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Microsoft Partners With McDonald's for Global Point-of-Sale Solution
McDonald's to incorporate Microsoft into its next-generation point-of-sale platform to help streamline operations, simplify procurement and reduce total cost of operations.
December 11, 2005
Microsoft Corp. recently announced that McDonald's Corp. has selected Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Embedded as the foundation for its new point-of-sale (POS) platform. McDonald's QSR selected Windows XP Embedded due to its exceptional performance and unique retail design, and the ability to work with a single vendor that can provide a wide breadth of solutions for its restaurants. To date, McDonald's quick-service restaurant company has deployed Windows XP Embedded to several thousand devices across Europe and Asia and plans to eventually roll out the Microsoft operating system for its worldwide standard POS platform.By standardizing on Windows XP Embedded, along with one POS application, McDonald's quick-service restaurant company will be able to further streamline operations and make restaurant crew training faster and more cost-effective while easily integrating and maintaining devices from multiple POS hardware providers.
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