Our Selection of Retail Equipment
Retail equipment includes a large selection of different machinery that can be useful for any outlet. Large grocers commonly use scales for different products that are priced per kilogramme as opposed to quantity. Mostly, these products are fresh produce, meats, and cheeses. Other outlets, such as tobacco dispensaries and sweets shops can also make use of our selection of scales. We offer an extensive selection of different models to suit your needs within your retailer. Whether you need a scale that can calculate portions, quantities, or prices, we have you covered. The combination of measuring weight with access to useful information about the product being weighed can lead to a world of possibilities for digital scales in the retail space.
Most outlets have a point of sale where the customer will present their selection of goods and the person operating the station will calculate a total price that is owed by the customer for the goods. This process normally involves scanning the barcodes on the labels of the products presented. It can also involve weighing certain products to calculate their prices. However, by weighing a product at the POS, it will drastically increase turnaround times. Therefore, you can implement a price-computing scale that can be used before heading to the POS to take care of this process. Today, we will focus on how you can make your store more efficient with quality retail equipment from our selection.
Optimising Your Store
Label printers can be viewed as the beginning of the signage process for products in your store. Every product should have a label that clearly states the price, with a form of digital signage that can be scanned to access the necessary data about the specific product from the store database. This database also holds more information about the product that comes in handy when applying it to a smart scale. When buying fresh produce from a large grocer, the process has remained the same for decades. However, it can become more efficient and deliver better turnaround times by using retail equipment that does more than simply calculate the weight of the container.
A price-computing scale that prints labels goes through various processes to deliver an accurate label that can be stuck onto the container once weighed. The barcode on this container can be scanned at the POS for easy access to the product, price, and quantity of the container. For example, if someone fills a plastic bag with five oranges that are priced per kilogramme, the bag is weighed to determine the price of the bag. On a price-computing scale, the person weighing the bag would only need to import the product being weighed. In this case, it would be oranges. The oranges have a unique digital signage code that is accessed by the scale. This code delivers the necessary data about the product to the scale. This is where the magic starts with smart retail equipment.
The scale does its initial process of weighing the plastic bag. For the sake of the example, let’s say the bag weighs 500 g. For a counting scale, this value would be divided by the average weight per unit. The data that is accessed from the store’s database will contain the value of the average weight, which can be used, in turn, to determine the quantity being weighed. For a price-computing scale, the price per kilogramme is accessed and multiplied by the total weight value of the container to determine the total price. If oranges cost R40 per kg, this container of five oranges will have a total price of R20. This information is processed and printed onto a label, which can then be stuck onto the plastic bag and be ready for checkout. This is a basic representation of the processes that retail equipment is designed to do.
Teraoka offers a wide selection of scales with different functions and applications for the retail environment. We also offer label printers and digital signage solutions to bring your store into the modern era. Whether you need counting scales, price-computing scales, or any other form of retail equipment, we should be your first choice as suppliers. For more info on our available products and machinery, please peruse our website for specifications and digital brochures. Choose Teraoka today and let us supply your business with useful equipment for both retail and industrial purposes.