Point of sales system
POINT OF SALES is a system allowing business transactions to be monitored, and also therein facilitating tasks that would otherwise be time-consuming (if done manually) such as monitoring stock, inventory managing and etc. Point of sale also refers to the capturing of data and customer payment information at location (counter) when goods or services are bought and sold. The POS transaction is captured using a variety of devices which include computers, cash registers, optical and bar code scanners, magnetic card readers, or any combination of these devices.
What can Point Of Sales System do? * track all elements of each order, from payment to design details to delivery date, months in advance. * Customer Information: The system automatically records customer names, addresses, credit card information, what they bought and when. It can also record birthdays, anniversaries, and any other information that may be significant to your particular business. This information can be searched and selected to make targeted and timed mailings not only practical but easy. * Customer Relations: Everything about the customer's purchases can be immediately called up from the system. This makes handling payments, returns and other transactions easy even if the customer has misplaces the paperwork. In multi-store environments it doesn't matter which store the customer goes to, all the information is available at all stores. * Inventory Control: The computer keeps the store's inventory, so the POS terminals attached to it automatically update inventory with every sale or return. In multi-store environments the person at the PoS station can check stock in other stores if this store is out of stock. The central office knows at all times how much stock each store has. * Inventory Analysis: The system knows at what rate each item is selling at all