Time to change your old-fashioned business system and get a new POS system!

24 Feb 2010 ary

We are now living in a world filled with advanced technologies, so better get rid of those old-fashioned cash registers and hand-written ledgers! Today is a different world, new technologies have been developed to help boost restaurant Point of Sale system. So say goodbye to your tiring manual business system and say hello to the new POS systems that will surely boost your profit and make your customers happier than before.

As the retail establishment business owner, you have to ensure that your profit is secured in many ways. You can easily loose money from simple customer’s change mistakes and from an abusive employee of yours that keeps helping themselves to a few extra bucks or giving away free meals!

If you’ve already experienced these, then don’t let it happen again! Now would be the best time to consider having a POS system. With the features a POS can offer your business, you can prevent these issues from happening and may even be able to completely eliminate them:

  • Long lines which prevent you from working with as many customers as possible
  • Frequent customer complaints
  • Limited staff
  • Overstocking of poor performing items
  • Shrinkage (lost or stolen inventory that eats into your profit margins)
  • Wasting too much time going over the books
  • Financial inaccuracies (overbilling, underbilling, thin profit margins)
  • Unorganized data

For as long as money is involved, might as well invest on quality POS systems can improve your business’ efficiencies as well as take good care of your customers. Buying cheap, low quality POS systems may cause your busines to loose money because of its poor features and easy-to-break components.

A good and reliable POS vendor can tailor the appropriate POS solution for your needs, which will allow you to enhance your business’ performance and satisfying more customers. So requesting for a free POS system quote is always a great idea, because expert POS vendors can provide exactly what your business needs, complete with the features that will make your business boost its sales, without having to spend an extra thousand dollars.

 

Questions to consider

When requesting for a free POS system quote, below are some of the pointers you might want to consider asking to a POS vendor. The main key to this service is that when you submit your details, it will be matched to the most qualified POS sellers in your area. And only they will be able to acquire your details which in return tailor the proper POS solution that will fit your needs and then send you their offers. These are some of the questions you might want to ask:

  • Is the POS software user friendly? Which OS will it run?
  • Is POS software compatible with my current business management applications?
  • Can I have a try out of the POS system before purchasing it?
  • Do I need more than one terminal? What about cash registers?
  • Will I be able to use the same POS for different marketing tools such as gift card systems?
  • How reliable are the reporting features?
  • Will I be able to point out where my profit losses are coming from?
  • Can my POS system be set up fast?
  • Does it require extensive staff training?
  • When it comes to customer support, at what level should I consider?
  • Is there a loaner available if repairs can’t be made on-site?
  • Are there POS all-in-one solutions available or do I have to buy everything ala carte?

More information and an online resource

If you wish to know more about restaurant point of sale system, please visit POS-For-Restaurants.com

The author of this article is the Customer Relations Vice-President at POS-For-estaurants.com with its 20 years and more of restaurant POS systems experience serving the automation needs of restaurants of all types throughout the U.S.