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This video discuss cash loss in the hospitality sector and how the SMARTtill Cash Management Solution can help remedy up to 90% of those losses.

Fact: Cash makes up 30-45% of all global transactions. What are your goals and challenges at the point of sale? Issues managing cash? Issues with cash shrinkage? Issues with wasted employee labor hours? Setbacks from rising labor rates, finding qualified labor, and managing operational costs? The minutes and hours spent physically counting and moving cash is inefficient. This creates bottlenecks at the POS which affects customer service, causes walk-outs and hurts your bottom line. Across the retail spectrum, from grocery to quick-serve restaurants, to gas stations and convenience stores, cash loss is a concern. At the end of the day, more often than not, the till count rarely matches the expected revenue. With multiple cashiers using the same Point of Sale, it can be impossible to identify the cause of the problem, whether it’s genuine cashier or theft. Not all discrepancies are alike and not all thieves wear masks. But what if you had the data necessary to give you full cash visibility at the POS? What if you could account for all the cash in your store from the time of tender to the time credit is made to the bank? At APG Cash Drawer, we have a solution for you. Introducing The SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution. It’s a revolution in cash management that enables retailers to eradicate cash loss, reduce the cost of laborious cash handling, and improve in-store customer service. The SMARTtill® Solution captures all cash activity and denominations at its location in real-time, all without interrupting the customer transaction. This information is sent to the back office, allowing managers to get real-time cash on hand information and full cash visibility at the POS. It can be viewed anywhere from tablets and mobile devices. At the lane, store level, regional level, and at Headquarters or Enterprise levels. No one has time to sift through hours and hours of surveillance footage. And now you don’t have to. Receive instant alerts when a discrepancy occurs. The SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution can be your personal theft deterrent, providing viable data to act on. Know how much is in your tills at all times. Put dead cash back to work and invest where you see fit. The SMARTtill® Solution will provide you with the data necessary to make quick, accurate decisions for your business which will greatly benefit your bottom line. At APG Cash Drawer, we understand your cash management challenges and with the SMARTtill® Solution, your employees and management will be rewarded with peace of mind, prodigious labor cost savings, and more time to enjoy life. The SMARTtill® Solution: Simplified Cash Handling Download the SMARTtill® Solution eBook here: https://apg.apgsolutions.com/en-us/smar…

Picture this: A supervisor, maybe it’s you. Maybe it’s someone you’ve hired. They’re doing their daily cash drawer spot checks, walking up and down checkout lanes, maybe over a dozen. Is a top-off needed for various denominations? Which ones? Is there too much cash in the till and a pull is needed? How much? Does the till count even align with the expected revenue? There’s one simple answer: The SMARTtill® Solution by APG Cash Drawer. Working hard is all about time efficiency. And in a world where time is money, you can save both with the SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution. No time is wasted interrogating each and every register to determine what needs to be done. The system keeps real-time cash counts, down to the number of bills and coins of each denomination in each cash drawer and provides an audit trail to the cash office. It also alerts managers to when and which drawers need a cash pull or top off. Running a retail enterprise is one of the most demanding business challenges an individual can take on. Add to it the costs of rising labor rates and the difficulty of finding qualified store associates. The time spent physically counting cash is also inefficient and affects customer service and your bottom line. Successful retailers know that rigorous cash management and discipline drive operational efficiencies that help fuel profitability. But why not let the SMARTtill® Solution do the driving for you? Imagine if you could redeploy saved employee labor hours, focusing on your store presentation and attentiveness to customer service. The process is quicker, requiring far fewer interruptions in checkout service, making for an enhanced customer experience. Can you picture it? We can.

Let’s talk about data. Our lives revolve around it. Data builds cars. Data develops medicine. Data sends people into space. Data also helps retailers make merchandising and scheduling decisions. And now thanks to APG Cash Drawer, data can help you manage your cash with the SMARTtill® Solution. The system keeps real-time cash counts, down to the number of bills and coins of each denomination in each cash drawer and provides an audit trail to the cash office. And it does it with data. Plain and simple, The SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution is a data powerhouse. The data can be populated into any suitable back office analytics software and can be used to support intelligent cash management, enabling real-time cash visibility at the POS. This allows corporate management to make quick, accurate decisions based on real-time data. When integrated with the retailer’s headquarters cash management or loss prevention systems, the data stream supplies retailers with additional business intelligence including manager security alerts, cash transaction errors, cash lifts, float top-ups, instant cashier assessment, and cash drawer performance analytics to identify training opportunities. Not all cashiers are created equal and we get that. That’s why the SMARTtill® Solution is the… well, solution. When coupled with predictive analytics, the SMARTtill® Technology enables retailers to work with optimum float during peak times and special promotions. Retailers can utilize the cash data gathered over time, delivering seamless customer service. Further efficiencies are achieved by looking at the overall profile of the best and worst-performing stores or lanes. Use the data for your needs, driving cost reduction and enabling the visibility that you require. Our lives revolve around data. Why should your cash management be any different? Discover the potential of data with the SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution.

It all comes down to Treasury. At the end of the day, a business cannot survive without profits. Rocket science, I know. But here’s the thing, the cash that is sitting in cash drawers or in a smart safe at the POS, or in the back office 24 hours a day, that’s “dead” cash for a retailer. This is cash that could be accounted for and gaining interest in the bank or waiting for your next meaningful investment. And while we might not be developing rockets at APG, with the SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution your profits can really soar. The SMARTtill® Solution reduces the amount of dead cash and delivers cashier accountability electronically, eliminating the need to have spare tills full of cash kept in back office safes. Instead, with the use of predictive analytics, you can optimize your float for busy, high traffic periods and store promotions. When properly paired with data analytics, retailers can also utilize the cash data gathered to renegotiate insurance contracts, minimizing the frequency of armored car services, or Cash In Transit pick up costs. Predictive analytics can also reduce the number of cash pickups and deliveries, especially during slower seasonal periods, saving retailers hundreds per month, per location. If we think back on the powerful data that the SMARTtill® Solution provides, this information can be used as an invaluable labor and cost-saving tool, which, you guessed it, increases your profitability. You see, the 4 pillars of the SMARTtill® Solution work together seamlessly, constantly orbiting one another like satellites in space. Our engineers have developed a solution that can support your specific business intelligence needs. And even though we won’t be going into space anytime soon, here at APG we believe your cash management should revolve around you, allowing your business to soar to new heights.

Hecho: El efectivo representa el 30-45 % de todas las transacciones mundiales. ¿Cuáles son los objetivos y desafíos de sus puntos de venta? ¿Tiene problemas a la hora de gestionar el flujo de efectivo? ¿Problemas con la merma de efectivo? ¿Problemas con el desperdicio de horas de trabajo de los empleados? ¿Contratiempos con el aumento de la tasa de trabajo relativos al aumento de las tarifas de trabajo, así como a la hora de encontrar mano de obra cualificada y gestionar los costes operativos? Los minutos y las horas dedicadas físicamente a contar y mover efectivo resultan ineficientes. Esto genera un callejón sin salida en los Puntos de Venta, que afectan al servicio de atención al cliente, provoca abandonos de sus clientes perjudicando el resultado final. La pérdida de efectivo es una de las preocupaciones principales de los profesionales del sector minorista, desde supermercados, pasando por restaurantes de servicio rápido, hasta estaciones de servicio y tiendas de conveniencia. Al final del día, la mayoría de las veces, el recuento de la caja rara vez coincide con los ingresos esperados. Cuando varios cajeros utilizan el mismo punto de venta, puede resultar imposible identificar la causa del problema, ya sea un error del cajero o un robo. No todas las discrepancias son iguales y no todos los ladrones llevan máscara. Pero ¿qué pasaría si tuviese los datos necesarios para proporcionarle una visibilidad total del efectivo de sus TPV Puntos de Ventas? ¿Qué pasaría si pudiera contabilizar todo el efectivo de su establecimiento desde el momento de la venta o ingreso del efectivo hasta el momento en que se efectúa el ingreso en el banco? En APG Cash Drawer, tenemos una solución para usted. Le presentamos la solución de gestión de efectivo SMARTtill®. Una verdadera revolución en la gestión de efectivo, que permite a los minoristas erradicar la pérdida de efectivo, reducir los costes de la laboriosa gestión de efectivo, y permite mejorar el servicio de atención al cliente de sus establecimientos. La solución SMARTtill® registra todos los valores y actividades movimientos de efectivo con sus diferentes denominaciones localizándolos de su ubicación en tiempo real, sin interrumpir las transacciones de los clientes. A continuación, envía la mencionada información al back office, lo que permite a los gerentes obtener información en tiempo real sobre el efectivo disponible, así como visibilidad total del efectivo en los diferentes puntos de ventas del TPV. Esta información se puede consultar en cualquier lugar, incluso desde tablets y dispositivos móviles. En las líneas de caja, a nivel de tienda y regionalmente, así como en las sedes centrales o a nivel de empresa. Nadie tiene tiempo para revisar minuciosamente horas y horas de imágenes de vigilancia. Y ahora ya no tendrá que hacerlo. Reciba alertas instantáneas cuando se produzca una discrepancia. Deje que la solución de gestión de efectivo SMARTtill® sea su elemento disuasorio personal frente a robos, proporcionando datos fiables en base a los que actuar. Sepa cuánto efectivo hay en sus cajas en todo momento. Vuelva a poner el dinero “muerto” en circulación e inviértalo en lo que considere oportuno. La solución SMARTtill® le proporcionará los datos necesarios para tomar decisiones rápidas y precisas, relacionadas con su negocio, que beneficiarán en gran medida sus resultados. En APG Cash Drawer, entendemos los retos a los que se enfrenta en lo que a la gestión de efectivo respecta y, con la solución SMARTtill®, sus empleados y la dirección, gozarán de tranquilidad, grandes ahorros en costes laborales y más tiempo para disfrutar de la vida. La solución SMARTtill®: gestión del manejo del efectivo simplificado.

Dollar. Euro. Pound. Franc. Cash, the lifeblood of any business. But what is it worth if that cash cannot be managed in an efficient and seamless manner? What does it matter if cash loss is to be assumed as inevitable? What does it matter if your operation’s cost seems to forever spiral up? At APG, we’re here to tell you that yes, it does matter, and we have a solution, The SMARTtill Cash Management Solution. For years, businesses have manually counted their tills, manually calculated float preparation, maintenance, and reconciliation. Businesses—maybe yours—have overpaid for unnecessary Cash In Transit. They’ve lost time and money due to laborious till checks, balances, and loss prevention accommodations. With APG’s SMARTtill Cash Management Solution, these areas of financial concerns, such as cashier errors, cash visibility, control, and cash investigation time are remedied. The time spent researching cash loss is reduced from hours to minutes, equating to the reduction of cash loss by up to 90%. Reduce labor hours by up to 75% and reallocate them to customer-focused activities. If you’re keen to continually grow and expand upon your business success, as I’m sure you are, consider a new way of managing your cash. Let us assure you, this is only the beginning of what our Cash Management Solutions can offer.