An Point of Sale (POS) is a program that helps you centralize the information of collections, inventories and customers in a single system, while allowing multiple forms of payment such as credit cards, and synchronizes with a fiscal system to issue official documents.
If you run a store or restaurant operation, you're probably looking for a solution to upgrade your old cash register to a fast, efficient system that puts you on par with your competition.
In this brief POS guide, we share with you a step-by-step guide on what each element of the Point of Sale includes, how to choose between the different options and what alliances as banks or technology providers to make.
A system to manage collections
A Point of Sale (POS) system is a system that is used to sell goods at the point of sale (POS).Point of Sale) is the equipment and system with which you will manage every transaction in your business.
The trend in Retail stores is to replace obsolete equipment with a systems that allow fast checkout. With the use of technology your business acquires two clear advantages:
- More accurate automatic recording of your sales and revenue, with the option to work with offline data offline in case of internet failures.
- An improved customer experience, with reduced checkout times and ease of applying discounts, promotions or refunds.
Why invest in a Point of Sale?
This solution is aimed at businesses that handle a medium to high volume of sales, who want to keep a connection between their inventory and products sold, transactions and accounting movements, as well as use this data dynamically to business decisions..
If you are considering adding a point-of-sale system to your operation, it is important to take into account factors such as software quality and information management security; practicality in terms of accepted payment methods; ease of integrating your legal and fiscal information; and how easy it will be for your employees to use the new system.
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Once you have your system of choice defined, you can study the equipment options available: from touchscreen computers, tablets or iPads, to assign it as the Cash Desk of your store or branch.
The "Wireless Point of Sale" or dataphone
Many times when we talk about a Point of Sale (POS)In reality, the device we are referring to is the dataphone, card swipe or point of sale terminal (POS). It allows you to process payments to customers who wish to pay with debit, credit or KEY cards..
Enabling the connection between a Point of Sale system and the dataphone makes it easy to automatically record sales, create accounting entries, reduce inventory information and feed your bank accounts in a single movement.
How to add this collection tool to my business?
To acquire a dataphone, it is necessary that it is operated by a banking institution that allows transactions to your account in a secure and expeditious manner.
Contact our support team for banking solutions compatible with InterFuerza.
As you review each banking option, study the cost differences by equipment type; fixed, wireless or mobile options, depending on your type of business; transaction security features; and the fees and commissions of each banking offering.
Integration for the fiscal invoice or electronic invoice
An up-to-date system makes it easy for your business to natively comply with tax printer requirements, support e-invoicing providers, and handle taxes according to local regulations.
In-store invoicing works by integrating the point of sale with a fiscal integrator, which will receive the product information, costs and details to be added to the fiscal or electronic invoice.
Once this integrator is implemented, your business will be able to comply with your country's government regulations, thus simplifying these mandatory procedures for small and medium sized businesses.
In the case of InterFuerza, the fiscal integrator allows you to fiscally print your invoices, credit notes and debit notes following the legislation of the Dirección General de Ingresos (DGI).
Go further with complete management of your business
Using a combination of technological tools such as the Point of Sale, dataphone and fiscal integrator, will allow you to connect the entire sales process of your products. This thanks to the benefits of management in the Cloud.
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Using cloud applications, you will be able to manage commercial relationships with your customers, check with sales reports updated in real time, and verify the accounting situation to make better decisions for your business.
Check out the options that Cloud technology offers you and upgrade your customers' shopping experience to boost your sales.
