Self-service cashier supermarket comes to Jiyuan citizens to experience self-checkout system checkout

Citizens checkout through self-service cashier system

On July 23, at the cashier's office of a supermarket in Xuanhua Street, the reporter saw two free passages. On several other channels, customers are pushing a shopping cart lined up. However, two customers took the goods and went straight to the free passage. After scanning the bar code of the goods, they swept them with the mobile phone and passed the gate. According to the supermarket staff, these two channels are self-service cashier channels. After the customer selects a good item in the supermarket, the customer can automatically settle the bill through the self-service cash register.

The reporter learned that at the end of 2016, Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Go, an unmanned convenience store. In China, there are unfunded retail stores such as F5 Future Store, Bingo Box, quiXmart, Amoy Coffee. For a time, the unmanned retail store seemed to be the next blue ocean. This supermarket in the city also keeps up with the trend and sets up a self-service cashier channel.

Frontier technology armed self-service cash register system

In order to provide more convenience to customers, unmanned supermarkets can be described as the competition of popular technology: face recognition technology, voice interaction technology, Internet of things payment technology... Amazon Go convenience store through the relative position between people and shelves, And the movement of goods on the shelves to automatically identify who took which item.

“The self-service cash register system in our store is divided into two types of payment methods: non-members and non-members. General customers can pay by using mobile payment platforms such as WeChat and Alipay. For customers who apply for supermarket membership cards, it is more convenient to pay by credit card.” The work of this supermarket The staff told reporters that this self-service cash register system does not support face recognition technology and voice interaction technology for the time being. However, if the customer encounters a problem that does not operate or has problems with the operation, he can click the help button on the device.

Self-service cash register is very convenient

The reporter interviewed Mr. Li, the citizen who settled the account through the self-service cash register system. He told reporters: "I used to use the self-service cash register to checkout in the field. I don't think Jiyuan has it. It is very convenient to checkout with the self-service cash register, which saves the trouble of saving money and finding money. I think it is worth promoting."

The public Wei Zikun said to the reporter: "The new equipment appeared in the supermarket. I am very curious. I want to try it. I won't use it for the first time. Please ask the staff for help. Now I am no longer waiting in the supermarket to check out. I feel "I think there is a certain risk in setting up a self-service cashier channel in the supermarket. In fact, we are here a semi-self-service cash register method, and there are staff members on the sidelines. Realizing the unmanned supermarket model, we also need to improve the access control system. In order to avoid theft of goods," Ms. Zhang told reporters.

Some time ago, the emergence of unmanned supermarkets caused some controversy. Many people question whether they can become a real business model. “Unmanned supermarkets become a business model that is unstoppable. With the development of artificial intelligence technology, there are now unmanned vehicles and unmanned aircraft. The emergence of unmanned supermarkets is almost a matter of course.” A supermarket The marketing manager told reporters.

A random interview with the reporter found that most consumers in our city recognized the unmanned supermarket shopping model, and they all said that they would like to reflect the convenience of checking out through the self-service cash register system when shopping at the supermarket.