Epos Tills software from Sage Paypoint software provides your business with a user friendly point of sale enviroment which allows you to conduct customer sale and payment transactions quickly, accurately and securley An overview of the tills functions is as follows:
EPOS Tills Control Functions
Start of Day
The system will prompt for a new session is staring. A default float value is entered from the settings, or you may overide the value at the session begins
Sign on and Sessions
On a day to day basis there can be multiple sessions on each till to allow the control of cash, or the operator.
Activity Tracking
All information is is securley logged in electronic formatand can be accessed directly or forwarded for audit purposes.
Sign Ons
There are 9 levels of sign on from cashier to manager, each seperatley configurable for maximum control
Product, Price and Discount Entry
Product Entry
Product codes can be entered at the >item prompt, via keyboard, barcode scan, preset key on keyboard, or touch screen. Pricing can be set on a retail or trade counter basis
Finding Porducts
The Product Find function allows products or categories to be searched by all or part of thier descriptions, or part numbers. A seperate enquiry can be made to check stock, and if using Line 100/MMS or similar accounts product with multi location facilties, checking of the warehouse, and other branches becomes possible.
Item Corrections
Items can be corrected , removed and edit during the transaction.
Price Corrections
A product can be sold for a different price than the recorded price file, subject to the till operator being authorised to do so.
Multi Buys
Automated Multibuys can be set up from the Paypoint Luanch Pad( Central control software) ranging to buy one get one free, to complicatred combination deals. Fulld etails of the discounts being recorded on the till receipt.
Discounts
Item level, and transaction discounts by value or percnetage can be offered subject to an authorisation sign on.
Other Transcations
Exchange/Refunds
Products can be exchanged or refunded subject to suitable authorisation
Reprint Receipt
The last transactions receipt can be reprinted if required.
Layaways
This allows transaction to be be stored temporaily and recalled for later completion. Control settings allow this to be limited to one cashier or multiple layaways can be allowes with automated or manual numbering. For use with sales ledger or credit accounts, the system automatically allocates the sales ledger account number as the reference.
To retrieve previous previous layaways the reference can be entered directly or searched for by number or customer.
Launching other Applications
Paypoint can be set to automtically launch or manually launch thrid party applications including internal macros. The till remians in statis until the other application is completed.
Tendering
Payment.
On presssing the Total key, the bill total and balance due will be updated. This can be paid in a number of different preset tender types by selected from the keyboard, screen or menu. This inclusing Cash, Cheque,Credit Account( if used in conjunction with an Accounts apckage eg Sage Line 50/100), Voucher etc. This can be in full or part payment. A sub total of each tender type made is printe don the customer receipt.
EFT
Paypoint EPOS systems software works with Commedia's EFT solution to allow retailers to process payment electronically. This includes Debot, Credit and CAsh Back payment transactions. It validates cards on-line and allows for the end of day reporting and reconciliation with your bank. At the end of day payments are polled to your nominated bank account . Commedia are accredited with all leading credit, and debit card acquirers.
End of Day
End Session
This closes the ttrading account on the current session, and allows a cash declaration to be performed. Multiple sessions can be held on the till system until consolidated using the end of day functon. this end session generates a total report on:-
- Floats and lifts
- For each tender type
- For each discount type
- Exchange /refund type
- Summary of discounts, exchanges, voids, and corrections
- By cashier if requird
- A total sales figure
Cash Declaration
This is performed after the End session and the starting and the starting cash float is removed. After counting and declaring the money in the drawer the system will generate a variance report against expectation to screen and print. This declaration can be set to be blind if required.
End of Day
This closed the trading on the till and prints a consolidation report on the day's session. The report summaries totals:-
- For each tender type
- For each discount type
- Summary of VAT on sales
- Summary of discounts, exchanges, voids, and corrections
- A time band report with a number of transaction, items and value of sales within each hour of the day.
- A total sales figures.