Company bucks economic doom and gloom as revenues achieve 10% growth on same period last year
Maxa Technologies (Maxatec), the approved supplier of POS and EPOS systems, has turned the most severe economic downturn into an opportunity for growth. The company is proud to report a growth in revenues of 10% this financial year compared to the same period last year, and has not only maintained staffing levels but has increased their head count with plans for further appointments later this financial year.
Introducing the MT-40 – the high speed direct thermal receipt printer. Printing at up to 120mm/second the MT -40 is one of the fastest 60mm receipt printers available on the market today. Only available from Maxatec, this receipt printer is cleverly designed with the user in mind. Its compact, smooth design together with ease of use and minimum maintenance requirements make the MT-40 suitable for virtually any desktop application where receipt printing is required. More
The NCR RealPOS 7198 Two-Sided Receipt Printer is another thermal receipt printer available from Maxatec.
Thermal Printing is taken to the next generation as this clever device enabled double sided printing.
The printer simultaneously prints on both sides of the receipt – making it perfect for organisations or companies who want to promote products and services and offer customers more information on their receipts.
National independent specialist for the repair and support of print, copy, scan and fax equipment
Altrincham – 18 January 2010: Maxatec is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Printer Services Limited as their preferred supplier of barcode printers specifically for the healthcare industry.
ISO 9001:2000 certified supplier Printer Services Limited is well established as a national independent specialist for the repair and support of print, copy, scan and fax equipment within the healthcare industry. Their reputation as a reliable and consistent support provider has driven clients’ to ask for services to be extended to the supply of new print related hardware.
Today, specialist IT provider Maxatec announces that TouchStar technologies has selected its Advantage LX barcode printer product for their TouchPC range of mobile IT systems, provided to the fuel distribution, transport, retail and manufacturing industries. The printer is used to issue payment and invoice receipts in-cab and on-board transport systems. More
Today Maxatec is able to announce the introduction of a new partner “Gaist Communication” strengthening its overall proposition in the mobile computing and airtime market place.
Gaist Communication is an independent supplier of airtime to the UK market place and specialists in SIM-based data communication over GPRS, 3G and HSDPA networks.
It seems that as soon as a piece of IT equipment or software has been installed it’s immediately superseded by a faster sexier version. So what was an ideal IT solution soon becomes out of date. Built-in-Obsolescence is a fact of life and even affects us at a basic level with our home computers. As new power hungry versions of software are introduced we are encouraged (forced) to upgrade our existing hardware to enable us to work normally again.
“For decades just a functional part of the packaging of every item that we purchase, barcodes are undergoing a revolution in Japan.
Design Barcode Inc. is working with dozens of companies here to brighten up the mundane black-and-white stripes that contain information on the product. The new designs still include that data, but are increasingly incorporating company logos or an image associated with the product.”
The company adds two new two-inch printers to its range of printing solutions.
Today Maxatec announces the availability of two new thermal barcode printers for desktop label printing, the TDP-225 and TDP-225W, which are manufactured by TSC Auto ID Technology Co. Ltd. These low cost, compact printers offer an ideal solution for a wide range of applications including barcode printing for retailers and wristband printing for patient ID and entertainment ticketing.
Many IT analysts have reported that the number one concern that keeps company CEO’s awake at night is security. The IT security industry supplies many and varied IT security products and services and yet still the breaches occur. You only have to look at recent news bulletins about lost government data and the customer banking details that were mislaid, as well as the recent example of the American hacker, Albert Gonzalez, who, along with a Russian gang of criminals, stole data from more than 130 million bank accounts from Heartland Payment Systems. This New Jersey company processes payments for retailers including 7-Eleven Stores and Hannaford supermarkets.
Today Maxatec announces the introduction of a new series of SUMO digital displays for digital signage and in-store advertising display applications. The company’s product portfolio will now include the SUMO ST8A (acrylic) and SUMO ST8MS (metal). More
“The government has pumped £80m into mobile devices for police forces, and officers can expect an increasing proportion of their workload to be dependent on them. There is a raft of problems for police forces to iron out, but the clear benefits and relatively low cost mean it is one initiative that is not likely to disappear.” Read the full story
The term ‘Till’ takes many forms; it’s used to describe unstratified soil deposited by a glacier consisting of sand, clay, gravel and boulders mixed together. Also, a public treasury for government funds is referred to as a till and of course you can till the soil. Let’s also not forget the good old fashioned cash box or, as it is today, the POS terminals, which are electronic devices for calculating and recording sales transactions with attached cash drawers for storing money. More
“Ever since barcodes were first introduced, companies of all sizes have utilized them to make their businesses run faster and more efficiently. Not surprisingly, a 2006 European Labelling Study, reported that 96% of European companies relied on barcodes to increase efficiency, 32% for increasing the accuracy of ordering and invoicing, and 26% for enabling cost reduction efforts.” Read the full story.More
Today Maxatec announces the availability of its new Microsoft Windows Mobile ® 6.1 terminal, the Maxatec HH 8010, which is to complement its current range of mobile computing devices that operate predominantly on Microsoft Windows CE ® 5.0. The new HH 8010 terminal will take advantage of Microsoft’s recent enhancements in Windows Mobile 6 ® for innovative applications.
As the cost of rugged handhelds has reduced and mobile communications have improved, you see them deployed in more and more applications across different industries. By giving the worker direct access to pertinent information and allowing them to conduct business at the point of a transaction or information capture, you increase efficiency and liberate your staff. More
Studying how people work and how we can improve efficiency reminds me of the old time and motion studies that were so popular in the mid 1950′s. These white coated figures would roam factories with their stop watches. The purpose of a time and motion study would be used to reduce the number of motions in performing a task in order to increase productivity and even reduce staff numbers. No wonder they were viewed as the enemy by the employees. It conjures up the image of Peter Sellers as the shop steward in the British comedy called I’m Alright Jack.
Thankfully things have moved on since then. However, I remember that during the recession of the 1990′s a new business buzzword appeared on the landscape of best practice – ‘downsizing’. I think this meant different things to different businesses, but ultimately it was about reducing a company’s head count. To add a positive spin on it came ‘rightsizing’ which is in fact downsizing, but no doubt made the companies feel better.
” A UK-based research group predicts there will be 430,000 retail self-checkout terminals (self-checkouts) in use globally by 2014, four times the current number, and North America will account for more than half of the units.
The forecast is based on a study by Retail Banking Research, which said there were 92,600 self-service checkouts in use globally by the end of 2008, about 25 percent more than were in service at the end of 2007. The study focused only on self-checkouts used in supermarkets and other retail establishments.” Read the full story.
Group Sense Group, ISO-9001 and ISO-14000 certified company, was founded in 1988 and is now one of the leading manufacturers of electronic dictionaries and other rugged handheld information devices. In 1996, the Group launched the world’s first PDA device operating on a Chinese language platform. Since 2000, the Group has been manufacturing the Xplore series of PDAs, featuring magnesium cases, bilingual user interface and ‘open-platform’ operating system to enable companies to develop customised applications.
Picture this scenario, a small business that makes things, takes orders, packs them and ships them; usually starts out with quite basic processes and for a while, they fulfil the purpose albeit just adequately.
The owner manager feels in control as he oversees the orders, adjusts his stock position and then coordinates delivery to the customer; he instructs his dedicated staff every step of the way. But what happens as his company grows? Enter technology.
