In a store or in a restaurant or in any other retail
counter where monetary transactions take place in exchange of goods and
services, it is called point of
sale. Point of Sale or POS can be
referred to as cash wrap or check out. In Point of Sale the retail transactions
are completed. A point of sale system is an electronic hardware and peripherals
that are used in conducting a transaction. This electronic hardware system
consists of a dedicated computer, a cash register or even a mobile smart device
such as a tablet computer.
With the help of this electronic hardware the retailer
calculates and tracks the record of the amount that he owes from the customer
in exchange of goods. In addition to this it also provide privilege to the
customer to make payment. As well as it also provide options for the customer
to make payment. The POS due to its various characteristics is used in
different industries to track record and to do calculations. Below given is its
use in different industry:
1.
Restaurant POS: In restaurant POS is used to keep record, for capturing orders
from the customers and to display tickets. This computer based Restaurant
POS technology is used by the cashiers, bartenders and the restaurant servers to get and enter
beverage and food orders in an effortless and comfortable way.
A Restaurant POS consists
of display screen, multiple stations, server and hostess station and a credit
card terminal. A precise operational
POS system adds high standard of accuracy and convenience and it also saves your
precious time during the peak hours of business. In addition to this the
restaurant POS is capable of doing various other tasks like calculating cash
due for every single order entered into the system, creation of sales report on
an hourly and daily basis, keeping record of the mode of payment, recording of
daily check averages of each worker on the restaurant floor and keeping a track
of all the menu items purchased by guests.
2. Beauty Salon POS: Running a beauty salon proficiently can be tiresome as it
requires lot of paper work. To conduct the day-to-day business of beauty
salons, beauty salon POS system is required. This kind of Beauty salon POS
system is like a blessing to the owners of the salon. Such software is a
wonder, almost a blessing to all beauty salon software owners. Different types
of Beauty salon POS system offers different services like service support, client
history, inventory systems, bar code support, multiple users, appointment
booking, sales tax report, employee information and much more.
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