NCR AWARDED $88M CONTRACT EXTENSIONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE.NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers Corp. announced that the US Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval (USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. ) has awarded the company an $88 million Stage IIB IIB Institute for Independent Business IIB Institute of International Business IIB Institute of International Bankers IIB International Investment Bank IIB Indian Institute of Banking & Finance IIB Included in Bankruptcy IIB Ice, Ice, Baby Point-of-Service ONE (POS ONE POS ONE Point of Service ) contract extension that will enable the Postal Service to continue rapidly expanding its customer services at its retail windows. POS ONE is a major USPS initiative to replace outdated postal systems with a best in class retail point of sale postal solution. The program is focused on providing the Postal Service's customers with faster service and better information when visiting their local Post Office, as well as providing detailed data for the USPS to enable it to better manage its business. This award is NCR's third contract on the POS ONE program. The total program includes 73,000 POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale systems to be deployed in 20,000 post offices. To date, NCR has successfully deployed approximately 14,000 systems in nearly 2,000 Postal Service retail units. The award includes 6,700 NCR POS ONE workstations that consist of: * NCR 7452 retail workstations with DynaKey, a user interface that integrates an active-matrix color display with a numeric keypad A four-row keyboard of digits used on calculators, computer keyboards and telephones. See keypad. (hardware) numeric keypad - A standard feature of PC keyboards, consisting of a rectangular array of 17 extra keys at the right-hand end: 0-9, ., Num Lock, /, *, -, + and Enter. , function keys and magnetic strip reader, for improved transaction speed, reduced training time, improved customer service, and increased productivity. * Multi-functional graphical customer interface terminals, capable of capturing signatures electronically, displaying transaction information, processing electronic credit and debit payments, soliciting customer surveys, and displaying advertisements. * Omni-directional presentation scanners for fast, accurate bar code scanning of postal products, services forms such as express mail and delivery confirmation, and hard to move bulky or heavy products. * Dual Receipt/Slip Thermal printers for printing crisp, legible receipts, secure money orders, and mailing services forms. * Third party products that include Sybase SQL Anywhere database, Weigh-Tronix Quartzell scales, Cash Bases cash drawers, and Cherry Corp. keyboards. The award also includes a diverse range of professional, technical, and maintenance services consisting of application software development, system integration, human factors engineering, software certification, requirements consultation, program management, training and documentation, installation services, help desk services, software maintenance, and systems life cycle support. |
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