An Irish company is manufacturing a computerised cash register which doubles as a stock control unit.
This new cash register which its makers claim is one hundred per cent Irish has been trialled for two years in a busy Dublin pub, and is ready to be launched on the market. Sales director with Barry Business Systems John McNerney explains how it works. One function will be of particular benefit to the publican.
At the press of a button here I can tell how many bottles of vodka are in the cellar of the pub.
The Trufax cash register and stock control unit is currently manufactured in Barry Business Systems' headquarters in the Liberties in Dublin, with assistance from the Industrial Development Authority (IDA). Their focus has been on developing software that will work with existing hardware, explains managing director Jim Barry, and this has given them a head start over the major companies,
Our system at the moment is the foremost in the world.
Research to date indicates strongly that there is a market for this product. Jim Barry intends to introduce the cash register to Irish publicans and hoteliers first, with supermarkets, pharmacies and other retail areas to follow.
As this system works with existing technology it is therefore it is also capable of being used internationally. Describing the company as pioneering, Jim Barry believes that the sky is the limit,
Our people are all over the world at the moment designing systems for the mutinationals, why can't it be done at home?
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 31 March 1982. The reporter is Conall Ó Moráin.
