Servicing the customer knowledgeably and quickly is the goal of every service-oriented business. The Advantage Point-of Sale application is designed to provide the tools necessary to provide information quickly and complete the sale in as few steps as possible. The multifaceted Point-of-Sale application offers many configurable options to allow you to do business "your way". The goal of every service-oriented business is to service the customers efficiently and quickly. The Advantage Business Computer System Point-of-Sale application is designed to do just that. With both management and customer in mind, this user-friendly package has many functions and options which are available within one easy-to-use location.

ORDER ENTRY

• The same screen is used to create invoices, open orders, delivery tickets, bids, estimates, quotes, or special orders
  
• Customers may be looked up by their number, name, or a keyword in their name
  
• Charge customers may have unlimited job accounts
  
• Job listings pop-up, to allow easy selection of the correct customer job for the sale
  
• The system prompts for a purchase order number, if the customer requires one
  
• Multiple tax rates may be charged for various tax entities
  
• Non-inventory charges may be added to orders
  
• Sales commissions are tracked through Point-of-Sale
  
• Authorized charge signers are displayed on screen
  
• Customers may be changed during an order
  
• All open orders, bids, estimates, quotes, etc. may updated, canceled, or invoiced
  
• Tax status may be changed during an order
  
• Tax resale numbers will print on all invoices
  
• Reason codes track why products are being returned
  
• Restocking fees may be added to return invoices
  
• Each sale may require the sales rep to be identified
  

ITEM ENTRY

• Items may be looked up eight ways: item number, bar-code, vendor number, manufacturer number, description, description by keyword, department/class code, or location code
  
• Each item may be coded whether it is taxable, commissioned, discountable, loaded or picked up
  
• The cost and margin of the items and the total sale may be viewed (encoded)
  
• Inventory items may be added from Point-of-Sale
  
• Items may be cut into other items and all General Ledger entries, quantity changes, cost changes, etc. will be made automatically
  
• Items can be sold by eight different packaging units
  
• Items or the entire invoice may be repriced by margins, markups, dollar amounts, etc.
  
• Items are deleted or inserted with one keystroke
  
• Open orders may be printed priced, unpriced, with totals only, or updated only
  
• Random length items may be sold by system suggested tallies, based on the quantities available, or based on the ratio you design. Either may be overridden
  
• Orders may be subtotaled multiple times, prior to the final total
  
• Items being returned can be easily located and returned at the same cost and same price as when purchased
  
• Multiple purchase orders may be generated from POS while creating a customer's order
  
• Defective items may be placed on a "return to vendor" purchase order from Point-of-Sale
  
• Total weight, board footage, and cost may be viewed
  
• Notes about inventory items may be viewed
  
• Miscellaneous notes may be added to orders/invoices
  
• Items that are not in inventory may be sold
  
• Orders may be saved for recall and looked up by the recall number or the customer's name
  
• One key lookup of other store location's inventory
  

PAYMENT

• All General Ledger entries are automatic
  
• Cash, check, credit card, coupons, and gift certificates are supported
  
• Multiple payment modes may be combined for a single transaction
  
• Past due and "over the credit limit" charges can be restricted requiring a password for approval
  
• Deposits may be taken and tracked on open orders
  
• Invoices may be printed to a slip printer or full invoice ticket, as desired
  
• Cash drawers may be easily balanced with the cash drawer reconciliation program