“It’s just a cash drawer, right?”I’ve been with APG Cash Drawer for over 8 years, and I’m asked this question several times over the phone and via email. I can’t blame people for asking. Before working at APG, I honestly would have asked the same thing too. The cash drawer is one of the lowest priced items in a point of sale system and it often gets treated as just a box to hold money in. However, if you were to suggest to a business owner that they keep their daily store earnings in a cigar box, their attitude toward the cash drawer changes signifi
Whenever two or more people get together to achieve a common goal, it is common for the team members to develop a unique language of terms, expressions, words, and abbreviations that have been assigned and tailored to the effort.
The definition of the word “Jargon” is:
Jargon (jahr-guhn) - n A specialized language concerned with a particular subject, culture, or profession
I often hear or even say the number 1 million and don’t think twice about it. It is often used as an exaggeration like, “I told you a million times…” or as a way to categorize a company by saying, “They are a $1 million dollar company.” But what is 1 million? What does it mean? What does it look like? Here are some fun ways to think about 1 million…
1 million pennies stacked up would create a wall that is over 4 feet wide x 5 feet tall x 1 foot thick!
Recently, APG Cash Drawer’s President, Mark Olson, contributed to VSR’s 4th Annual Review and Outlook. The magazine interviewed top industry leaders to find out what they think 2011 will bring for the Channel, technology and business. Below is Mark’s excerpt from this article. To download the whole feature, please click here.
APG Cash Drawer continues to invest in European activities to further support our OEM Client base. We recently expanded our warehouse capabilities with additional capacity and a 24 hour response time so we can support the higher activities. We see more and more of our U.S. OEM customers expanding into Europe and we want to be in a position to fully support them. It has also helped us secure new European based OEM customers since they can now count on us for a short lead time on forecasted orders.
Do your employees have a stake in the outcome in your business? Have you ever imagined having employees who acted as if they were also owners in the business? Do you think this would help drive better results?
Believe it or not, there are many ways to connect a cash drawer to your POS system. The 1st thing to pay attention to is the options your POS software package has for opening a drawer. Some can only open a drawer one way; others have a wide range of choices.