Having several outlets is a happy thing in business, because it is a sign of progress and growth. But plenty of owners with several outlets will also have their share of headaches and problems managing them. Technology now plays an enormous part in daily life and in business alike, and most owners will have heard of, or come across, a portable till or POS. What you may not know is that a portable till does a great deal more for your shop than ring up sales and print receipts.
Today we would like to introduce owners with several outlets to the features of a portable POS, or point of sale, that are genuinely useful in a shop. By the end of this article you will understand how a POS is exactly the technology your shop has been looking for.
1. Everything in one place
The first thing that makes a portable till so useful to an owner is that every piece of data about the business — customer details, sales figures, what is happening at each outlet — is gathered in one place in the cloud. You can reach it anywhere and at any time, easily, through a browser on your own device, a phone or a tablet. And you can look at the back office of several outlets at once.
2. Following sales is simple
Not having time to check what is happening at every outlet is no longer a problem, because you can follow and check sales, payments and the points customers are collecting on your membership scheme with ease. All of that data can then be built into a marketing plan or a promotional campaign to lift sales.
3. Check stock in real time, anywhere
You can reach and check stock and ingredient levels in real time at any moment, with up-to-date figures for what has sold and what is left, which makes controlling and managing ingredients and costs far more effective. You can also manage or transfer stock between outlets easily and smoothly on the POS.
4. Check sales by outlet without fuss
One of the main problems for an owner with several outlets is how awkward it is to check the sales of each one. But with a portable till helping you run the business, you can pull up-to-date sales figures for any outlet immediately, anywhere and at any time, because as soon as a customer has paid the system records it. That takes away any worry about sales going unrecorded, money going missing or dishonesty.
5. Manage staff hours properly
Another feature of a POS that answers an owner's needs is managing staff hours. Beyond saving staff time on ringing up sales, printing receipts and keeping you updated on sales and stock, a POS has clocking in and out built in and ready to use. That lets an owner oversee and manage staff hours at every outlet at once, without having to travel to each one to check in person.
6. Handle staff commission easily
And another feature that keeps a business running smoothly is that Qashier's POS comes with sales and commission management for staff, so an owner with several outlets does not have to sit and work out each person's sales by hand. It also lets you assess how each member of staff at each outlet is doing, accurately and far more efficiently.
Those are the useful features of a POS, and they answer the needs of an owner looking after several outlets. They make running the business more effective, and they are the kind of technology that takes work off your hands so you have time to plan and build the strategies that will keep your business and your outlets growing.
If you are an owner looking for portable POS hardware with a full set of features that will make your several outlets work better and run to a proper system — and lift sales while it is at it — Qashier offers modern POS hardware that manages the shop floor effectively and keeps an eye on everything happening across all your outlets. You can reach the back office conveniently, anywhere and at any time. Above all, we have specialists on hand to serve and advise you throughout. If our products interest you and you want to push the business forward, ask us for more details on Line Official: @qashier.th or call 02-544-0267