Beanstore® was designed and architected for large retailers with multiple chains, varying size stores, different selling formats, an international presence and a complex network. Here is a list of Beanstore®'s strongest features:

Resilient Non-Stop Selling
POS registers can keep running even if the server or the network are down. Prices and off-line transactions are kept on the register enabling the majority of the selling functions to continue unaffected.

 

Thin Client Architecture
By using a thin client configuration, Retailers retain the resilient non-stop selling features of Beanstore® while radically reducing the yearly support and maintenance cost of each POS station when compared to a thick client. Replacement machines can be delivered by courier, and plugged-in as a simple appliance, ready to go without the need for an engineer. In addition, on-going software distribution is centrally managed on demand without any store intervention.

Thanks to its layered architecture, Beanstore® offers the choice of placing the server:

  • on the same box as the POS
  • in the store but on a box separate from the POS
  • on a separate box outside the store

Beanstore offers your choice of:

  • a database in every store
  • a database in every store and a central database for those data elements that are useful to the whole chain (such as gift certificates, employee files, customer demographics, etc).
  • a central database with no databases in the store, thus eliminating altogether database maintenance and cost at the store level.

Self-Sufficiency
Beanstore® was designed to provide our customers with the option of bringing the product in-house for development or maintenance. It comes equipped with tools that simplify the process of modifying the application configuration, integrating new object components and generating a full or an incremental version of the application.

Independent User Interface
Beanstore®'s User Interface is totally separate from the database and the business logic. This means that Retailers can have a single set of POS functions, yet provide a completely different look and feel for different concepts.

Scalability
Beanstore® is fully scaleable and flexible. It can be configured to handle a single lane store, or a 100-lane store, with either thick or thin clients.

Totally Open
Beanstore® conforms to many open standards and allows Retailers a choice of:

  • Hardware: In a Beanstore® environment, hardware independence means it can run on a POS terminal from any of the leading POS suppliers, on a Network Computer, or a Kiosk.
  • Databases: Retailers can choose any database that is JDBC compliant and even mix databases to optimize cost/benefit ratios.
  • Devices: Retailers can use any POS devices that use industry standard JavaPOS drivers.
  • Operating Systems: Beanstore® will run under any operating system with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). This means that Retailers can choose from a number of operating systems such as Windows ME/2000, Linux, AIX, SCO, OS 400, and 4690 OS. Retailers can also mix operating systems in the same store (e.g. Linux on the POS and Windows on the server), to minimize costs where it counts and maximize functionality where it matters.

International Scope
Beanstore® supports multiple languages (European and Oriental languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), multiple currencies, multiple taxes and multiple date formats. Language support is at the device level and, for example, the operator display and customer display can be in different languages.