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Mobile Solutions Mobile Solutions Working at a college store requires being on the move. We understand that there are opportunities and events outside of the bookstore and our mobile products are designed to free you from traditional retail boundaries, essentially expanding your sales floor to wherever your customers are! Providing much-needed portability, these on-the-go solutions allow you to enhance customer service and simplify retail operations for your store.
THE PROBLEM • Three easy-to-deploy solutions combine to allow for sales on and off campus • Utilizes the familiar MBS applications, thus minimizing the learning curve • Captures, stores, and transmits data securely • Simplifies in-store functions with access to other MBS hosted applications • Multi-purpose solutions designed to be utilized throughout the year and not just for special events
From freshmen orientation to football games, students are constantly on the move. Growing up in the age of convenience, they are now seeking out the closest, quickest locations to purchase their school essentials. When limited to the four walls of their store, retailers are often powerless in being the most convenient option for all students. This generational shift is causing many to realize that waiting for customers to come to them is no longer an option. Adding to the issue, your campus has more and more events each year, expecting you to be able to extend the same customer service and sales that you provide within your store.
THE SOLUTION Utilizing handheld, portable devices, our mobile solutions let you bring your store to the students. Offering the utmost in convenience, these products allow you to ring sales anywhere so that you can effectively cater to more customers with less effort. Beyond sales, you can also easily perform key operational tasks such as inventory without being tethered to a computer, allowing you to complete them as quickly as possible so you can focus on what’s really important: your customers! Best of all, both solutions are fully integrated with MBS’ applications, so you are synchronized with your MBS System.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS Our three mobile products, the MBS Event POS, the MBS iTouch POS and iPad POS, add unparalleled convenience to your store! See how: MBS Event POS: As your full service solution, the MBS Event POS can conduct transactions outside of the bookstore, meaning that a whole new selling spectrum — graduation, stadium events, book signings, and tent sales — is within your reach, without having to worry about campus network resources. Combining the speed of the POS and the freedom of a server, it’s like having a pop-up store at your disposal wherever you may need it. Using the MBS Event POS for Off-Campus Sales Events: In situations where you do not have access to the campus network or the store controller, MBS can configure the tablet to function as a mobile store. The tablet will utilize the same POS Server program that’s running in your store, so there’s no new app to learn, and it can be updated with your store’s latest PLU files so that everything is recognized. The only functionality that differs between the on and off-site scenarios is credit card processing. Otherwise, charges are posted with sales when you return to the store and connect the tablet to your in-store system.
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Using MBS Event POS for In-Store Functions: In order to maximize your investment, we’ve integrated the MBS hosted applications with the Event POS so that you can easily access and use them within your store. For instance, the PI software on the Event POS makes Physical Inventory easier than ever. Equipped with wireless capability that increases your mobility, as well as real-time SKU and price verifications, MPI simplifies both year-end or cycle counts. Employees use the hand-held scanner to collect data quickly and easily, making inventory less disruptive and allowing business to continue as usual in your store. The software also offers an optional batch-inventory program that facilitates taking PI at your remote sites. MBS iTouch POS Terminal: The MBS iTouch POS Terminal combines the powerful MBS POS and Electronic Payment System application used by countless collegiate retailers with the sleek, intuitive interface of Apple’s iPod Touch for a radical breakthrough in mobile point of sale. Using the MBS iTouch POS Terminal for On-Campus Sales Events: On campus, the iTouch POS utilizes the existing wireless network (within the bookstore or on campus) to communicate to your in-store MBS System. If your campus does not have an existing wireless network, a wireless router can be purchased from MBS. In either case, your mobile unit will be able to communicate with the store POS server in realtime, exactly as the registers in your store do. Using this live connection, iTouch POS offers all of the same transaction types and tenders as your in-store registers and features an intuitive touch-screen interface with a keyboard layout, thus requiring no time-consuming pre-event setup.
Access all the functionality available on our iTouch Mobile POS from a screen nearly three times as large, creating easier navigation for you and a better transaction experience for your customers.
Using the iTouch POS for transactions: Freeing your store from traditional checkout lines, the MBS iTouch POS Terminal allows you to run a POS within your campus or store network from any location with a wireless connection. Employees can accept credit card, one-card, student financial aid and gift card payments, ultimately providing a more user-friendly, familiar, and engaging purchase experience for the customer. At the end of a transaction, from any location in the store, the MBS iTouch POS Terminal can wirelessly print a receipt. Recognizing the customer can sometimes change his or her mind; employees can also suspend transactions in order to support the use of other tenders, which can then be recalled at POS stations. Because it’s fully integrated with MBS applications, your data will be updated when you close out sales for the day. MBS iPad POS Terminal: Operating on the same technology used in our iTouch solution, the MBS iPad POS offers the same functionality with the added convenience of a bigger screen and even better visibility. Combining the powerful MBS POS and Electronic Payment System application with the user-friendly interface of Apple’s iPad, your store can run a POS within your campus or store network from any location with a wireless connection. All that is required is the ergonomic Infinea™ Tab sled, which is affixed to the iPad, adding scanner and mag-stripe reader functionality, for efficient and speedy transaction processing.
The MBS Event POS combines the speed of the POS and the freedom of a server. It’s like having a pop-up store at your disposal wherever you may need it.
The MBS iTouch POS Terminal combines the powerful MBS POS and Electronic Payment System application with the sleek, intuitive interface of Apple’s iPod Touch for a radical breakthrough in mobile point of sale.
MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. | 2711 West Ash Street, Columbia, Missouri, 65203 | 800.325.4138 | www.mbsbooks.com
Mobile Solutions
Key Features of the MBS Event POS Rugged Hardware
Price Verification
Run on the durable Sahara Slate PC i500 series of Tablet PCs, the MBS Event POS includes a docking cradle, 3 track USB MSR with mounting plate, and a ruggedized bump case. With a passive resistive touch screen and sunlight readable display, the tablet offers easy handling both inside and out. It also utilizes the same Gryphon scanner as the MBS POS, a Linksys wireless router and a Zebra QL Series printer.
Employees can scan an item and verify that it is in the UPC/SKU file and that the price is correct. This is a great feature for spot checking items prior to large sales events like rush or parents’ weekend.
User-Friendly Interface Because the MBS mobile products can run the same software as the MBS POS registers, the devices have the same functionality, so your employees will be quick to learn how to operate them.
Dynamic Software Combining the power of Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology with Microsoft Windows operating system, the MBS Event POS is the most powerful slate style touch screen Tablet PC you can buy. With 2 GB of DDR3 memory and 320 GB of SATA hard drive storage, it provides a robust platform for the fully integrated MBS applications.
Order Processing for inSite Create and approve pick-lists by selecting from the same criteria as you would from the regular order processing menu on inSite. Once the picking lists are created you can access them from the mobile unit. To begin to pick against the order, just scan each item. If the scanned product matches the order, the system accepts it and prompts the next item until the order is completely fulfilled. By bringing all of the order fulfillment options to the unit along with the scan to verify, the mobile unit provides greater flexibility and accuracy in picking web orders.
Security Compliant with both PCI Express 1.0a as well as ACPI 1.0b and 2.0 Compliant, the Event POS ensures secure transactions by utilizing several different technologies.
Key Features of the MBS iTouch & iPad POS Terminals Space-Saving Hardware
Intuitive Software
The lightweight iTouch solution resides within an ergonomic sled that includes a scanner and magnetic strip reader, making it convenient for your staff to carry on-the-go. Once transactions are complete, the iTouch POS uses a 2” MZ320 Zebra printer to provide receipts. Similarly, the iPad POS Terminal is equipped with an Infinea Tab sled that also includes a scanner and magnetic strip reader, making it just as convenient.
Running Apple’s iOS, both the iTouch and iPad POS come preloaded with the same code as the MBS POS registers, so your employees will catch on quickly.
Speedy Transactions With processing times just as fast as your registers, the iTouch and iPad solutions allow you to offer even more lines without the investment in more registers.
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