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Point Of Sale

What’s a Point of Sale (POS) System?

A point of sale system, or POS, is the place where your customer makes a payment for products or services at your store. Simply put, every time a customer makes a purchase at your store, they’re completing a point of sale transaction.

 

Software Components of a POS System

Every POS system comprises of software and hardware components that make running the daily operations of your business easier and faster. It’s important to understand what POS software options there are and what each have to offer.

 

Hardware Components of a POS System

These are the common physical components required to get your POS up and running.

 Monitor/tablet: Displays the product database and enables other functions, such as employee clock-in and viewing sales reports. Tablets—especially iPads—are popular for replacing bulkier monitors.

  •  Barcode scanner: Automates the checkout process. Scanning barcodes pulls product info and adds it to the checkout total. Barcode scanners can also integrate with inventory management systems to automatically adjust stock levels.
  •  Receipt printer: Email and text receipts may be gaining popularity, but paper receipts remain essential for providing customers with a quick snapshot of their purchase or returns.

 Cash drawer: It may fade away in years to come, but cash is still king. Until then, you’ll need a secure place to store cash for transactions. Another benefit of cash: there are no associated credit card fees.

Key Features of a POS System: What to Look for When Buying

Many tasks in a retail store can be overly tedious and resource exhaustive. With the right POS system, retailers have the ability to simplify crucial daily business operations with greater proficiency.

“Modern POS systems do more than just offer flexibility when processing daily transactions,” says Grullon. “They improve a merchant’s chances of success by providing them with tools to streamline business processes.”

Our analysis with POS software buyers identified key features that retailers and restaurants look for in selecting a POS system:

 

 

 Sales ReportingOn the surface, most POS systems enable you to look at your sales. The difference lies in how those numbers are presented, the ease at which data can be accessed and how much detail you get.

Your POS system should ideally be able to:

  • Generate detailed sales reports (based on product, hour, employee, total cost of items sold, total retail amount, net profit, profit percentage, gross margin)
  • Provide quick snapshots and charts on your store’s sales performance

 Inventory ManagementOne of the most important functions of a POS system, inventory management, at its very essence, keeps track of all products so you know when it’s time to order/or not order specific products.

Your POS system should enable you to:

  • Scan and count products digitally
  • Manage your stock by creating product variations (size, color)
  • Identify pieces of inventory with a unique serial number
  • Track inventory levels across multiple locations
  • Enable seamless ordering such as automatically setting custom reorders of best-sellers
  • Consolidating purchases and orders in one order

 Customer Management: Building strong relationships with your customers will lead to repeat business. A POS should have customer relationship management (CRM) to track all customer data.

Your POS system should give you the ability to:

  • Attach a sale/transaction to a customer
  • Keep track of your customers’ purchase history
  • Capture customer information such as name, age, birthday, phone number and email address
  • Use email marketing to keep in touch with them
  • More advanced systems will have a built-in loyalty program

Employee Reporting and Management: The performance of your employees can make or break the success of your store. Having the ability to set sales targets as well as know who your top performers are and who requires extra coaching will help increase sales.

Your POS system should give you the ability to:

  • Add employees to your system
  • Create and modify schedules for employees based on forecasted activity
  • Email schedules to employees
  • Track employees’ hours weekly and over time
  • Analyze who your top performers are

Choosing the Best POS System: Questions to Ask

If you’re choosing a POS system for the first time, start making a list of features you must have and talk to fellow business owners who are operating in a similar space. Ask what POS systems they’re using and what they like, or not like about them.

“Then start looking at solutions and make sure vendors cover the key points important to your business while also offering a secure, easy-to-use, easy to maintain and modern solution,” just contact us and we will get everything done and ready for your use.