Point-of-Sales

ACTION's Point of Sale solution is a complete management system for retailers. In addition to its many stock and inventory management functions, which feature automatic reordering to ensure an ongoing supply of minimal quantities, this solution also covers every aspect of financial management, including payables, receivables, general ledger, and payroll.

Point of Sale is also an outstanding tool for controlling and substantially increasing the profitability of your store. It allows you to monitor sales in real time by the hour, by department, or even by salesperson, and to control the efficiency of your staff. It enables you to accurately analyze and manage employee work schedules based on business peaks and valleys, as well as on individual performance, a very effective way of controlling costs.

Functions and Features
•	Inventory management by style, size, or colour
•	Ordering from suppliers, incoming deliveries and merchandise returns management, labelling
•	Inventory taking and adjustments based on merchandise deliveries
•	Multi-depot control and management of minimum quantities
•	Customized labelling with barcodes
•	Cash register with touch-screen, scanner, and cash-coupon management
•	Charge, layaway, order and quote, rent, and loan functions
•	Production of personalized cash coupons, management of credit vouchers and gift certificates
•	Complete management of payment methods, including discount coupons
•	Complete customer information entered at the cash for statistical, promotional, or discount purposes
•	Cash balance and sales analysis by the hour, by department, or by salesperson
•	Total integration with functions for managing accounting, inventory, costs, and sales
•	Customer service management and warranty sales tracking application
•	Production of statistical reports:
	- Graphics by department, by salesperson, or by week - Ratio or margin analysis by department or by supplier - Price pyramid analysis - Purchase order analysis
•	Order preparation by department, with approval based on:
	- order dates - characteristics such as model, size, or colour
•	Schedule management by department, with weekly or monthly budgeting
	Production of statistical time reports and actual versus budgeted amounts
•	Interface with electronic timeclock and time check
•	Interface with external payroll systems (Ceridian, Caisse populaire, etc.)
•	Integration with financial management functions:
	- General ledger - Receivables - Payables and financial obligations - Financial statements, bank reconciliation - Cheque printing (MICR, laser, electronic)
•	Customer satisfaction card management and production of related reports
•	Control panel for live departmental analysis in graphic form
	Built-in e-mail and fax functions
	Uses the same functions as Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
•	Easy for clerks to learn and use