How Do You Create A Point Of Sale Information System?
A point of sale information system is a combination of hardware and software that enables a company to track the items that it is selling and, ideally, interface this data with ordering and inventory systems to reduce labor costs and improve accuracy. Cash registers and the checkout systems that include them are at the heart of most point of sale information systems because they are the sites for scanning and recording information about products before they leave the store. Label each product in the store with an identification number if it does not have a bar code. Enter all of the bar code numbers and product numbers into the cash registers’ database, interfacing them with the product name so that when a cashier scans the item, the register screen will display the product name, which will also be printed on the register receipt. Organize the product numbers by category so that the register receipt will group them accordingly as it prints, regardless of the order in which the cashier
