Howell Data Systems Inc.

Successful grocers deliver strong personalized customer service. They stock unique, high quality products and improve their customers' life style by offering convenience and creativity in family meal planning. Our business philosophy is modelled after these ideals taught to us by our clients.

Grocers need systems that enable them to accomplish these goals. The development and growth of the following nexPOS point of sale system modules has been directed by our customers' requests.

We are sure there is something in our nexPOS point of sale system suite that can help you make your business more efficient and profitable.



Gift Card Module:
Increase impulse gift purchase and say goodbye to paper gift certificates! The nexGift Card system allows grocers to sell gift cards with set value denominations such as $25, $50, $100, or open values that are keypunched at the cash register. If stolen from the store, these cards cannot be redeemed because they are only activated when paid for. Customers can conveniently redeem these cards at any of your chain locations. This system was developed with guidance of Longo Brothers Fruit Markets and Pusateris.

nexSCALE:
Tired of making price changes in your POS system AND your meat / bakery scale printers? Concerned about measuring shrink between what was wrapped and labelled and scanned at the cash registers? We'll show you the benefits of having ONE integrated solution that manages pricing and reporting at your registers and scales throughout your store.

Stop BOB:
Stop Bottom of Buggy shrink with Stop BOB. This system identifies customer carts that have an item on the bottom shelf. A picture of the item is displayed to the cashier and stored with the transaction. The scanning transaction is interrupted so that the cashier must acknowledge the item and either include it in the transaction as a sale item, or identify it as a coat, handbag etc. Reporting shows the images of all items found under the cart along with the associated transaction.

nexTIME - Time and Attendance:
Be sure that your employees are punctual and are wearing their uniform with nexTIME. We'll help you manage you sales per labour hour and transmit wage calculations to your accounting systems or bank payroll package. During log-in, nexTIME takes the employees' picture and allows you to compare it to the picture on file.

Wireless Computing for store and Department Managers:
Wirelessly receive product, create purchase orders, print shelf labels, check item movement and inventory levels, and make price changes.

Wireless and Web Enabled Debit and Credit:
Increase the speed of your debit transactions and save thousands of dollars per year with our web enabled integrated debit and credit solutions.