Foundation of NCR Corporation
In 1884, John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register (NCR) Company, creator of the first mechanical cash registers.
Timeline of NCR History
NCR at a Glance- 1894 - NCR opened one of the first sales training schools.
- 1906 - Charles F. Kettering designed the first cash register powered by an electric motor.
- 1914 - NCR developed one of the first automated credit systems.
- 1926 - NCR became publicly owned.
- 1952 - NCR acquired Computer Research Corporation (CRC), of Hawthorne, Calif., which produced a line of digital computers with applications in aviation.
- 1953 - NCR established the Electronics Division to continue to pursue electronic applications for business machines.
- 1957 - NCR announced first fully transistorized business computer, the NCR 304.
- 1968 - NCR's John L. Janning invented liquid crystal displays (LCD).
- 1974 - Company changed its name to NCR Corporation.
- 1974 - NCR commercialized first bar code scanners.
- 1982 - The first NCR Tower supermicrocomputer system was launched, establishing NCR as a pioneer in bringing industry standards and open systems architecture to the computer market.
- 1991 - NCR acquired by AT&T.
- 1991 - NCR purchased Teradata Corporation, acquiring its advanced and unique commercial parallel processing technology. NCR Teradata becomes the world's most proven and powerful database for data warehousing.
- 1994 - NCR name changed to AT&T Global Information Solutions (GIS).
- 1995 - AT&T announced spin-off of AT&T GIS by the end of 1996.
- 1996 - AT&T GIS changed its name back to NCR Corporation in anticipation of being spun-off to AT&T shareholders by January 1997, as an independent, publicly-traded company.
- 1997 - Signaling its evolution from a hardware-only company to a full solutions provider, NCR purchased Compris Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of store automation and management software for the food-service industry, and Dataworks, a company that develops check-processing software.
- 1998 - NCR finalized the transfer and sale of their computer hardware manufacturing assets to Solectron, confirming NCR's commitment to concentrate on the market-differentiated software and services components of their solutions portfolios.
- 2000 - NCR acquired CRM provider Ceres Integrated Solutions and services company 4Front Technologies, deepening NCR's solutions offerings in key markets.
- 2003 - NCR granted patent for signature capture.
- 2005 - Following the successful 2004 acquisition of travel self-service leader Kinetics, NCR further strengthens its self-service portfolio by acquiring Galvanon, a leading provider of solutions for the health care industry.
- 2007 - NCR separated into two companies through the spin-off of the Teradata Data Warehousing business.
- 2009 - NCR establishes its new corporate headquarters in Duluth, Ga.
2009 Revenues - $4.61 billion
2009 Loss from Continuing Operations - $(30) million
2009 Loss Per Common Share from Continuing Operations - $(0.21)
2009 Weighted Average Shares Outstanding* - 158.9 million
Cash and Cash Equivalents* - $451 million
Short-Term & Long-Term Debt* - $15 million
Stock Exchange Listing and Symbol - NYSE: NCR
Number of Employees* - 21,500
2009 Loss from Continuing Operations - $(30) million
2009 Loss Per Common Share from Continuing Operations - $(0.21)
2009 Weighted Average Shares Outstanding* - 158.9 million
Cash and Cash Equivalents* - $451 million
Short-Term & Long-Term Debt* - $15 million
Stock Exchange Listing and Symbol - NYSE: NCR
Number of Employees* - 21,500
* As of 12/31/2009
NCR Headquarters - Dayton, Ohio USA
Major R&D Facilities
- Atlanta, GA (Retail Systems Division)
- Oiso, Japan (Retail Systems Division)
- Dundee, Scotland (Financial Systems Division)
- Waterloo, Canada (Financial Systems Division)
NCR's Two Key Solution Portfolios
1. Financial Solutions Self Service
2. PSD - Store Automation
NCR's Solution Portfolios are supported by:
NCR Products2. PSD - Store Automation
- NCR’s ATMs, point-of-sale systems, scanners and kiosks enable businesses to collect massive amounts of data. When these solutions are coupled with data warehousing, companies can serve their customers better and build mutually beneficial relationships.
- NCR’s three key solution portfolios are: Data Warehousing, Retail Store Automation and Financial Self-Service, all supported by consulting and support services.
- The company also sells a wide range of quality consumables for businesses.
- But a market that is exploding for us in Data Warehousing, where NCR has an edge over anyone else. . . .
NCR's Solution Portfolios are supported by:
- Consulting Services
- Service and Support Services
- Consumables
Fastlane
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RealPOS (Point of Sale)
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RealPOS (Point of Sale)
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Easy Pay
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Picture of NCR Easy Pay Product (Sample)
Service Center
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ACS
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AS@R
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RSM
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RealScan
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Peripherals
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NCR Cebu Development Center Inc.
In 2004, NCR Cebu Development Center Inc. occupied a new location, in e-OfficeOne Asiatown IT Park
Apas Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines. It has a number of over 400 associates (employees) having an average age of 24-25 years old.
NCR Cebu Development Center Inc. has more flexible Work Schedule compared to other companies.
Work Schedule
| NCR | Other Companies |
| Mondays to Fridays | Mondays to Saturdays |
| 40 hours (per week) | 48 hours (per week) |
| Flex-time | Fixed-time (or) |
| Expanded Flex-time | Limited Flex-time |
| (7 to 1 PM) | (7 to 10 AM) |
NCR Cebu Development Center Inc. Benefits Plan:
| BENEFITS PLAN | ||
| Health Insurance | Provided | Provided |
| (Extended to immediate family members) | Limited to employees only | |
| Life Insurance | Provided | Provided |
| 3x when accident occurred while on travel or business trip (US) | Not extensive | |
| Retirement Plan | Provided | None |
NCR Cebu Development Center Inc. provides employee training, development, and opportunities to be trained and travel to their headquarters in the US.
For 126 years, NCR has been a leader in serving the retail industry. NCR’s Retail Store Automation solutions are designed to improve customer service and operating efficiency for retailers.
Among NCR's newest retail solutions are self-checkout, which allows customers to scan and pay for their own purchases, and electronic shelf labeling, which connects shelf labels to a price database, allowing rapid updating of prices and improved accuracy.
NCR’s point-of-sale offerings include terminals, barcode scanners and scanner scales. NCR was the first to deliver an integrated keyboard and display for POS. NCR DynaKey has demonstrated significant reductions in training time (as much as 50%) and impressive improvements in productivity.
Web kiosks allow retailers and others to use Internet technology to offer information and promotions to customers.
NCR offers a full line of software and hardware used in merchandise checkout areas, along with professional consulting and customer-support service. NCR also provides support for more transaction-based systems than any other company and maintenance for 150,000 POS terminals made by their competitors.