Simply put, a point of sale software or POS is one that takes care of the sales of a store or at a
business. To make it even simpler, they are the modern and glorified version of
old cash registers. Point of sale systems are a must for today's small and
medium sized businesses, whether they are online or not. Actually for truth's
sake, often a POS is used in case of offline stores and restaurants.
Important Types & Specifications
A point of point of sale software can be of
many kinds. The most common one is a point of sales software for a retailing
store. In modern days, there are local retailing stores besides supermarkets by
giant corporate retailers. These stores need a system that would allow them to
make the sales easier. Also the other most used POS is for the restaurants.
There are mild differences between these two kinds of software.
But the sales or the cash terminal of both these cases is
typically equipped with a cash register (for older days) or a computer (modern
ones) that takes care of the sales total, taxes, balance for the customer once
the amount is tendered etc.
Using point of sale systems in any retail
situation has numerous benefits for the retailer as well as the customer. When
customers are lining up at the checkout the only thing on their mind is how to
get out of the store as quickly as possible. The last thing they need is to be
delayed at the checkout for any reason.
It is an important principle in customer satisfaction to
make sure the shopper enjoys the experience as much as possible and that once a
product has been selected, the purchase proceeds as quickly as possible.
When used properly, a point
of sale software system can deliver these benefits to you and your
customer in one fowl swoop. But there are other benefits as well. So, let's
take a look at how an automated sales system can assist your business.
Reduce Expenses and Maximise Profits. By simply generating a
report at the end of every day's trading you can see your gross profit for the
day in an instant. If your gross profit target has not been reached you can
take immediate action to reduce expenses and maintain your profit margin. You
can even check during a trading day and make minor adjustments to ensure that
your profit is maximised.
Reduce Fraud. Once a sale has been scanned into your system
the electronic funds transfer is implemented immediately. This means there is
no chance of you remaining unpaid by having to accept cheques or credit cards
for small amounts that you would normally check at the end of the day's
trading.
Electronic Point of Sale
Software Systems cheque
verifications are also possible with some systems and this can also save you
and your customer a lot of time.
About eatPOS
We are NOT resellers. We are NOT just developers. WE are a
team consisting of retailers, hospitality operators and developers with over 75
years of combined experience within this sector who are passionate about the
industry. After having run various outlets we have put our knowledge to achieve
a solution for EPOS systems that
everyone can afford and implement with ease. With our knowledge of the
hospitality sector we have been able to refine solutions to enable owners and
staff to use the system with ease and efficiency.
Our management team have run hotels, restaurants and retail
outlets before and it is this experience that we have injected into the
eatPOS EPOS software. No
matter what problems you are facing in running your operations we will help you
achieve a solution that you will be happy with before you commit to buying from
us. We are able to support operations ranging from a single unit to multiple
outlets that can all be administered from a single back office. Since inception
we have further developed our solution to enable you to retain more revenue
with your own online ordering website integrated with our EPOS system so that you can save
thousands in fees that you are paying to Just Eat and other profit hungry
websites. In addition to this we have always encouraged our customers to send
us their feedback to ensure that we take into account their concerns in our
ongoing development programme. To that end, since inception. we have further
developed our systems and introduced cash-less payments in our EPOS systems along with self-service kiosks.
Our cloud based EPOS
software enables you to monitor and adopt to changing needs at the
touch of a button. With regular backups of your data, stored securely at an
off-site data centre, you can rest assured that we take our responsibilities
seriously. This allows you to concentrate on your day to day operation with the
assurance that behind the scenes someone is looking after your interests.
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