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10 Benefits of POS Systems

1. Increased Efficiency

Your operation will run more efficiently when your cashiers have the right tools to support how they work. You can only expect your employees to decrease checkout times if you give them the right tools for the job - a POS system and if relevant, a barcode scanner.

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2. Easy to Use

Cash registers fell behind with their analog technology. We are in the twenty first century and now, everything is touchscreen, everything is digital. Today, having a POS System with an intuitive interface that is simple for employees to learn, thereby shortening training time and increasing productivity overall is essential to offering a smooth process that meets the modern consumer’s expectations.

3. Expanded Payment Capabilities

One of the biggest advantages of a POS System is the ability to readily accept diverse payment types including contactless cards, chip cards and mobile wallet applications such as  Android Pay, Apple Pay, Vodafone Cash and the various bank wallets. 

When you enable your customers to use different payment types, you increase revenue as well as customer satisfaction.

4. Inventory Management

Modern point of sale systems usually have built in inventory management capabilities - unlike a cash register. With features including reorder triggers, tracking stock movement and product balances, POS  software systems will save you hours of inventory management each week. And the best part? Your XENA POS System will give you real-time inventory data.

5. Greater Accuracy

A simple POS System with an intuitive, touchscreen interface puts all the information your cashiers and sales associates need at their fingertips. With real-time data, POS technology improves accuracy throughout your entire operation, by eliminating the need to re-enter data into back-office systems thus minimising the risk of human error.

6. Reporting

POS Systems have reporting features that allow you to keep a close eye on sales, cost of goods sold (COGS) and profits. POS reports give you data formatted with easy-to-read information and in real-time. You can access reports even when you are at home or traveling with cloud POS reporting.  

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Your POS system will also allow you to monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as sales by item, average customer sales and promotion results. Having this visibility into your business performance will definitely help you identify areas of your business that may need improvement and others that are excelling already.

7. Detailed Receipts

POS systems can generate customer receipts with much more information, including item details, modifications, prices, discounts, thereby making the service provided more “humane”. You also have the option to customize a particular part of the receipt like the footer. You can state your return policy, provide information on your loyalty rewards program or promote your social media channels — or any other custom message.

8. Faster Service

Do you like to wait in long lines? Yep, we didn’t think so; no one does, including your customers. POS Systems with built in Kitchen Display Systems provide a faster checkout process than cash registers. POS technology allows you to make sure your customers leave with a good impression of your brand by facilitating both the checkout experience and the service delivery operation and connecting them, allowing your front of house staff to focus on engaging with customers.

9. Employee Management

POS Systems give you control over who does what. By enforcing roles and permissions by employee, you can ensure that selling, discounts, voids, refunds and more can only be performed by authorised personnel. And reports will show you performance by employee and service leadtimes. 

10. Simplified Accounting

Your accounting process is easier with an end to end point of sale and supply chain system. You can print reports or import data directly from Xena POS System to your accounting software.

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