Find a POS management system designed with you in mind
Jul 30th, 2008 by Jeff Evers
Point of sale software designed specifically for the wireless-retail business can help meet all of your company’s needs, even at many locations.
Location, location, location. And more locations. It’s one of the trademarks - and challenges - of the wireless-retail business. The unique needs of wireless industry and many point-of-sale (POS) idiosyncrasies can render mainstream retail software obsolete.
So, instead of trying to fit their businesses into a cookie-cutter software program, many wireless retailers turn to a POS management system specifically designed for their businesses’ day-to-day operations. The real-time, Internet-based program is designed to support anywhere from a single location to an unlimited number of locations, as well as manage inventory, employee hours, sales, commissions, and reports.
Because the cellular retail management software is Internet based, data is accessible anywhere an Internet connection can be established - even a dial-up connection. Databases are updated instantaneously.
Calculating commissions - the mainstay of the wireless-retail business - is a key component of the cellular retail management software, and makes real-time commission-reconciliation seamless. The POS software for wireless retailers eliminates costly sales errors.
Equally critical for any retail software is inventory tracking and control. The specialized POS software for cellular retail management offers accurate and easy accounting for equipment in each retail location. Inventory levels remain accurate all the time, because the software tracks inventory movement through purchase orders and invoices, and inventory levels are updated immediately.
The POS real-time software also provides another benefit, as it allows up-to-the-minute customized business reports to be generated at any time from any place.
Security is a key priority in all components, particularly because the cellular retailers’ data is accessed through the Internet. Because of that, the POS software is equipped with a high level of security, rendering the data virtually impossible to tamper with.
From user authentication to biometric login, access is secured. Another of the multiple security levels is encryption - data is encrypted at the level used by banking institutions to secure their data. There are also controls to limit which information is accessible to various users - whether it be district managers, subagents or franchisees.
Another important consideration with any software is technical support - particularly when it comes to supporting a business as competitive, demanding and diverse as the wireless-retail business. It is critical for users of cellular-retail management software to have advanced trainers and technical-support specialists available seven days a week.
TeleTracker Inc. was the first company to develop POS software strictly for the cellular-communications industry. To learn about the range of software solutions they can offer your business, visit www.teletracker.com or call toll-free, 877-277-6810.