ATLANTA and DALLAS, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Supermarkets that also offer a gasoline fill-up can start pumping up profits with point-of-service (POS) software that helps them better manage fuel sales as part of their overall store operations.
ACS (NYSE: ACS), a leading provider of information technology and business process outsourcing solutions and NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), today announced an agreement to offer fuel pump management as an extension of NCR's Advanced Store portfolio of Microsoft(R) Windows(R)-based POS solutions.
"Fuel retailing by supermarkets and other large format stores has taken off in Europe, and is a growing trend in the United States," said Tracy Flynn, NCR vice president of Product and Solution Marketing. "These retailers need solutions that allow them to easily and effectively run their fuel outlets as an integral part of the business."
The Web based fuel pump management application, developed by ACS Retail Solutions division, operates as a "tightly coupled" feature of NCR's POS solution platform to allow fuel outlet sales to be automatically processed as they occur. At the same time, item and store control information flow seamlessly between headquarters, the store and the fuel outlet. Most similar offerings currently on the market typically require that fuel outlet transactions be downloaded to the store's primary POS platform at closing or other times during the business day -- a manual process in many cases.
"Retailers are continually looking for solutions they can implement across their organization to address the changing marketplace. As a result of the teaming efforts of NCR and ACS, many retailers will now be able to continue to streamline their operations as well as bringing fuel into the mainstream business operations," said Ed Soladay, President of ACS Retail Solutions.
About ACS
ACS is a Fortune 1000 company comprised of nearly 20,000 people in 21 countries which provides technology solutions to commercial and government clients worldwide. The company delivers e-solutions, systems integration services, and a complete range of technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing solutions to world-class clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS". ACS makes technology work for our clients. Visit ACS on the Internet at http://www.acs-inc.com.
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a leader in providing Relationship Technology(TM) solutions to customers worldwide in the retail, financial, communications, manufacturing, travel and transportation, and insurance markets. NCR's Relationship Technology solutions include privacy-enabled Teradata(R) warehouses and customer relationship management (CRM) applications, store automation and automated teller machines (ATMs). The company's business solutions are built on the foundation of its long-established industry knowledge and consulting expertise, value-adding software, global customer support services, a complete line of consumable and media products, and leading edge hardware technology. NCR employs 32,900 in more than 100 countries, and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More information about NCR and its solutions may be found at www.ncr.com.
NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. SOURCE ACS, Inc. and NCR Corporation
CONTACT: Mark King, EVP, Chief Financial Officer of ACS, Inc., 214-841-8007, or mark_king@acs-inc.com; or Robert "Kelly" Kramer of NCR Corporation, 770-623-7215, or Kelly.Kramer@ncr.com/
