Retail Pro Point of Sale Features
POS Cash Drawer and Receipt Functions
Retail Pro POS rings up sales like any register, but faster. All data is captured for analysis, and inventory is updated in real time. The program drives an interactive cash drawer, receipt printer, bar code scanner, shopper display unit, and magnetic card stripe reader. Retail Pro is compatible with the IBM SureOne™ Point of Sale unit. The Point of Sale terminal can be a single, stand-alone unit or part of a network of multiple POS terminals and other workstations.
Integrated Payment Processing Integrated payment processing has these advantages:
- Eliminates the chance of fraud or entry errors
- Consumes no additional counter space
- Reduces equipment costs
- Stores all transactions for easy reconciliation
- Speeds up response time in multi-user environments
- Retail Pro supports authorization and processing of credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, signature capture and check verification.
- Credit cards are swipped at the POS and the authorization information prints on the customer receipt, as does the signature line.
- EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) is easily initiated at the end of the day with a keystroke. This generates an acknowledgement document (receipt) for the retailer, and records of electronic transactions are preserved in the system.
Instant Customer Data
Customer name and address information can readily be accepted and entered at POS or in the back office. Retail Pro maintains a customer buying history which can be viewed at POS with details of every transaction and a dollar total of purchases to date. When a customer returns to a store, verifying customer satisfaction on former purchases or intelligently suggesting new purchases has great impact. A detailed purchase history is also invaluable for controlling merchandise returns or monitoring discounts.
Laybys and Special Orders
Laybys are tracked with detailed payment history, balance and due date. The merchandise on Laybys is tagged as committed inventory in the system. Special orders can be created for out-of-stock merchandise or a custom item, and can generate Purchase Orders to the appropriate vendors. Past due layaways and outstanding special orders are easily reported, tracked and managed.
Item Quantity and Price Lookup
Why should a store lose customers and sales because clerks can't find an item or price? Retail Pro allows an instant view of whether an item is in stock at this store or any other location. It allows immediate lookup of the correct price of an item which may have lost its tag. The system can be used to identify and find items similar to what the customer is looking for, whether by vendor, price range, color, etc.
POS Summary Reports (X/Z Out)The daily X/Z
Out Report provides a summary of all the day's activity at a POS station, or for a particular clerk, or for the whole store. It totals up sales, returns, tax, shipping, and sums paid in and paid out for each tender and each credit card. It lists and totals all sums in or out for special transactions, such as Gift Certificates. It lists all checks accepted for the day with ID information. It totals all line item discounts by the reasons they were given. This report reconciles the drawer easily and swiftly, and its exact breakdowns can help isolate procedural errors for correction.
