TASMAC introduce computerised billing machines in its shops

Over-pricing has for long been a bugbear of Tasmac customers who enthusiastically mob shops every day. In the absence of a fool-proof system of recording transactions, a section of Tasmac salesmen have been selling them liquor at hiked-up prices.

With a view to put an end to this problem, the public sector undertaking plans to introduce computerised billing machines in its shops across the State. At present, a trial run is being conducted at three outlets in Chennai.

For the last three weeks, a technician from TVS Electronics Limited has been operating a computerised billing machine at the Tasmac outlet (shop no - 477) on Wannels Road in Egmore to map the flow of information to two servers, one kept at the Tasmac depot in Ambattur and the other at the company’s head office in Egmore.

Two other TVS technicians are also carrying out a similar exercise at an outlet in Parry’s (shop no – 111) and another at Parsn complex. These three outlets were chosen on the basis of the high volumes of sales, a factor that would facilitate a quicker and broader understanding of the process.