MATRA Systems is one of the world's premier providers of solutions and services that add value to the IBM 4690 POS systems environment. Our highly skilled 4690 team members regularly work on projects with major 4690 users around the world, and have unique ability to consult, design, integrate and support the entire system.

DESIGNING

MATRA maintains strategic partnerships with such industry heavyweights as Microsoft, IBM, Fujitsu and Epson. Working with these and other partners allows MATRA to provide its customers with best-of-breed, total POS solutions comprising application and platform software, hardware, deployment, and support services. This approach offers retailers a one-stop shop that delivers a high-quality, cost effective solution.

We can guide you to our hardware partners with proven ability to work with FREEDOM, or can work with existing hardware and manufacturer partnerships.

INTEGRATING

All of MATRA's FREEDOM products are able to integrate with IBM 4690, extending the system's capability significantly and delivering value to the business. Through straightforward integration of the FREEDOM modules, the 4690 can be enhanced with better promotional capability, refund management, real time information exchange, loss prevention, electronic gift cards, loyalty schemes, cashless environments and electronic payments.

Our modern, multi-channel POS solution (FREEDOM-POS) is unique in its ability to work alongside or completely replace the 4690 environment in a low cost, low risk phased manner. FREEDOM provides a superset of SA and GSA function and supports 4690 functions, file interfaces, operational processes and messages. It can even operate on the lowest spec 4683 registers, allowing for complete re-use of the estate and a controlled hardware replacement strategy.

FREEDOM has already successfully replaced thousands of 4690 lanes across the world, delivering a rapid path to modern open systems and a strategic platform from which those retailers can create their future retailing concepts.

4690 Services Mission Statement

The MATRA Systems 4690 Services business area will be committed to assist its customer reach both their tactical business objectives and long term strategic goals. This requires a strategy of demonstrating that we can enhance the retailer's 4690 platform with new technology and new function on a continuous basis. If the retailer is considering a migration to a new POS platform, the 4690 Services team will assist the retailer in continued investment in its current platform in a manner that will enable the new technology investment to be protected and re-useable in the new platform.

The 4690 Services team will establish itself as the strongest 4690 team in the world, able to compete with any other 4690 provider including IBM. Our team will partner with other providers where appropriate, but will compete at every opportunity that is identified. This will be true regardless of the IBM POS application, the retail segment, or the size of the retailer. It is also true regardless of whether the POS project is specific to checkout support, back office support, loyalty, payments, coupons, store operations, or emerging technologies driven by the retail industry or third parties that earn the interest of MATRA retail customers.