Accelerating the release of smart retail edge innovation potential, Intel releases excellent POS certification

At present, how to build smart retail stores with intelligent management, efficient operation and maintenance, and good consumer experience has become a key challenge faced by the retail industry during its transformation. As the core equipment for store operations, POS machines are an important product form for the Intel platform to be implemented with partners in the retail industry. Today, POS machines not only need to meet all payment methods, but also use payment as the starting point and combine 5G, Internet of Things, big data and other technologies to derive a series of service scenarios such as consumption data collection, operation management, and financial services.

With the development of mobile communications and cloud technology and changes in payment methods, POS machines have undergone tremendous changes in terms of technology platforms, operating systems, and application software, and are targeted at different scenarios in different industries such as hotels, restaurants, medical, and entertainment. It has evolved into various forms such as handheld, mobile, self-service, and multi-screen. Under this circumstance, as an important interface for human-computer interaction in the field of smart retail, the future role of POS machines will no longer be limited to the single function of cashier, but will serve as the hub of store intelligence, supporting advertising machines, smart shelves, and smart shopping malls. Various smart devices such as shopping carts and loss prevention monitoring equipment are monitored and managed in real time, and related data and information such as security systems, passenger flow analysis, and cash registers are integrated into a unified platform, and new computing, network, memory, and storage technologies are used to help break through data bottlenecks. , to achieve data-driven, intelligent decision-making and cost reduction and efficiency improvement. Intel is working with many ecological partners to provide a variety of innovative smart technologies and solutions, including smart POS machines, to help retailers accelerate their transformation towards smart store integration.

Based on this, at the end of 2021, Intel jointly launched the Excellent POS Product Certification Initiative with the China Chain Store and Franchise Association and leading companies in the industry. It is hoped that through this certification program, it will gather the strength of industry leading companies to create quality standards for the POS industry and provide retail stores with Digital transformation provides high-quality products, innovative solutions and industry standards. After more than a year of precipitation and polishing, combined with market demand positioning, Intel further outlined the technical details of Excellent POS and released the Excellent POS certification specifications based on this conference. Products that obtain the Excellent POS certification will not only be introduced into the Intel channel ecosystem, but also gain access to dedicated sales resources to increase cooperation opportunities with ODMs, OEMs, system integrators, software developers and operators to promote rapid product deployment. and promotion. At the same time, companies that join the Excellent POS Product Certification Initiative can also use Intel's huge ecological partner system to gain more innovative technology sharing.

Intel continues to participate in China's retail industry ecosystem and is helping more retail companies through the "five super technical forces" consisting of ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous connectivity, cloud-to-edge infrastructure, artificial intelligence, sensing and perception. Promote the implementation of innovative applications and work with ecological partners in the Chinese market to inject strong momentum into the digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading of the retail industry.

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