Point of Sale Software - How to Make it Pay For Your Retail Store

Point of Sale software can easily make more money for any retail store than it costs in a few months.

All it takes is commitment to using the software properly and consistently and a dedication to making business decisions based on evidence and not feelings.

Here are time proven tips for ensuring that your Point of Sale software investment delivers excellent financial rewards to your store:

Make sure you have the right software for your business. When it comes to software for retail stores, you get what you pay for. Cheap is usually not better. Buy software for your niche area as it is more likely to come closer to serving your needs.

Use the software properly. Stupid as this may sound, many mistakes are made in using POS software. Learn it well and be committed to using it properly. As they say, garbage in, garbage out.

Review business performance weekly. Select two or three reports which suite your business and your approach to management of the business and run these weekly. Rule by numbers, track performance as measured by the software and make business decisions accordingly.

Decide by numbers and not the heart. Reorder stock based on that your Point of Sale software says and not based on what you think you should order of what a supplier thinks you should order. In an average retail business with manual stock control processes, at least 15% of the inventory will be grossly under performing. Good POS software can help you cut this immediately

Underperforming stock. Get rid of stock which is not selling fast enough to cover its costs. Look at the cost of the stock and the floor space it is occupying. You can soon work out the point at which the stock is costing more money on the shop floor than it is worth.

Use business rules. Good POS software will allow you to establish business rules to stop poor performance by an employee or bad decisions being made. Take care in establishing these rules as they can be your eyes and easy when you are not at the sales counter.

Good Point of Sale software, like that from Tower Systems, comes with documentation, face to face training and video based training to help retailers get the most from the software as quickly as possible. This is backed up by management expertise to help analyse the business reports and through these uncover business development opportunities.

POS software based retail business owners and managers smarter.

Mark Fletcher is a retailer, business advisor and author at http://www.newsagencyblog.com.au.

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