also: ピーオーエスシステム
point-of-sale system; POS
Technical term for a system that manages sales transactions and inventory at retail checkout points.
After introducing a new point-of-sale system, inventory management became easier.
This store's POS system is well known as a point-of-sale system.
Full formal Japanese term for a point-of-sale system.
Common abbreviation using the English acronym POS.
Compound of 販売 (sales), 時点 (point in time), 情報 (information), 管理 (management), and システム (system). A direct translation of the English 'point-of-sale system'.