Difference between POS and EPOS
1. epos (electronic point of sale)
Commonly known as telephone pos machine;
.EPOS is an innovative electronic payment system developed by China UnionPay. With the rapid development of e-commerce, individual and enterprise users need a safer and more convenient means of capital payment to meet the needs of large-amount payment in the daily transaction process. Shanghai UnionPay Electronic Payment Service Co., Ltd. (CHINAPAY) launched EPOS system. The system completely solves the security concerns that have always plagued users in electronic payment by means of credit card payment. In addition, the system uses a capped rate to charge fees for capital payment, so that large-value transactions no longer pay high fees. The third-party electronic payment, which can only be used at the end of the supply chain (retail market), will be pushed upstream of the supply chain to fully cover the entire supply chain. In social and economic activities, electronic transactions at all levels can use EPOS for capital payment. In April 2007, CHINAPAY signed a cooperation agreement with Kafubao (WWW.KAFUBAO.COM) to jointly expand the re-application field of EPOS system. After in-depth market research and special development, Kafupay has established a banner as a professional electronic payment service provider in many fields in China, such as logistics, automated payment, ERP financial system, etc.; and has established a wide customer base, such as national A number of high-end and large-value electronic transaction projects are also being carried out in an orderly manner, such as the copyright charging project for audio-visual products of the Ministry of Culture, the integrated card-Fubao electronic payment of UFIDA software products, the card-Fubao payment project of the electronic trading platform of Xiliu clothing market in Liaoning, etc. . EPOS has pioneered the innovation of electronic payment. Its advantages such as safety, convenience, and low handling fee have expanded the application space of EPOS to an inexhaustible level. , serve the rapid development of e-commerce and make outstanding contributions.
2. POS (Point of Sales)
It is an electronic point of sale, and a machine equipped with a POS system is called a POS machine
The POS system is an extension of the Mega Erp system. It provides an integrated solution for commercial retail enterprises and manufacturing enterprises integrating industry and trade not only to support retail commercial enterprises, but also to implement ERP for manufacturing enterprises participating in commercial retail. The system adopts an open architecture and can support the front-end systems of various POS. By means of e-commerce, errors are prevented and reduced, and functions such as monitoring and report analysis are provided, so that managers can make accurate decisions.
The POS transaction data is transmitted to the back-end host through the POS SERVER to become the original data of the sales system. Error data can be corrected before closing the account. Fill in missing data, cancel duplicate data, cancel the original data and then re-register the correct data, the system will generate the cashier/cashier summary report based on the recovered cashier data, and check the cashier/gift certificate/signing bill, etc. returned by the cashier The amount is correct or not. The POS transaction data is immediately aggregated and summarized, and a business report is generated, which can be printed at any time (department/sub-category/commodity/special sale, etc.). Provide input windows for various promotion methods to meet the design of promotion activities. Inventory data collection, provide inventory report analysis. The head office and branch store commodity allocation records to relieve inventory pressure and avoid abnormal inventory in each store.
3. Difference
From the market point of view, the price of ePOS fixed network payment terminal is only 1/2~1/3 of that of POS, which is more convenient for large-scale promotion; ePOS uses a B/S-like structure, so that the terminal program does not need to be modified when the business is expanded, and the dynamic menu and business process can realize platform download and update, which is more maintainable; therefore, ePOS fixed network payment terminal is more suitable for large-scale promotion, entering individual households, small and medium-sized merchants, wholesale markets and other occasions to carry out various value-added and intermediate services.
From a technical point of view, ePOS fixed network payment uses FSK signal for communication, and the platform side generally uses a voice card for modulation and demodulation of access data, while POS uses Modem, and the platform side uses a network controller to achieve access. On the other hand, POS has a built-in printer, and ePOS fixed-line payment is mainly aimed at individuals, so the printer is not standard, and an external serial printer can be connected.
