Counting Scales from Teraoka
Retailers use a variety of retail equipment to accurately weigh, identify, and price products in their outlets. Digital signage solutions obviate the need for physical labels that can easily be removed from products. Barcodes and QR codes are some of the most effective ways to store, identify, and recall data from a retailer’s product database. Utilising technological advances, these solutions make a real difference in the retail environment. Similar advances are applied to retail scales, as they can be used for weighing, calculating prices, and counting products. Although the basic function of these machines revolves around determining the weight of the products being placed in the tray, software advances allow them to do much more.
These types of scales can reveal more than just the gross weight of the products or items being placed onto their trays. For example, medical scales can determine the body-fat percentage of a person just by weighing them. Retail versions are aimed at making life easy for the customer and retailer. Normally, large grocery stores use price-calculating versions to accurately determine the price of fresh produce, cold meats, and other products priced per weight as opposed to per number of items. Some variants also feature the useful ability to print labels that can immediately be applied to the container or bag, once the weighing is done and the price is calculated. This handy function speeds up the process at POS checkpoints. Today, we focus on the counting feature of these machines and how it can work to the benefit of your retail outlet.
Using Weight to Count
The idea of analysing weight figures to accurately determine the number of items is simpler than it sounds and, by applying a little maths, it is easy to do. Counting scales are commonly used to determine the number of specific items being weighed. This number will either be used to calculate a price based on the quantity or result in a quantity that fits the container’s volume. Such a piece of retail equipment can also be used to count brass and silver coins for an accurate sum. A counting scale stores data that is relevant to the products being weighed. Such data includes the standard weight of a specific product, as well as the price or value per unit. Therefore, the machine can accurately determine the quantity and value of the items being weighed by performing a simple calculation to produce an accurate answer.
The result is a counting scale that has access to the required information on the items that you typically weigh in your store. If you run a candy store and sell various candies per quantity, it can be a hassle to count each and every little piece of candy every time someone makes a purchase. Rather, select the type of candy being weighed and place them on the tray. The machine will determine a gross weight of the candy and divide that number by the average weight per single candy. This results in an accurate quantity value that can be multiplied by the price per unit to result in an accurate price-calculated answer. Let’s say that the amount of weighed candy’s gross weight was 253 g and an individual piece of candy weighs 11 g, the result would show that 23 pieces of candy were weighed. If the retailer charges R2 per piece, the total price would be R46.
We offer a variety of retail and industrial weighing equipment that makes life easy for retailers. We have three counting scales from DIGI. The DC-782 is a cost-effective model that can store item codes, relative tare and unit weight values, and setpoint values for 25 of your products. It also features an optional output that can transfer data to a computer for even more accessible results. This type of counting scale can be used in a plethora of market scenarios where unit quantity determines the price as opposed to weight. We also have more options that can be used for counting brass and silver money, which is a useful function for almost any retailer.
Teraoka is your answer to retail and industrial equipment for your retailing business. For more information on our counting scales, please browse our website for images and digital brochures.