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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1974)
" V. s 1 mmmnm THE CRAZY NEW EVERYONE LOVES VWAT A GREAT CMRI6TMA5 . ITEM ri JWlIUi m WERE A0L "P GET faiFfo R0e4A IF- YcOU WANT cOHE tAVGE THEY'LL 1 OH WITHIN A WEEK. .a i wr ;r w m III.- .. 1 I 1 ft . -MENAGERIE- IZTUe' R U rjl i i in ! i Datsun brings bad deflation. r 2t J' Save on the 610.7.") prices we hockinl.v hifh ui'lu-t ry wide. Labor ami material.- moro. IvNpr'iisive simu'-vfluct ion and .-al'rty features are mandatory. Hut since we won't be int rofjueine; our 70 DatMins U,v a while, we're still ;:e!!ii f?rjn! ew 1971 Dal suns at low 1971 pric Our 2-I)oor Hardtop, -H.oor Sedans and M)oor Wagons all come with many standard features others charge e.xtra tor. You also save on gasoliiif, repairs, upkeep and resak; value, ('ome see us soon! Datsun Saves... Again! J(0)(i) mm k(0),sj c; "y Computer cash registers simplify billing and inventory processes for many Lincoln firms. Computers aid Lincoln stores Computer cash registers are here to stay. At least that's what Lincoln merchants and sales people say. At present two companies Singer Business Machines and National Cash Register Company manufacture com puter cash register systems. Both types are used in Lincoln. Ed Gottschall, controller at Miller & Paine, lists the main advantages of their compute1- system as ease in inventory and billing. A physical inventory is stiil done once a year, but even then the process is simplified by use of the machines, he said. Gottschall said Miller and Paine was the first store in the world to make the complete conversion to the National Cash Register System. The decision to make the change was made some two years before the equipment was avail able, he said. Since the transition in August of 1972, Miller and Paine reports that customers and salespeople alike have responded favorably to the machines. Machines 'terrific' Gift sales supervisor at Miller & Paine., Nancy Moseman, was enthusi astic. "I love "em. They're terrific. They figure everything for the company, they figure tax and everything for me. They make inventory ten times easier." hiiiinr, h; also a miiC'M simpler ;uf.e.!ure 'hrough use of ur .'w.'Mies. Affording to Gottschall, Miosis uin clos'.i up business at nine o'clock on the la r day ol the month and the next morning sendout al! the bills. Vern Young, manager of the Universi ty Bookstores switched to the compu terized cash register last summer. He said small purchases pose a few time problems for both the customers and the sales clerks. The same procedure must be used whether the customer is charged for a package of gum or a much larger item, he said. System working 'beautifully' Elda Roinhardt, personnel manager of the Sears store, commented that their system is working "'beautifully." She also emphasized the ease of inventory. Billing for the Sears stores is handled through the main office in Kansas City, she said, and all charges are transmitted by the computer through a telephone line. Reinhardt says that it takes no longer to ring up a purchase on the computer terminal than it does on a regular cash register. Reinhardt said the computer system also has several other beneficial fea tures. The machines have been pro grammed to determine the number of sales of each department by the hour, day, month a. id yoar, she said, and since the employe code number is also fed into the computer with each purchase, the number of s ales per clerk can also be determined. Need to reallocate personnel can also be figu"?d by use of the machine, Remharc" said. If some departments are especially busy at one time of the year, extra he!; on be moved, for instance, froth he hn-n department to the toy department at Christmas time, she said. '' f '4 ! 1 f l 5. , I . 1 27th and W Bar "B" Oucd Beef Sanclvieh Chicken and Turkey Hickory Smoked Ham R; kr.fi Beans & Slav Corn on the Cob WM(S)(f Soil Drinks & Shakes if ni i likp lvJw' It Jf X ill w "Everything to go but Brody and the Beer!" f S ii If daily nebraskan thursday, decf;,nber 12, 1974