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technology upgrade

Head First Health Club is upgrading

some systems

Head First Health Club has a new CEO, and he loves new
technology. He was shocked when he saw how old the sales
systems were.

Some of our technology
is really ancient. I want to
start by replacing the cash
registers with new POS
systems. Can you help?

New CEO

The old cash registers The new system will run
really need to be replaced. on a PC and accept
credit card payments.

Old and busted
The new hotness

A point-of-sale (POS) system is just a computer program that It would be nice if the systems
works like a cash register. The boss doesn’t want to replace all you produce were modular in
of the cash registers immediately. He wants to begin with a trial design. You'll get to that
system in the coffee bar. AFTER you've spent some time
understanding what's required.
Let’s see what the coffee bar POS needs to do.

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