Point of Sale
POS:
(Point-of-Sale)--Term normally used to describe cash register systems that record transactions or the area of "checkout" in a retail store.
From: www.tyner.com/glossary.htm
BananaHead POS
The BananaHead Point Of Sale project is free software.
Features :
A user/group, department/site, interface/interface authority, login/login type station/station group hierarchy. This allows for sites, departments within sites, groups within departments, stations and/or users within groups.
Fully secure mapping of any of the above.
Station access/login by keyboard code, barcode, magstripe, or smart card.
Definable areas for station keyboard mapping (different key maps for different areas).
Definable times for station keyboard mapping (useful for menu changes in restaurant systems).
Definable areas for message groups/departments/sites.
Customizable user interfaces (for company logo, etc.).
Easy to use, non-mouse based interfaces (though you can use a mouse if you desire).
Easy receipt customizable layout (headers, items, transaction summaries, payment summaries, footers, etc.), as well as endorsement, cheque and slip layouts.
All printable layouts are stored as XML documents.
MICR validation/support (E13B, and CMC7).
Supervisor override at any time on a sales terminal, for functions such as payment authorization, cash adjustments.
System messaging by user, interface, group, department, site.
Station requests (request supervisor, request change, request remove gun toting maniac from queue, etc.)
System persistence in power fail conditions - when the power comes back on, everything is the same as when it went off (new).
A notification system, which includes:
Unknown PLU notification.
Station Cash Drawer level notification (too much cash, or running low on change).
Wan system synchronization failure (main office failed to synchronize a database).
UPS problems (if using network connected uninterruptable power supplies).
PLU and Play feature - unknown barcodes are automatically put in a temporary cache for subsequent lookups.
Real time system Management Information System (MIS).
Real time station snapshot (mode, status, cash in drawer, etc.)
A web base management information system (for platform independance),
System
Sites/Departments/Groups
Users, Employees
Stations
Inventory/Products
Customers
Reports
Remote printer queue on server (multiple sources for kitchen printer redirection).
Multi-threaded remote print server daemon (for kitchen printing without delay or data loss).
Signature pad support.
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