FLEXIBLE MERCHANDISE CHECKOUT AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

SYMB:064/Dkt 049C A flexible merchandise check-out system utilizes a portable bar code scanner/data terminal as part of an auxiliary check-out station for use during times of peak customer traffic, permitting two or more checkers to empty a shopping cart at once for higher throughput. The check-out system includes separable modules for scanning purchased items and for receiving customer payments, respectively. Cus-tomer checks tendered in payment are processable in real time via electronic funds transaction (EFT) orders. Depleted inventory is replaceable using a system wherein replacement inventory items are labeled with bar-coded ultimate-destination infor-mation and packed into a container for shipment to a receiving/redistribution center, at which the ultimate-destination information is scanned and decoded to enable proper routing of the replacement inventory items. g://symb//064//pa//0L10C