The Point of Sale devices may vary according to customer requirements and may include a screen, keyboard, docket printer and laser scanner. Where a high volume account base exists, users may prefer to add an 80-column line printer, which produces professional quality invoices. FEATURES: Full use of barcode recognition of product labels printed in store or on packaging for quick and accurate sales processing. Easy to follow screen process and prompts which allow fast handling of any Point of Sale transaction. The ability to provide cash sales or charge accounts transactions and cash receipting at Point of Sale. The ability to enter sales details for products, departments and record information such as serial numbers and comments that fully describe the invoice raised. Complete tracking of all sales activity enabling a full audit and reconciliation of cash in drawer. Alphabetic look up for account customer names. To control and use a wide variety of discount structures. The discount arrangements are entered in the back office and reflect specific agreement between the storeowner and the customer. Provisions for immediate updating of customer debit balances enables the checking of credit limits and warns operators when this is exceeded. BENEFITS: Superior customer service is given at the Point of Sale checkout through product pricing and elimination of doubtful product identification. Computer sequencing controls procedures and operator-training functions are simple to use and understand. Tight control over discounting will minimise the giving of discount to unauthorised customers and result in increased profit. The ability to manage stock levels accurately through proper identification of stock will result in less incorrectly purchased stock. Develop a disciplined management approach through exercising complete control over the discount structure. Delinquent accounts are immediately identified allowing for full payment to be sought prior to any further sales being authorised. Eliminate the need for back office processing of customer transactions and provide significant savings in clerical staff costs. Consequently it also allows you to better utilise existing staff for customer service or stock control, resulting in a more efficient operation. The data produced at the Point of Sale is permanently filed and available for inspection by management at any time. The transaction data is held and later printed on request. A summary of the sales details is transferred to other files for reporting and enquires. This can be entered to the General Ledger for Profit and loss Statements and Balance Sheets.