 A
Cash Register Replacement.
A Computerized Cash Register system replaces your old fashioned
cash register. A Cash Register has a single purpose.
It tells you how much money your business has taken in during the
day. It can tell you that you took in $350, but it can’t
tell you how much of that money is profit. It can’t
tell you how much inventory you have on the shelf. It can’t
tell you how many bottles of soda your business sold today.
A computerized cash register can instantly tell you that you have
$350 in your cash drawer. It will tell you that $225 of that
$350 is profit. It can tell you that you sold 123 bottles
of soda today and that you still have 246 bottles on the shelf.
It can also tell you what items you should order today because your
stock is low.
Reduce
Theft
By computerizing, you can reduce theft in your business by an average
of 2 1⁄2%. An average small business doing $500,000
per year can reduce in-store theft by an average of $12,500.
How? Your employees become more involved in watching the store
inventory if they know that every piece of inventory in your business
is being monitored.
Reduce
Inventory Shrinkage
By watching your inventory and comparing on shelf inventory to your
computerized reports, both you and your employees are much more
careful about giving away inventory, retaining obsolete inventory,
monitoring breakage and non-theft inventory that “walks”
out of your business, as well as checking inventory as the items
enter your store. You can reduce inventory shrinkage by up
to another 2 1⁄2% by computerizing.
Reduce
Your Inventory
By watching your inventory reports, you can make sure that you order
more wisely. You don’t need 150 snow shovels on the
shelf in the summer.
Increase
Your Inventory
You don’t need 150 snow shovels in the summer, but you may
need 500 more batteries for your store during the month of August.
Many stores order products based on what they think they sell.
If you check your inventory reports and see that you sold 500 batteries
last August, it gives you a good clue to help make sure that you
don’t run out of batteries this August. Watching your
inventory reports increases your efficiency.
Watch
Your Margins
By reading your reports you may find that you sell 10,000 batteries
that cost 48 cents for 50 cents each and that you sell 100 flashlights
that cost $1.98 for $9.95 each. Your inventory reports will
help you to stock more products that give you greater profits and
fewer products that give you the least amount of profit.
Accuracy
Every item in your store has a price associated with it. Never
again will you have to figure out how much thatflashlight sells
for. Your clerks will stop guessing those prices.
Speed
Customer Checkout
Computerizing speeds up your customer checkout. With a barcode
scanner, you can checkout a customer in half the time required with
a cash register. Even if you don’t use a barcode scanner,
your checkout is still faster and more accurate because you are
entering inventory item numbers which are automatically tied to
pricing for each inventory item.
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Keep
Track of Your Customers
Your best customers are your present customers. No matter what type
of store you have, you should try to obtain the name and address
of every one of your customers. Keeping a customer list is
an obvious asset for a clothing store. You want your customers
to keep coming back, especially when you have a sale. The
importance of keeping a customer list is less obvious in a hardware
store, but extremely important. Mailing to your customers
periodically keeps them coming back.
Your vendors may even help you pay for the cost of the mailing.
Mailing to your customers is the best form of advertising –
even if it is just a quick postcard listing a few new sale items.
Every mailing to your customer list will always be a positive to
your cash flow. What about a store such as a convenience store?
You don’t have to get the name and address of every customer
that walks into the store, but you should get the names and addresses
of your best customers.
Windward
System Five
Offering functionality
to suit simple to complex business needs at a competitive price.
From single to multiple users to multiple store locations, we back
it all up with service, support, training, and consultation services
that are second to none.
It's unique soft switch architecture can be installed for many different
types of business such as small engine repair shops, furniture stores,
parts and service business, repair shops, retailers, clothing stores,
shoe stores and many others.
If you're ready to
simplify the operation of your business, contact Windward Software
today. And we'll be happy to tell you more about the features and
advantages of using Windward System Five.
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