“Franchising” is another business model we all know well. A franchise is a business in which the owner grants someone else the right to sell their goods or services: the franchise owner signs a contract with a franchise investor, and in return offers the format, the procedures and a range of support, within an agreed period and on agreed terms.
If you are the franchise owner, you clearly have to prepare a great deal for your investors — the know-how, the ingredients, and the shop-management system that no business today can do without. Here is what you need to know before choosing a POS to run your franchise business.
Start by asking what kind of business your franchise is
A restaurant business, a retail shop, or a beauty and wellness business (a massage shop, a salon)? POS terminals and systems differ a good deal from one provider to the next, and each suits a different kind of business. Do check whether the POS system you are interested in has the features that suit yours — and, more to the point, if you are going to invest in a POS at all, it is better to choose one flexible enough to work for any type of business.
So what should a POS system for a franchise be able to do?
At the very least, a POS system should help you look after and run the shop: ringing up sales, managing the menu and stock, and setting up promotions, membership, staff accounts and the rest. But for a franchise owner there are several more features you really need:
A dashboard giving you the whole picture
A dashboard is like a summary board that gathers the reports you need, so you can see sales, purchases and best sellers for each outlet. If your dashboard can display several outlets at once, you get an overview of how each one is doing at a glance.
Stock transfers between outlets
For a franchise that sends ingredients or goods out from a central store, having something to look after stock movements between outlets makes the work far easier. Stock figures stop getting muddled, and the problems of overstocking and running out go away, so you can run the franchise efficiently.
Features configured to suit each outlet
Each outlet may want to serve customers slightly differently: one might need to issue quotations, another might need staff timesheets. Being able to configure the system outlet by outlet does not only take the confusion out of using it, it brings your costs down too.
Let Qashier POS look after your franchise and meet every owner’s needs
Qashier POS is a serious shop-management system that supports every type of business. Whether you run food and drink, retail or a service business, it brings far more order to the way the shop is run — which is a relief for the franchise owner, the investor and the staff behind the counter alike.
Qashier POS also has a number of strengths that make it well suited to running your franchise:
Hardware that looks good and suits any kind of shop. You can choose a portable POS terminal such as QashierX1, a countertop one such as QashierXL, or simply run Qashier POS on the Android device you already have.
A support team 7 days a week to make sure everything runs smoothly for you.
Add-on hardware and a wide range of extra features — connect a cash drawer or a barcode scanner, with plenty of optional features to choose from.
However many outlets you open and however many shops you oversee, you can do it in an orderly way. Start looking after and running your franchise the easy way today, with Qashier POS.
Start running your shop better with Qashier today
If you would like Qashier to be the assistant to your restaurant business, get in touch to find out more. We are ready to support you with both the hardware — POS for restaurants as well as retail shops — and a POS system that performs, backed by support from our team 7 days a week.
For more information, reach us on Line Official: @qashier.th or call 02 544 0267