Vertical Markets

Retail Sector

When it comes to PoS refresh, PCI compliance, Self Service Checkout, HR implementation, internet shopping or a new enterprise architecture, leading retailers use Amsphere's testing expertise and retail knowledge to help identify and mitigate the risks involved in delivering these complex projects.

PCI DSS
Numerous retailers have started PCI compliance projects without knowing if they have over-engineered their solution or if they have chosen the most economic delivery approach. Against this background it is very difficult for the project sponsor to understand progress towards compliance or if too much or too little has been budgeted for the PCI DSS programme.

Amsphere provides a set of solutions and services that are designed to make it highly simple and cost-effective, to become and stay PCI compliant. Our expertise means that we are able to provide a risk-based assessment of issues, allowing you to implement system changes quickly, and minimise the overall cost of your PCI DSS implementation.

PoS and Self Service Checkout
Amsphere provides a complete service, from delivery of the software from the vendor through to hand over for deployment including:

• Management of test scripts, environments, data, test resources, regression test packs, defects, and reporting
• Testing of the whole deployment process
• Acceptance Testing and Systems Integration Testing

We have a library of configurable test scripts that can substantially reduce the time and cost of testing whilst identifying potential issues early on in the project.

Supply Chain Management
Organisations adding new product ranges and extending their supply chain to new manufacturers and logistics providers, can leave themselves open to failure. Amsphere provides end-to-end testing of new solutions mitigating the risk of costly problems and identifying any performance issues.

E-commerce
Amsphere provides specialist skills to validate and verify system design, system build and implementation. We have particular expertise in all integration aspects of multi-channel retail systems including supply chain and fulfilment. As part of our overall solution, our specialists can focus on other important aspects including usability, functionality, security, performance and scalability.

Hand-Held Terminals
Hand-held terminals are becoming a critical part of retailing in areas such as price checks and stock checks. Many of these devices are wireless, introducing potential security issues for the retailer. Amsphere has experience of both functional testing and integration testing of these devices as well as identifying any security vulnerabilities introduced by wireless technology.