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Desktop, POS & Kiosk Application Development

Custom Windows and macOS desktop software, point-of-sale systems and locked-down kiosk applications for retail, hospitality, healthcare and public sector. USA & UK.

Software for the counter, the kiosk and the back office — reliable when the internet is not.

Not every business runs in a browser. NHZ Global builds desktop applications, point-of-sale systems and kiosk software for environments that need speed, hardware integration and offline resilience: retail tills, restaurant ordering, clinic check-in, warehouse stations and public self-service. We integrate with barcode scanners, receipt printers, card terminals, scales, cameras and label printers, and we lock devices down so they do one job and nothing else.

What we build

  • Point-of-sale systems — retail, restaurant and takeaway POS with kitchen displays, table management and card-terminal integration (we also supply and configure established POS products where they fit)
  • Self-service kiosks — ordering, check-in, wayfinding, ticketing and product configurators on touch screens
  • Windows and macOS desktop applications — data-heavy back-office tools, offline-first field software and hardware control
  • Locked-down Android and Windows devices — kiosk mode and device management for fleets of tablets and terminals (see device management)
  • Digital signage players and controllers — the software side of our signage installations
  • Hardware integration — scanners, printers, payment terminals, RFID, scales and sensors

Technology

.NET (WPF/WinUI) and Electron for desktop; Android and Windows for kiosks; local databases with cloud sync so the application keeps working through outages and reconciles later. Central management so you can update every device from one place.

Indicative costs

ProjectUSAUK
Kiosk application (single purpose)$15,000–$40,000£12,000–£30,000
Custom POS with hardware integration$30,000–$90,000£25,000–£70,000
Desktop back-office application$25,000–$100,000+£20,000–£80,000+

Frequently asked questions

Will the POS keep working if the internet goes down?

Yes. Transactions are stored locally and synchronized when the connection returns; card payments follow the terminal's offline rules.

Can you supply the hardware as well?

Yes — terminals, scanners, printers, touch screens and kiosk enclosures, configured and installed.

Can staff be stopped from using the device for anything else?

Yes. Kiosk mode locks the device to your application and our device-management console controls updates and settings remotely.

Related case studies

Projects where we've delivered this kind of work.

Secure mobile device management for a UK local council Local government
UK local council (London borough)

Secure mobile device management for a UK local council

NHZ Global supplied and customised a mobile device management platform that lets a London borough council's IT team lock down, configure and support frontline Android devices from one console — later licensed to a second borough.

2London borough councils
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Nationwide digital signage rollout for a supermarket chain Grocery retail / Digital signage
National grocery retailer (confidential)

Nationwide digital signage rollout for a supermarket chain

A national supermarket chain relied on printed posters and shelf-edge cards for every promotion. We designed and rolled out a store-wide digital signage network with central scheduling, so a national campaign goes live from head office in minutes instead of weeks.

NationwideEvery store on one signage network
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Sendtra: home-to-school transport management and a driver app for a UK local council Local government / passenger transport
UK local council (London borough) — passenger transport service

Sendtra: home-to-school transport management and a driver app for a UK local council

Councils run hundreds of daily home-to-school journeys for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Sendtra gives the transport office one place to plan routes, allocate drivers and passenger assistants, and see every journey happening — with a driver app that replaces paper run sheets.

2021Driver app launched on Google Play
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