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Tomax adds employee biometrics to POS line

January 4, 2011

Tomax, a provider of real-time merchandising and store execution software applications and services, has integrated U.are.U fingerprint biometrics from DigitalPersona into Tomax's Retail.net Point of Sale and Workforce Optimization software solutions.

By using U.are.U fingerprint readers, Retail.net helps retailers boost productivity through more efficient system login, decrease shrink from unauthorized voids and reduce payroll fraud, said DigitalPersona, a provider of authentication and endpoint protection solutions.

According to The Centre for Retail Research’s Global Retail Theft Barometer, employee fraud and theft result in approximately $40.7 billion of retail shrink per year. Additionally, the American Payroll Association estimates payroll fraud can account for up to five percent of total payroll expense. These combine to significantly impact retailers’ bottom line, creating the need for solutions such as U.are.U biometrics that secure the retail environment without affecting business processes.

Tomax provides end-to-end thin-client, web-based software solutions that are highly scalable, enabling “Retail-in-Realtime.” The company’s solutions span common operations such as forecasting, point-of-sale (POS), store systems, reporting, time and attendance and optimization. This allows retailers to be more agile and respond to changing conditions in customer demand and operations across the organization.

The company’s POS solution includes support for multi-channel environments, tight integration with merchandising and store system modules, full resiliency and support for various pricing and promotional combinations.