AVE Investments, Inc. is a leading provider of retail POS hardware, hardware services and hardware maintenance, software, software services and software maintenance to the industry with the latest technology, smallest footprint and lowest cost, allowing Ted Ave-Lallemant to minister to the retail business with fifty-two rules that he learned throughout his business life.

Who is AVE Investments, Inc.?

AVE Investments, Inc. has several different divisions:

POS Hardware and Peripherals consisting of the pcCashdrawer, the pcKeyboard, the pcMonitor and the posPortable; also the integration trays for the IBM SurePOS 300 and 500 Series.  AVE  Investments recommends the IBM line of POS peripherals for use with all their “pc” products.

POS Software.  JDA Software Group has awarded AVE Investments, a  Reciprocal Marketing Alliance agreement.   This means that AVE Investments can now offer a total retail store operations solution to the retailer with JDA’s POS Software, Win/DSS and associated modules  to integrate it to  Merchandising System s.    Now the retailer need only AVE to supply all its store systems software and hardware.

POS Hardware Services including integration, installation and maintenance using custom-fitted over the road coaches.  AVE’s methodology utilizes the services of  the same technicians in many stores rather than a different technician is each store.  This creates a faster install as the technician has performed the same task with the JDA Software over and over making him  more experienced and able to cope with the complexities of the roll-out.  AVE Investments has been selected as JDA’s POS hardware integration, installation, and service provider.

POS Software Services.   As a  subcontractor of JDA Software, AVE Investments is uniquely qualified to perform the implementation of the Win/DSS   modules for retailers or resellers alike.  Fast and efficient, AVE Investments will take the worry out of migrating from a legacy POS system to the powerful products from JDA Software.

Started in 1984 as a pc builder, AVE Investments gained national recognition with the introduction of the world’s first computerized, modular Point of Sale register, the CompuRegister.   In the 90’s as an IBM business partner, AVE Investments sold exclusively the IBM POS line of hardware along with its own product, the CompuRegister.  Now AVE Investments, Inc has created a new generation in Point of Sale with its line of “pc” POS products.

Ted Ave-Lallemant, the president of AVE Investments, Inc for the past 22 years, is the patent recipient for the original computerized register and is the driving force behind all the products offered by AVE Investments. Ted brings over a quarter century of experience plus knowledge of the needs of retail chains.  This knowledge covers not only a wealth of information when it comes to POS technology but also practical expertise gained through the rollout of over 60 national chains supplying IBM and AVE products.  

The first product in his “pc” line of POS solutions was the pcCashdrawer, created in 2005.  For years Ted had wanted to combine the computer with the cash drawer but could not until technology had advanced sufficiently to create the new fanless, micro-sized pc’s.  The pcCashdrawer Point of Sale solution simply and beautifully eliminates the need for a computer sitting below or on the counter with ugly cables visible to all and yet does so at a reasonable cost to the retailer.

In 2006 MMF Cash Drawer Company was chosen as the worldwide master distributor of the pcCashdrawer product.  Firmly established as one the top manufacturers of quality cash drawers in the world today, MMF Cash Drawer Company, a division of Block and Company, was the obvious choice for this partnership.  Its MediaPLUS cash drawer was chosen as the foundation of the pcCashdrawer product and brought an established network of distributors and resellers throughout the world.

When it came time to create the pcKeyboard, the next high tech product from AVE Investments, Ted sought a partner who was not afraid to challenge the establishment and take a chance on a new idea that was clearly outside the box.  TG3 Electronics of Kenosha, Wisconsin was the perfect keyboard manufacturer with their blend of quality German made keyboard switches and American engineering.  TG3’s staff of engineers has spent hundreds of hours pouring over each detail in the creation of the pcKeyboard, testing and retesting the concept every step of the way.  First shown at the NRF Conference in New York in 2008 the pcKeyboard has enjoyed instant acceptance across the board, both within the POS industry and without.  This innovative offering allows new applications such as Point of Service, non cash tender to speed checkout, and new markets such as car rental and health care industries.

About Our Mission Statement

Every time a new product is added to AVE Investments it must pass the test of  AVE’s mission statement.  It must represent the first of its kind, exhibit the smallest footprint possible and be the least expensive example of its type.  It must use the latest technology while at the same time permit AVE to support it with the best service in the industry.

AVE Investments, Inc. has never changed this mantra since its inception in 1984. 

Author of the “Business Rules; and so can you”, Ted Ave-Lallemant will continue to push AVE Investments to find new and innovative ways to serve the industry that he loves.