Reports and other papers relating to computer systems used in Sainsbury's branches - mainly scanning and EFTPOS systems. This includes internal reports and other papers from Sainsbury's about the introduction of scanning and EFTPOS to its stores, and documents relating to these systems in general such as Article Numbering Association papers.
Scanning systems are computerised checkout systems which scan barcodes on products to enable checkout staff to serve customers more efficiently. These can be linked to stock control systems enabling the system to see how many products have been sold and order additional stock when it is running low. The first computerised checkout systems at Sainsbury's were used in a trial at Broadfield, Crawley in 1979 - however initially barcode scanning was not used and checkout operators entered in a number manually. In the early 1980s further trials were carried out which included barcode scanning and during the period from 1985 to 1990 all Sainsbury's stores were converted to use scanning systems.
EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale), refers to the systems for the electronic transfer of money when customers pay with a credit or debit card. EFTPOS was introduced to Sainsbury's stores in October 1989 - initially only the Switch debit card was accepted by Sainsbury's, but from 1991 credit cards were also accepted.
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Reports and other papers relating to computer systems used in Sainsbury's branches - mainly scanning and EFTPOS systems. This includes internal reports and other papers from Sainsbury's about the introduction of scanning and EFTPOS to its stores, and documents relating to these systems in general...
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- Ref. No: SA/BRA/4/3/1
- Date: [1970s-1991]
- Level: SubSeries
- Extent: 1 box
- Access: Open
Handwritten notes on requirements of a supermarket scanning system. The four key functions are the processing of customers, control of cash, control...
EFTS (Electronic Funds Transfer Systems), refers to systems for the electronic transfer of money. This includes EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at...
EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale), refers to the systems for the electronic transfer of money when customers pay with a credit or...
Consists of two booklets (part 1 & 3) giving the requirements of a scanning system for checkout operation, cash control, stock control and operator...
Consists of papers (part 1 & 3) giving the requirements of a scanning system for checkout operations.
Consists of computer print outs relating to checkout reports on operator performance and reductions. Also includes notes on detailed system overview...
A review of Sainsbury's EFT experience to date. EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale), refers to the systems for the electronic...
Copy of the newsletter for the EFTPOS UK project. EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale), refers to the systems for the electronic...
Financial Times survey on the increased used of plastic cards for retail payments.
These papers were donated by Jeremy Grindle, Director of Branch Services.
These papers were donated by Jeremy Grindle, Director of Branch Services.
Anonymous diary charting the process of the installation of scanning checkouts into branches.
Version six of a Link/EFTPOS agreement between Girobank plc, J Sainsbury plc, Link institutions, Link Interchange Network Limited and FTS members. ...
EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale), refers to the systems for the electronic transfer of money when customers pay with a credit or...
Draft specification document (version 0.3) by Postilion International Ltd for a proposed Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) system for use in Sainsbury's...
Black and white video by J. Sainsbury Ltd Branch Planning Services with commentary about the trials by Sainsbury's and NCR Ltd of a new electronic...
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