| Point of Sale Technology goes far beyond the | | | | your retail stores at any time. Staff at one store can |
| simple cash register and figuring out how much change | | | | easily check with if another store has the desired item |
| to give to the customer these days. Retailers are | | | | in stock and can then request that item be sent to their |
| discovering how a combined point of sale (POS) | | | | store for the customer. This increases sales as |
| system increases productivity and makes all record | | | | customers will generally leave a store that doesn't |
| keeping for the business so much easier. Here are | | | | have the item they want in stock, but if the staff can |
| some of the ways that new POS technology can help | | | | offer to provide the item within a day or two from |
| your retail business to control stock and increase | | | | another store on the national database, the customer |
| profits by reducing staff time on stock control. If you | | | | is likely to agree to the sale. You can also easily |
| don't have the stock the customer wants available, | | | | generate reports on what stores are selling what, |
| you may lose sales, but a good and efficient stock | | | | making overall management of the retail chain much |
| control system will ensure you never again lose a sale | | | | easier. |
| due to lack of stock. | | | | Order Stock as You Sell It |
| Increase Efficiency for Staff | | | | An important function of the POS inventory software |
| By combining your stock control system into the point | | | | is the ability to automatically order stock as you sell it. |
| of sale technology, you increase staff efficiency. | | | | You can set up the system to order the stock, or to |
| Instead of having to go out to a storeroom to check if | | | | create a list of sales and suggested order list for a |
| the size the customer has requested is available, the | | | | staff member to review and action the order. The |
| customer service representative can simply press a | | | | simplicity of the inventory software and the integration |
| button and discover what sizes of a particular product | | | | with POS computer means that the inventory |
| are in stock. The POS system can help your staff | | | | automatically updates when staff ring in a sale. You |
| answer customer enquiries efficiently, as well as | | | | have an up-to-date list of your inventory at any time. |
| reduce the amount of time in the storeroom, instead of | | | | Make Stocktake Easy |
| serving customers. | | | | The inventory software makes the necessary |
| The POS computer includes the POS inventory | | | | bi-annual stocktakes extremely easy. You simply print |
| software, so your staff always have an up to date | | | | out the reports from the inventory manager and |
| inventory. As your customers buy each item, the | | | | cross-check this against the actual stock. Since the |
| inventory software automatically updates as the staff | | | | inventory software updates when ordered stock |
| register the sale on the POS computer. This reduces | | | | arrives and again when the stock sells, the only |
| the need for lengthy weekly reporting to know what | | | | discrepancies you could have in the stocktake are |
| to stock to order. With the POS computer including all | | | | from thieves. |
| the information staff need, it makes it an easy and | | | | A good POS system using the latest technology, such |
| efficient reference point for your staff, increasing | | | | as integrating the inventory software with the POS |
| efficiency in serving your valuable customers. | | | | computer increases staff efficiency, makes serving |
| Keep Records of Stock across National Stores | | | | customers easier, and provides easy ways to keep |
| You can integrate the POS system your retail store | | | | track of and order your stock. Remember that without |
| uses across all the stores in Australia. This means you | | | | stock, you can make no sales, so stock management |
| can keep accurate records of what is in any one of | | | | has to be a key function of any retail store. |