Thursday, June 14, 2012

NU 12 (6) Carmina Tionloc - Money Tubes

Nu Idea No. 6: Grocery/Department Store Money Tubes

It has been a practice in the Philippine that cashiers walk around with their cash boxes alongside a security guard for protection, may it be their start of their shift or their end of shift. This can be a security risk for the cashier and security guard as well as the general public. We walk around the mall and groceries without knowing who those people are and sometimes, you don’t know if the person next to you has an ill attempt to rob the cashier and hurt the security guard or the public around them.

I suggest the money tubes. Wherein in each cashier’s station, there will be a tube connected to the Finance or Accounting Department which then receives the money. These money tubes have vacuums that would suck the money tube capsules and it would send it to the Finance / Accounting department. Each cashier’s station would have money capsules wherein they would place their collections for the day and sign-off for verification. After placing the money in the capsule, the capsule is closed and sealed and placed inside the money tube. The capsules would then be sent to the Finance/Accounting department.

Through this manner, the cashier is no longer at risk while travelling around the grocery/mall since the money is already out of her hands. This would also ensure safety of the public since the temptation of robbing or snatching is diminished incredibly. The next time the capsule would be touched would be in the Finance/Accounting department wherein finance officers would count the money. Of course, these offices would be out of the public’s eye already.  This also ensures an efficient way of collecting the money and at the same time, it makes the money’s trip faster. 3 <an expensive cap ex though>

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