Case Study: Liquor Store COBOL Migration (Hoboken, New Jersey)

By nick Our Clients

Monday, October 9th 2017

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Overview:
A liquor store located in Hoboken, New Jersey has required a new EMV (chip card) enabled point of sale system to replace their existing COBOL based liquor POS System. The customer has requested their inventory information along with bottle size, stock and price to be extracted from the old system and programmed into a new one. In addition, several custom cloud-based reports had to be created to smooth the transition from the old system.

Challenges:
Lack of export tools in the existing software
Absence of documentation related to the old system
Outdated programming language (COBOL)
Antiquated software work flow

Solution:
A customer has chosen Modus POS to help them achieve these objectives by utilizing pcAmerica Cash Register Express software, POSBANK Apexa G All-In-One POS Systems with LCD Customer Displays, Epson Receipt Printers, Zebra Label Printer, PAX S300 EMV Terminals and Modus RPT Cloud Reporting Solution

Strategic Benefits:
Granular reports allow for better decision making
Improved inventory tracking improves visibility and faster turnaround times
Agile inventory and price adjustment
Superior employee maintenance system
Revamped store management system
Ability to view sales data remotely in real time
Enhanced cloud inventory management
Analysis of historic sales data
Improvement of employee controls

Operational Results:
Enhanced and optimized customer processing procedures
Increased lane checkout speed by utilizing touch screen capabilities
Decreased system lags and freezes using pcAmerica CRE SQL database
Improved security through utilization of employee specific access cards
Enabled store wide inventory tracking and vendor management
Up to a minute sales summary with payment type breakdowns gift card sales and returns
Granular inventory sales and stock reports
Comprehensive customer reports including returns, balances and discounts
Complete employee reports including sales and time clock data

Why They Chose Modus POS:
Experience and knowledge in solving atypical B2B issues
Proven track record of point of sale integration
Dedication to innovation and improvement of existing products
In-depth understanding of customer needs and requirements
Commitment to security and privacy of customer data