$80Mil seems a bit insane! I'm sure our company could do the system for half that price, and a lot better too! haha
I'm sure It's not all of that budget, but even if it is half that, I'm sure a lot of it is a case of "They'll pay so we'll bill" rather than actual genuine cost.

PCMS partners with Transacta, a division of wholly owned Australian company Object Consulting, to deliver its world class retail solutions in Australia, NZ and South East Asia. Transacta is closely involved with the David Jones project. Software is an international commodity and retailers in Australia use POS solutions from all corners of the globe - especially large retailers. For example, one of DJ’s closest competitors uses software that originated in Canada but was delivered though a leading German solutions company. Transacta has implemented PCMS based solutions for a range of local businesses since they become PCMS’ partner in the region in 1998. This has generated employment, skills development and wealth in Australia.

Hey Michelle. Parents rooms are for others than only 'mums'.

Unless the real benefits have not been mentioned, there is absolutely nothing ground breaking about the commonly available POS functionality described and no compelling reason to have sourced this from outside of Australia. It's quite understandable when products not produced in in this country are brought in for commercial use but this is certainly not the case for enterprise wide solutions for large retailers. I also feel less inclined to support DJ's because of their decision to not invest in local product or development.

it's a shame that DJ would not decide to invest in an Australian developed POS system. I for one will no longer be supporting them!

Zahra means the cost will fall within the company's overall $80m per annum capital expenditure budget - in other words no extra budget is necessary.

80 million !!!!1 - someones having them on , an Australia supplier can achieve all these aims at half the cost...

Wow, about time. I was just in DJs last week and laughing with the sales assistant about how antiquated the tills seemed!

Now DJs - how about doing something with the parent's rooms? Mums will stay and spend in your store (NOT the competitor's) if you provide a state of the art parent's room. Otherwise they simply leave the store and take their dollars with them!