4 Comments for what are POS(point of sale systems) Back-office functions?

• 1. Colanth  |  February 15th, 2011 at 8:20 am

  Inventory management, accounts receivable (maybe even GL), some even have time clock and payroll functions.

• 2. vikram-gavli  |  February 15th, 2011 at 8:29 am

  Point of sale (POS) or checkout is the location where a transaction occurs. A “checkout” refers to a POS terminal or more generally to the hardware and software used for checkouts, the equivalent of an electronic cash register.

  A POS terminal manages the selling process by a salesperson accessible interface. The same system allows the creation and printing of the receipt.

• 3. Jodie  |  February 15th, 2011 at 9:17 am

  Take a look at MS Dynamics POS 2009 for more info – this solution can manage your inventory, pricing, and bar coding and use reporting tools to build out your numbers.

• 4. Bart McCleskey  |  February 15th, 2011 at 10:06 am

  Point of sale functions may be divided into two categories: front-line and back-office.

  Front-Line functions are functions that are used to handle transactions that are directly related to processing sales. For example:

  - Sales
  - Returns
  - Cash Drawer Management
  - Voids
  - Customer Special Orders
  - Layaways

  Back-Office functions are those capabilities that one typically performs in a back-office (i.e. not in front of the customer):

  - Item Set-up
  - Inventory Adjustments
  - Transfers
  - Receiving
  - Reporting
  - Tax Config

  Not all POS functions clearly fit into one or the other. Some POS systems consider the following front-line while other consider them back-office:

  - Time Clock
  - Cash Drawer Management

  To learn more about POS for either restaurants or retail stores visit http://www.rapidpos.com

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