A friend who has been operating a retail cooking and cookware store recently amazed me when I watched her ring up a cash transaction. She has a AccuPOS Retail POS system and associated QuickBooks Pro software and only uses the cash drawer to hold the cash.
I asked her how she managers her large inventory of very pricey products - reorders when there is an empty spot on the shelf. She knows she is making money cause her bank balance is growing.
I kid you not.
I have been asked to help her manage her business as a favor. I want to concentrate on inventory control and after getting into the Quickbooks Pro AccuPOS platform I am amazed at how little granularity this system is based upon.
I want a system that will easily generate a range of inventory control reports at a SKU level and also has the ability to generate generate inventory analysis on groups of SKU's by manufacturer and type of product.
I watched another friend with a small retail store generate reports using the MS POS software product - it appeared to have a lot more detailed info and be a lot more flexible than the QB/AccuPOS product.
I guess the ideal product would be based upon a relational database platform with no limits as to the amount of detail could be included with each SKU.
Any suggestions? Buying another product is no big deal - would hate to put a lot of effort into a inferior product and be stuck with that product.
Thanks