Can Automatic Checkout Machines Help Win More Loyal Customers?

Do you know that? It is estimated that adults spend 792 hours in their lifetime at the cashier queues in the stores. No one truly likes to waste time waiting in line. To redefine shopping experiences of customers, automatic checkout machines rise.

Automatic checkout machines Telpo C20 

The advent of automatic checkout machines

Automatic checkout machines can be widely applied in a number of scenarios, such as convenience stores, bakeries, restaurants, canteens, supermarkets and so on. Among the scenarios above, sections of fruits and vegetables in supermarkets are most representative. Today, let’s take supermarkets as an example to talk about the automatic checkout machines.

To reduce cost.

The introduction of automatic checkout machines can efficiently reduce labor costs for stores. The number of labors that supermarkets need is not fixed. During peak periods, more staffs are needed, which means that supermarkets have to spend more money and time in employing new staffs and training them. However, in off-season, too many staffs will be in redundancy. This poses a dilemma. Luckily, the introduction of AI checkout machines makes it more flexible to balance passenger flow and staff. It saves human cost for supermarkets.

To improve shopping experience of customers.

Automatic checkout machines simplify customers’ shopping process and save their queuing time. We have to go to three places to finish our shopping when we purchase fruits and vegetables at the supermarkets. First, we choose the fruits and vegetables in the sections. Then we bring our goods to ask the shop assistants to weigh the fruits, waiting them to scan the Price Look Up code. Finally, we bring our fruits to check out at the cashier and go home. The shopping process is too complex and time consuming.

With a visual recognition cash register, customers just need to take their fruits chosen to the register and therefore can finish weighing, checking out and printing receipts. This greatly improves the checkout efficiency for customers. Vision checkout makes it possible to recognize items, weigh, generate payment amount and check out in a few seconds. What’s more, a visual recognition cash register supports multiple payment methods, giving customers convenient payment experience.

To improve the image of supermarkets.

Just think about it. Will you choose to shop at a crowded and messy supermarket, or a spacious supermarket without long waiting queues. The answer is obvious, right? Improving the image of supermarkets is good for leaving a good impression on customers, which attracts customers to shop at the supermarket again.

Needless to say, faster deliveries and secure, quick checkouts are customer loyalty-enhancing catalysts today. Can automatic checkout machines make it? Sure! Automatic checkout machines redefine customers’ shopping experience by using vision checkout, instead of simply making customers replacing the shop assistants.

Traditional cashier weighing machines increase the workload of customers. It is clearly unacceptable to transfer the work of shop assistants to customers. Instead, automatic checkout machines directly save the time and trouble of both shop assistants and customers. How to make it? Thanks to vision recognition technology.

What is vision recognition technology?

Vision recognition technology is also called image recognition technology. It refers to the technology of using computers to process, analyze and understand images to identify targets and objects of different patterns. It is a practical application of deep learning algorithm. Combining vision recognition technology and cashier hardware equipment, goods can be easily read and identified and then checkout can be easily conducted.

Vision checkout brings a lot of convenience.

Quick and accurate recognition. When the supermarket sells a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, it is difficult to distinguish similar species only by eyes. It takes much time to train the staffs and accuracy is not guaranteed. What’s worse, by using traditional weighing machines, it makes customers and shop assistants to paste PLU codes one by one for so many kinds of fruits and vegetables they have brought. Compared to shop assistants, customers are more unfamiliar with the goods and machines and they have to spend more time to check out.

Instead, with automatic checkout machines, customers and shop assistants don’t have to recognize the species and items of goods. What customers should do is to put the goods on the plates, wait a few seconds and pay. It improves the efficiency and accuracy of checkout, providing great convenience for customers.

Multiple and safe payment methods. Automatic checkout machines support a variety of payment methods. There is little difference between vision checkout and checking out at the cashier. Compared with manual checkout, vision checkout is more accurate. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, contactless payment methods improve customer safety.

Customized service. Automatic checkout machines are able to identify every item and make records, which make supermarkets have a better data control. According to the sales volume of each category, supermarkets can better understand what customers need and adjust stocks, avoid wasting. In addition, the labor, money and time saved could be used for more effective marketing campaigns.

If you plan to purchase automatic checkout machines, I strongly recommend you the visual recognition checkout machine C20 launched by Telpo.

Superior performance and large storage space. Equipped with dual-core 1.8GHz + Quad-core 1.4Hz processor and Android 7.1 above OS, Telpo C20 delivers stable performance and simple development. Large storage space supports storing thousands of food image data, making identification more accurate and efficient.

95° wide angle visual recognition camera. No matter what items you place and no matter how you place them, C20 can scan all. Cameras matched with computer vision algorithms recognize all items in a few seconds.

Multiple payment methods. Multiple cashless payment methods are supported, including member card, face payment, QR code payment and so on. Customers are provided with enough choices of paying.

Dual screen, both settlement and promotion. Dual screen is supported by C20. The main screen can display the weight and price of the products, and the secondary screen present promotional advertisings at the same time.

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