Ranger Computers
Ultimate
Rangers' new Ultimate
The new system is the first application for Ranger’s ‘Ultimate’ sales recording technology and represents a considerable step forward from traditional data capture systems. Ultimate captures sales in independent stores in real time using Ranger’s new ‘Otis’ wireless barcode scanner and compiles chart results online, using a secure web server.
Finland Record Chart Return
The IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industries) in Helsinki, Finland have selected Ranger Computers Ltd to provide a new record chart system recording the sales of music products in Finland. The new system will run for an initial period of two years and will provide IFPI for the first time with a mechanism to accurately capture actual retailer sales as they occur.
Phoenix/Otis has been under development for several years and is based on Ranger’s highly successful ‘Phoenix’ broadband barcode scanner, which is deployed widely in the UK. Phoenix/Otis operates over the cellular telephone network and frees the retailer from the expensive installation, wiring and connection issues normally associated with POS terminals.
Additional information feeds from multiple retailer’s own POS systems are incorporated into the data to build up a comprehensive and reliable picture of actual retail sales of recorded music throughout the country. The Ultimate system analyses the sales recorded by barcode scanning using data based on the UK’s OCC (The Official UK Chart Company) Official Music Catalogue and merges this information with data supplied by a variety of Scandinavian distributors.
Mr Tommi Kyyrä, Deputy Director of IFPI Finland said “The new ‘Ultimate’ chart system represents a considerable step forward for the record chart process in Finland. The new charts will be fast, efficient and reliable, meaning that broadcasters, record companies and other interested parties will be able to access them easily in the knowledge that the data content is an actual measurement, rather than an estimate, of recorded music sales in Finland”
Ranger has provided chart data capture services in the UK and other countries since 1993 and is the primary supplier of independent retailer sales data in the UK for OCC’s Official UK Charts. The company also distributes OCC’s official music catalogue to independent retailers and other users in the UK and elsewhere.
- Product Options
- Oscar
Oscar is an Electronic Point of Sale solutions for independent music retailers. - Web Oscar
A Web Oscar system can automate the process of keeping your online shop website up to date. - Oscar Head Office
Oscar Head Office allows multiple retailers to use Oscar as a central management tool. - Oscar Book
Oscar Book is a complete Electronic Point of Sale solution for independent book sellers - Phoenix
A data capture engine developed specifically for retail and industrial applications. - Qubit
An online system which allows users to search The Official UK Music Catalogue
and build multiple orders for anyone who supplies recorded music. - Ultimate
A real time system using the cell phone network, 'Otis' wireless barcode scanner, and secure web server to capture real time sales from independent stores. - Otis
A wireless data capture engine based on the successful phoenix system and developed to be independent of a broadband connection. - Oscar Touch
Oscar Touch is the latest version of Ranger's Oscar point of sale system, controlled by an integrated touch screen saving valuable counter space.
Screen Shots
- Live sales in real time
- Search screen