5 Reasons to Upgrade Retail POS Systems
11 December 2018
Antiquated systems tend to slow down retail management process and can be costly to maintain. It may be time for you to shop a new Point of Sale (POS) system to help you save money, time and speed up process to keep up with your business needs. Here are a few things to consider when shopping Retail POS (Point of Sale) management solutions:
Antiquated systems tend to slow down retail management process and can be costly to maintain. It may be time for you to shop a new Point of Sale (POS) system to help you save money, time and speed up process to keep up with your business needs. Here are a few things to consider when shopping Retail POS (Point of Sale) management solutions:
1. Ease of Use: Store owners and managers typically are looking for retail management systems that are easy to use, easy to train new employees and easy to deploy within their business environment. Many older systems are clumsy and not very well integrated. Look for retail management systems that will adopt the way in which you run your business.
2. Retail Store Growth: it’s a big change going from 1 store location to two, five or twenty locations. The challenge becomes inventory management for multiple locations with a single POS management system. Typically your older systems are not sufficient enough to manage multi location scenarios.
3. Poor Technical Support: Many owners and managers are frustrated with the amount of time it takes to get proper technical support qnd help with their retail POS management systems. Many times a one-man shop either goes out of business and no longer supports their products or they lose the personal touch it takes to service their retail clients. Look for vendors that develop applications in industry standards that make them easy to support and ensure long product life cycles.
4. Multiple Channel Support: E -commerce, retail, mail order and phone orders. many retailers have expanded into multiple ways of taking orders. Look for retail POS management systems to support multiple ways to bring in sales and support future growth plans. having an all in one solution will make your life much easier.
5. Hardware Failures: Many times we find retailers using systems that can be decades old, still running DOS based systems. Hardware failures are a great opportunity for you to explore ways to prevent costly breakdowns and look for systems that cost less to own over the years and make retail POS management easier and more efficient.
We have analyzed a few of the reasons retailers look to replace existing retail POS management solutions. Consider the challenges it take to grow your business when looking at fully integrated solutions. Have your vendor discuss options to help reduce costs, create efficiencies and support your system through your ownership life cycle.
2. Retail Store Growth: it’s a big change going from 1 store location to two, five or twenty locations. The challenge becomes inventory management for multiple locations with a single POS management system. Typically your older systems are not sufficient enough to manage multi location scenarios.
3. Poor Technical Support: Many owners and managers are frustrated with the amount of time it takes to get proper technical support qnd help with their retail POS management systems. Many times a one-man shop either goes out of business and no longer supports their products or they lose the personal touch it takes to service their retail clients. Look for vendors that develop applications in industry standards that make them easy to support and ensure long product life cycles.
4. Multiple Channel Support: E -commerce, retail, mail order and phone orders. many retailers have expanded into multiple ways of taking orders. Look for retail POS management systems to support multiple ways to bring in sales and support future growth plans. having an all in one solution will make your life much easier.
5. Hardware Failures: Many times we find retailers using systems that can be decades old, still running DOS based systems. Hardware failures are a great opportunity for you to explore ways to prevent costly breakdowns and look for systems that cost less to own over the years and make retail POS management easier and more efficient.
We have analyzed a few of the reasons retailers look to replace existing retail POS management solutions. Consider the challenges it take to grow your business when looking at fully integrated solutions. Have your vendor discuss options to help reduce costs, create efficiencies and support your system through your ownership life cycle.
