Point Of Sale Posts
Are you planning to start your own of a restaurant business, grocery store or a book shop? If you are, then you must be looking for a Point of Sales (POS) system to help manage store bills and purchases. With so many different types of POS system out there in the market today, it’s definately not easy to choose one. For sure a POS system has to be reliable and accurate as we are dealing with money management, order and inventory tracking.
For those with high startup capital, choosing a POS system shouldn’t be a problem as one could easily go for branded and reputable ones such as IBM POS and Lightspeed POS for Mac OS X. But what if cost is problem? You’ve just paid for the renovation of the store and cannot afford to purchase high end POS system. There must be a cheaper solution!
What about an open source POS / Retail Management Solution? One such system is Openbravo POS, designed specifically for touch screens. Openbravo POS (previously called Librepos and TinaPOS) is a point of sale which supports ESC/POS ticket printers, customer displays and barcode scanners. It is multiuser providing product entry forms, reports and charts. Openbravo POS can be configured to work in any Point-of-Sale environment.
Openbravo POS features includes:
- Sales, refunds and cash management
- Master data management
- Warehouse management
- Restaurant module
- Reports and charts
- Security
Openbravo POS supports a wide list of POS hardware including:
- Touch screens
- Bar code scanners
- Scales
- Receipt printers (Epson TM88iV, Star, Ithaca…)
- Customer displays (Epson LD110, L200…)
- Cash drawers
- Magnetic card readers
Openbravo POS is developed using Java but you can run it on various types of Operating System.
Sample screenshots:
Openbravo POS is a system rich in features and is capable of challenging other POS systems for the retail industry. Since it is open source you can be assured of its quality. Even if the features does not suit your environment, you can always customize it or hire someone to do it for you since the software is open source. One day when I start my own retail store, I will definitely give Openbravo POS a try before even looking at any other systems out there. Download Openbravo POS
MerchantOS is a web based Point of Sales (POS) software. The greatest thing about this software is that it’s web based thus you can view your store’s system anywhere with an Internet access. You also no longer need to worry about setting up the environment, ensuring your valuable data is safe and secure. All the maintenance and IT work are being taken care of by the MerchantOS maintenance people. Your users will just need to log into the system daily and start entering sales, customers and inventory information.
Some of the MerchantOS’s key features:
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Inventory Control
- Reporting Capabilities
- POS Hardware Compatibility
- Vendor Catalong
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Web based Point of Sale (POS) software - MerchantOS
By Damian Sofsian
In restaurant point of sale, a product passes through certain distinct stages during its life. This cycle is called product life cycle or PLC. The PLC is normally presented as a sales curve spanning the products course from introduction to exit. Concept lies in the fact that each stage in the restaurant point of sale is characterized by a typical market behavior. Consequently each stage lends itself to the application of a certain specific marketing strategy. Understanding the PLC concept and managing it effectively can help prolong the profitable phases of the life span of a product. Continue Reading »
POS Restaurant Software
ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) software has traditionally been used by large corporates to integrate and automate diverse departments across the enterprise. For a long time, smaller companies purchased individual accounting and payroll packages and then migrated to expensive ERP solutions as they grew. They did not have much options as ERP solutions were costlier and required magnitude and many employees to justify their use. Continue Reading »
Open Source ERP for SMEs
