APG, or APG Cash Drawer, is a US-based provider of point-of-sale (POS) software and hardware. Their products can be shipped to various places worldwide, including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, The United States, and Canada.
APG specialises in selling cash drawers, tills, and other types of hardware and POS software for hospitality and retail businesses, such as bars, restaurants, and grocery shops. They’re also known for their Smarttill Solution Suite, a POS solution specifically designed for cash management. They even sell POS solutions to governmental institutions and healthcare businesses, so let’s review what they offer.
POS Solutions and Features
Here are APG’s POS solutions and features on offer.
APG Cash Drawers
If you’re interested in buying a cash drawer from APG, you’ll need to configure the exact product you want to buy and order it from one of their distributors.
APG Cash Drawers offers three types of cash drawer solutions:
Soma: These cash drawers are an excellent option for companies that want to purchase affordable yet high-quality and user-friendly cash drawes. The Soma line consists of the following drawers: Arlo, ECD, and Minota.
Genesis: The Genesis cash drawers can mix both digital and physical currencies. They offer plenty of security features and you can connect them in various ways. They also ensure full consistency for one million transactions. The drawers available in the Genesis line are E3000, Series 1150, E3900, Vasario, Series 1517, Phoenix, and 460MOD.
Legend: The Legend cash drawers come with a very long warranty. They’re the perfect option for businesses with high levels of regular transactions. The Legend line consists of: E3600 Flip-Top, STD2000, Series 4000, MICRO, and Series 100.
Here are the three most popular cash drawers that APG sells to European business owners:
Phoenix: Known as the most popular device offered by APG right now, Phoenix is part of the cash drawer edition known as Genesis. Since it’s really fast and easy to use, it’s an excellent choice for mid or large-sized retail shops with many employees who have to deal with a very large number of daily transactions.
It’s an excellent addition to businesses in the following industries:
- Retail
- Kiosk
- Hospitality
- Quick or self-service
This cash drawer is affordable and completely secure with a uniquely designed anchoring security system and a lock with three positions. On top of it all, it’s very quick, so making a successful transaction will not take your front-office staff more than a few seconds.
322 Flip: If your business is based in Europe and falls under the category of small or mid-sized retail or grocery companies, you can go for the 322 Flip devices. This cash drawer is well-known for having unique dimensions, as it’s very deep and has an extra big lid. Wondering why it looks that way? It’s to make it as secure as possible. The lid provides a very high-security level as it creates a large and heavy barrier on the counter, so your employees will have extra protection in case of a break-in.
460MOD: Perfect for grocery, convenience, and retail shops, 460MOD is a very durable and sleek-looking cash drawer with smaller dimensions than Phoenix and 322 Flip. This cash drawer can be customised to meet all the unique needs of your employees working in the front office.
Due to it being a very user-friendly device, it’s become the number one cash drawer choice of the most profitable retail shops in Europe. It works with most of the currencies of European countries, so it’s a perfect fit for almost anywhere around the continent.
Here are a few other cash drawers that APG provides internationally.
Minota: This cash drawer is an affordable and easy-to-use option for small-sized businesses. Its dimensions are smaller compared to Phoenix od 322 Flip, making it an excellent choice for companies looking for a practical cash drawer that doesn’t take up much space.
Arlo: Similar to Minota, Arlo is a small and sustainable cash drawer that’s also part of the Soma Family edition. Arlo is designed with high-quality materials, and it’s an excellent choice for businesses that don’t operate with cash that much. Since it’s a small cash drawer solution, it can easily fit on any desk counter without taking up much space.
Series 4000: This cash drawer is part of APG’s solution called “A legend family.” Unlike Arlo and Minota, Series 4000 is the perfect fit for medium and large-sized businesses that have a lot of cash transfers daily. If you have a bigger business and are looking for a new cash drawer that won’t cause unnecessary downtime in your shop, Series 4000 would be an excellent choice. Keep in mind that it’s bigger compared to Minota and Arlo, so you’ll need a more extensive front desk for it to fit perfectly without causing unwanted clutter.
Series 100: This cash drawer device is part of the same solution as the Series 4000, which is why it’s made from the same high-quality materials. However, it’s a much smaller and more compact device than Series 4000 or the Phoenix cash drawers. If you’re looking to minimise the space that your cash drawer takes up on your front desk, Series 100 is a reliable and user-friendly option.
If you’re interested in learning more about the rest of the cash drawers sold by APG, you can visit their website.
Integrated POS Cable Management Solution
APG offers an innovative and easy-to-use device for dynamic routing called The Architect, created by APG, SpacePole, and Epson. This tool was specifically designed to improve the speed and accuracy during checkout. It’s flexible, stylish, and very easy to use, but since it’s specifically created for the Minota cash drawer, you’ll need to buy this sleek and modern-looking cash drawer by APG to use it.
This dynamic routing tool has one main purpose – to declutter and clear out your desk filled with unnecessary tangled wires and make your store look 100 times better than before. And what’s more, its configuration can be tailored to meet your store’s needs. Due to the high-quality materials used in making The Architect, it can carry substantial weight, i.e. several point-of-sale tools. If you want to learn more about The Architect, you can browse through this brochure.
Connect a Cash Drawer to Your Mobile POS System
APG offers a straightforward and user-friendly POS interface for your front and back office. If you decide to purchase APG Cash Drawers, you can connect them to an already-existing POS software in various ways:
- Bluetooth or WiFi: The device you can use to create a Bluetooth connection between cash drawers and POS software is called BluePRO®.
- Ethernet: Using the NetPRO® interface, you can connect your software to cash drawers that work via Ethernet.
- Printer: You can connect your cash drawers or payment terminals to any kind of printing device.
- USB: Right now, APG offers the following USB devices that you can use to connect cash drawers to POS software – Models 554B and 485.
- APG MUL Interface: You can connect your cash drawer with the help of APG MUL to a POS software with various cables, terminals, or printers.
- SerialPRO® Interface: This affordable and user-friendly interface can be integrated only with one type of cash drawer – the 484A model.
- DirectPRO™: This hardwired interface can be used with various host devices. Many of the cash drawers provided by APG are tailored to the ports CDKO, which are often available in printers or cash registers, and most of them are compatible with this interface.
SMARTtill Cash Management
APG created an innovative way for companies to manage their cash – the SMARTtill Cash Management, a unique solution that can help you completely get rid of unwanted cash loss and improve the experience of both your staff and customers. SMARTtill can be integrated with a POS software through smarttill Connect.
With the help of Current See, a cloud-based app for cash management, you can monitor all of your company’s cash activities and get in-depth insights whenever there’s a transaction or movement of cash in your company. Current See will also automatically generate reports on all of your transactions and analyse your company’s cash flow.
Technical Support
Whenever your software or hardware is not working properly, you can expect APG to help you with your issue. Also, if you purchase a POS solution from one of the company’s OEM partners, in addition to the regular tech support, you’ll get the chance to participate in training. In addition, you’ll get an account manager specialising in managing sales and stock items.
Pricing
APG doesn’t provide details on the pricing of the POS or cash drawer solutions that you need to configure yourself. To get more information on the pricing for the UK, you can contact them by filling out the contact form on their website, email them at sales.eu@apgsolutions.com, or call them at 44 (0) 1273 616300.
If you’re interested in learning more about the hardware devices and tools the company sells specifically in the UK, you can browse their UK website. By visiting their online gallery, you can learn more about each product, see if what you need is available for online purchase, and order it from the comfort of your home.
Company Background
Founded in 1978, APG is a company that provides cash management devices and electronic point-of-sale (POS) solutions to businesses in the hospitality and retail industries. The current CEO and president of APG is Paul Griffiths.
APG is known to be one of the most popular manufacturers of POS solutions and modern cash drawers, and its products are shipped to more than 90 countries worldwide. The company is based in Minneapolis, US, and has an online shop that ships products to the US and Canada. In addition, they also have various online shops that ship throughout Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and Australia.
They have many partner companies that create hardware and software POS solutions, such as Aila Technologies, SpotOn (Appetize), Bindo POS, BlueBird Global, Cap Software, EPSON, etc. If you’d like to learn more about their partners, check out the Global Partners page on their official website.
Reviews
At the moment, APG has 17 reviews on Glassdoor and an average score of 2.9 out of five stars. The company also has 10 reviews on Indeed by people who were or are still working there, and an average score of 3.0 out of 5 stars. Finally, they received four reviews on Revain, with an overall score of 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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