Wincor Nixdorf Adds NAMOS Compact to Its Petroleum/Convenience Offering for the U.S. Marketplace.AUSTIN, Texas -- NAMOS NAMOS National Art Museum of Sport (Indiana University-Perdue University Indianapolis) Compact's Robust Architecture Will Significantly Streamline Retailers' Operations Wincor Nixdorf Wincor Nixdorf (FWB: WIN) is a corporation that provides retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), retail banking equipment Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of IT solutions for the banking and retail industries, today introduced the NAMOS Compact global point-of-sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) solution to the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market. NAMOS Compact is a next-generation software application designed for the petroleum and convenience industry. NAMOS Compact's multi-layer architecture enables petroleum and convenience retailers to integrate all typical industry-specific functions of the POS, back-office and pump system control. Its open interface architecture also allows additional products or existing back office and/or head office solutions to be seamlessly connected, including outdoor payment and car wash terminals. Based on the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Embedded operating system and utilizing technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. (TM), NAMOS Compact delivers the added benefits of simplified development, greater scalability, and increased performance. NAMOS Compact supports industry standards such as OPOS OPOS OLE for Point of Sale OPOS Operating Procedures Outline Sheet OPOS Original Positive OPOS Outside Production Operation Sheet for standardized peripheral control, International Forecourt Standard Forum (IFSF IFSF Islamic Foundation of South Florida (Sunrise, FL) IFSF International Forecourts Standards Forum (oil industry group formed in 1993) ), and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . NAMOS Compact consists of four seamlessly integrated parts -- the POS application, Manager's Workstation, Wet Data Manager and a Back Office/Head Office Solution (BOS/HOS) interface. The POS application manages all peripherals, sales, payment, and pump system control functions; the Manager's Workstation performs end-of-day procedures, reporting, and system administration programs; and the Wet Data Manager, a stable and secure IFSF-compliant software, acts as an interface to all forecourt devices and controls the data and command exchange. Proprietary non-IFSF forecourt equipment can be interfaced with a forecourt controller. The application's flexibility allows retailers to configure NAMOS Compact for POS only, POS with a local back office, or POS with a remote back office. It can be used in all types of retail operations, including company owned/company operated (CoCo), dealer owned/dealer operated (DoDo), and company owned/dealer operated (CoDo). NAMOS Compact also supports a wide range of languages and currencies for global customization. "Utilizing Microsoft technologies, NAMOS Compact offers the benefits of a scalable and powerful enterprise solution for the U.S. petroleum industry," said Brian Scott, general manager for Microsoft's Retail & Hospitality Industry Solutions Group. "As part of our Smarter Retailing Initiative, we are working closely with Wincor to leverage the .NET Framework for NAMOS Compact and support their effort in delivering solutions that streamline operations and increase customer service." "Wincor Nixdorf is pleased to introduce NAMOS Compact to the worldwide petroleum industry, including the U.S.," said Horst von Wels, director of Service Stations International for Wincor Nixdorf. "NAMOS Compact provides retailers operating in this segment with a simplified, modular solution that reduces complexity and cost. With NAMOS Compact, retailers for the first time have full control of all system components from a single source." NAMOS Compact is currently installed in more than 17 countries and in 11 different languages. Following the completion of existing orders, by 2005 the installed base of NAMOS Compact is expected to include 25 countries consisting of 11,700 POS systems. About Wincor Nixdorf Wincor Nixdorf is one of the world's leading suppliers of IT solutions to the retail and banking industries. The company's extensive portfolio, consisting of hardware products, software, consulting, maintenance and other services, is aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of business processes while improving customer service. Wincor Nixdorf is the world's third largest supplier of POS systems and automated teller machines automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. and the number one supplier of POS systems in Europe (source: Clarendon Report, April 2004). With over 5,000 employees and net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1,440 million last fiscal year, Wincor Nixdorf operates in over 90 countries with manufacturing plants in Germany and Singapore. Worldwide headquarters are in Paderborn, Germany, and North American headquarters are in Austin, Texas. For more information visit www.wincor-nixdorf.com/usa. |
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