Advanced POS system 2.0 that the retail industry must know

Regardless of online or offline sales, the POS system is already an indispensable marketing management system. With the trend of technology, the APP-based POS system has become a very popular retail management system with its price advantage and portability. It only needs a smart phone or With a tablet, you can manage in-store sales 24/7. From receiving goods, sales, marketing and promotion, to counting, burying and even analyzing reports, anytime, anywhere, with one machine, the entire sales management efficiency is advanced 2.0. Whether it’s a physical retail store, an online store, or an online and offline business model combined with O2O, you can also useApply for Technology Voucher Subsidy，Adding a POS system, the maximum amount of funding is HK400,000.

APP-based POS system

The main functions of the retail POS system include: sales information, inventory and customer consumption patterns, and can be extended vertically or horizontally to purchase, production, accounting and logistics. Therefore, the POS system is a technology application solution to help marketers improve operating efficiency. In recent years, APP-based POS systems have become a new trend. Let us compare the differences between POS software directly installed on the computer and POS APP.：

	POS system software	POS system APP
installation method	Just like installing Office, you need to install the POS system software into your computer	Download and install via smartphones, tablets and other devices
place of use	Need to be fixed at the location where the computer is installed	Can be used anywhere in the store
system maintenance	Need to maintain the computer system at the same time, such as security, drivers, etc.	Smartphones or tablets generally upgrade automatically
Overall price	Developed and driven by engineers, generally higher	The cost is shared by all user groups, so the price is lower.

 

POS system helps sales management

The POS system can improve operational efficiency, especially in “sales management”.：

1. Information management: Automatically record and save all transaction information through the computer, and you can view any piece of data at any time.
2. Accounting management: The system records sales information, returns and exchanges, pre-ordered products, partial payments, discounts, and other sales information that is integrated by the computer, and even the data is also taken care of by the computer, reducing human errors and costs.
3. Business analysis: You can use the POS system to perform business analysis, for example: set different time values ​​(such as one month, one year, etc.) to view the actual revenue status or make cross-comparisons; or use the product as a unit to analyze each The sales status of such commodities.
4. Shopping experience: Through POS and other technologies, consumer data can be collected in real time. Who is buying? buy what? Under what promotion? Only by collecting and analyzing this information can the customer’s shopping experience be optimized.

Choose POS system solutions carefully

There are various POS system solutions, and you need to be careful when choosing a system. For example, some systems can only be operated in offline mode, and some systems are expensive to maintain. After adding a system, it is discovered that “Zhong Fu” will seriously affect the operation of the store. Therefore, I would like to remind you that no matter what kind of POS system you are, you must choose your supplier carefully.

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