and what used to be complicated by two different computer systems when students bought books, will now be streamlined with the POS System.

“This system is a huge leap for the bookstore,” says Karl Munschy, director of the bookstore. “And it’s long overdue.”

One of the biggest differences will be for students. No more waiting in long lines to purchase books, and ultimately, transactions will be quicker, Mr. Munschy says. Instead of a sales associate switching from the cash register to a computer to look up a student’s financial aid amount in the Banner program and then entering the amount in the cash register and finally going back to the computer to deduct the cost of the books from the financial aid amount, the whole process can be done on the new POS terminals in one swift transaction.

“It’s all automatic now,” Mr. Munschy says. “Customers will get a charge receipt instead of a handwritten one.”

The new system is convenient for bookstore employees as well as customers. Michelle Neely, textbook manager, will have less trouble when ordering books. Instead of writing how many textbooks are available down on a piece of paper every time she has to reorder, the POS System keeps up with the availability of books for her electronically.
Mr. Munschy says that the new system will be used this month in the inventory of stock and will be useful in tracking merchandise. There will be no more over-ordering items, he says.

“The POS System will let me know what inventory is selling and not selling,” he says. “It’s pretty sophisticated stuff, and it is really one of the best systems for colleges.”

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