Use Cases

1. A Supermarket's Recipe For Reducing Labor And Cash Loss 7/16/2021

   Most merchants still welcome cash gladly, however, managing it and the associated cost, is another matter especially for big supermarkets. It’s a big challenge. Handling bills and coins often leads to mistakes at the checkout and the backroom. Cash counts are time consuming, especially when there are discrepancies and multiple lanes, taking staff and managers away from other tasks.

2. ASCII Peers Mean Business 6/5/2015

   A common tagline that is used by The ASCII Group is, ‘Leverage the power of an interactive community’. For the past 30 years, The ASCII Group has celebrated the solution provider and heralded the benefits of working within a community by offering over 70 programs that provide innovative business building strategies and extensive peer networking.

3. APG Sneeze Guards Strike A Chord For Music Stores, Keeping Employees And Patrons Safe 9/17/2020

   A music store is more than a place of commerce. It’s a community haven for musicians who gather to discuss their favorite gear, try out instruments, and trade techniques. And it’s a place of dreams, where aspiring young musicians picture themselves playing the world’s stages.

4. SMARTtill Solves Disappearing Cash Problem at Gainfort Stores 10/4/2021

   Gainfort Ltd. operates two convenience stores in Huntingdon, U.K., about 70 miles north of London. At the end of employee shifts, owner Sunil Lahal noticed a disturbing trend during cash counts: The totals were off.

5. ASCII Completes The Big Picture 6/5/2015

   A common thread that links business owners together is their focus on the ‘The Big Picture’ and how they can grow and improve their organization. But with clients becoming more sophisticated and technology more of a commodity, how do you set yourself apart from the pack?

6. Moving Business Forward With ASCII 6/5/2015

   The concept of ASCII is simple. What sets The ASCII Group apart is that it is a community open to all independent IT practices – ranging in size and scope from a single person operation to large companies with many employees.

7. ASCII Provides Strategic Growth 6/5/2015

   Many solution and managed service providers feel like they are on their own in the business world and lacking the interaction for growth and change. The ASCII Group helps to shift that notion by relaying the importance of community and by bringing together like- minded peers in an IT space.

8. Tablet-Based POS Transforms Craft Beer Store's Operations 1/21/2014

   A job well done brings many rewards, and if you’re in the business of developing and installing POS software, rewards can come in the form of customer referrals. Such was the case when Revel Systems got an inquiry to replace the cash registers at a San Francisco craft beer store with an iPad-based POS solution and APG cash drawers.

9. Turning New Regulations Into IoT Opportunity: How To Become A Trusted Business Partner 9/10/2020

   In this edition, learn how a technology vendor recognized a need in the market after new industry regulations were introduced and transformed into a trusted business advisor and broader tech expert.

10. A New Approach To Handling Cash: Cash As A Service 9/5/2018

    What if merchants had a way to accept cash payments without the costs and hassles of cash management?