These are very high-speed machines which were developed mainly for operations such as supermarkets and were further adapted for use in high volume catering operations. They are robust machines that apart from printing the customer bill they can also provide basic reports such as sales by type of product, payment method, etc. The advancement in EPOS technology and the low costs are making Electronic cash registers (ECRs) a thing of the past, although in small operations that do not require heavy inventory control and detailed reporting an ECR is still the choice due to its much lower cost.
Its following advantages are;
- Print checks, including the printing of previously entered items.
- Provide an analysis of sales by waiter per hour shift period.
- Provide an analysis of sales made by the type of product.
- Analysis of sales by a method of payment (cash, cheque, credit card, etc…)
- Complete automatic tax calculations and cover service charges.