| Here are ten reasons you may want to upgrade your | | | | information within your business compared to a cash |
| outdated cash register with a computerized Point of | | | | register, but also because computer packages can |
| Sale (POS) system: | | | | generate much more sophisticated and useful graphs |
| | | | and reports. |
| 1. Accurate Inventory Control - POS software can | | | | 7. Accounting Integration - Most point of sale software |
| track store inventory much quicker and more | | | | packages can also interface with the most popular |
| accurately than cash registers. | | | | accounting packages on the market quickly and |
| 2. Faster Checkout - POS software can interface with | | | | seamlessly. They can generate export files and |
| barcode scanners, which can scan inventory barcodes | | | | reports that can be imported directly into your |
| faster and with more accuracy during checkout which | | | | accounting software which saves a lot of time on |
| speeds up check out times and keeps you lineups | | | | double-entry of data as well as makes things much |
| shorter. | | | | more accurate. |
| 3. Barcode Labeling - When receiving your new | | | | 8. eCommerce Integration - Some point of sale |
| inventory, your POS software can print barcode labels | | | | packages also interface directly with eCommerce |
| to attach to your inventory which will make it easier to | | | | platforms and websites which means that you can |
| track, count and sell. | | | | have a much more organized and accurate |
| 4. Employee Time Cards - Some POS software | | | | connection between your online and offline store. |
| packages will allow you to also track employee sign-in | | | | 9. Purchase Orders - You will also find that some point |
| and sign-out times, also with the ability to scan | | | | of sale packages also allow you to track your |
| employee cards for more accurate hour and wage | | | | purchase orders for inventory purposes so that you |
| tracking. | | | | can much more easily track exactly where you |
| 5. Customer Loyalty Cards - POS software can also | | | | purchased each inventory item, for what cost, and |
| track customers via telephone number, name, or even | | | | make it easier for you to re-order products or even |
| with a scannable loyalty card which can uniquely | | | | return products for service. |
| identify that customer, possibly offer certain discounts, | | | | 10. Increased Profitability - Although it may not seem |
| track points, or just generally track customer buying | | | | like it at the initial stages of your point of sale software |
| patterns. | | | | purchase since cash registers are typically less |
| 6. Significantly Better Reporting - Because POS data is | | | | expensive than good quality point of sale software, |
| tracked with more detail and accuracy, such as for | | | | once you actually factor in the time savings, improved |
| example tracking the sale of specific inventory items | | | | customer experience, more accurate inventory, |
| with barcodes or such as tracking customer data | | | | customer, purchase order and employee tracking and |
| more accurately, the reports that POS software | | | | the much more useful reporting features of POS |
| packages generate are typically far superior to that of | | | | software packages - it is much easier to run a more |
| any cash register. This is due to the fact that POS | | | | profitable business with a point of sale package |
| software automatically tracks a much deeper set of | | | | compared to a cash register. |