1. Other Special Features of SimPOS! Retail Point of Sale.
This presentation cover other special features.
It is automated, so click on the slide show button, sit back and enjoy.
We are constantly adding most client suggestions to our system at no charge to the clients!!

2. Lets proceed to the invoice screen.

3. See the invoice creation presentation to see step by step how we get to the next screen.

4. We have added three products at various quantities to the invoice screen.

5. You may wish to have a tie in sales line pop up for a particular item on the invoice.

6. A tie in sales message will appear when an item is placed on the invoice and it has a tie sales message in the data base.

7. You may wish to process what is on the invoice screen in a manner other than going to the F3 screen to collect money. To access this screen you would have pressed the ESC button.

8. You may save what is on the invoice screen as a suspended sale.

9. You wish also to create an estimate for a customer and save it as well as print it out.

10. You may also want to process an order through a wholesaling operation so you can create order acknowledgments, partial ship invoices, and packing slips.

11. You may also want to process what is on the invoice screen as a purchase order which can through Access print labels and update your arriving inventory.

12. You may also wish to just clear off the present invoice screen.

13. Or you may wish to change your mind and return to the invoice screen.

14. To recall an invoice, print list or sales order, you need to arrow to the right while the New Sale button is highlighted.

15. After you have highlighted the Saved Sale button, you press enter.

16. You may then choose the action you wish to take.

17. Choosing invoice allows you to recall suspended sales.

18. Choosing Print List allows you to recall estimates you have saved and turn them into invoices -- no need to reenter the information!

19. You may also revise Sales Orders before processing as well.

20. If you were to choose Invoice, then a drop down box appears listing the current suspended sales and allows you to choose the one you want.

21. You may save a suspended sale using a phone number or other title
You may save a suspended sale using a phone number or other title. We chose Cory.

22. The suspended sale is then recalled and you may modify it in any way you want. You can even re-save it.

23. Lets return to the invoice or products screen and enter some information.

26. We can of course look up and drag an item to the invoice screen by typing in a portion of the common or scientific name.

27. We chose to type in abies.

28. We highlight the item we wish -- note the secondary name below.

29. We drag it back to the invoice screen.

30. We want to see the plant information for our Abies…….

31. To view the information, highlight the item.

32. And after you press the F11 button, up pops the information that also was on the plant label. You may print it out if you wish.

33. SimPOS! Comes with several libraries of information or you can create your own.

34. Maybe we wish to see a photo of the plant as well.

35. In this case there is no picture
In this case there is no picture. You can easily add digital camera shots you take to your system or get pictures in other ways.

36. Lets say you are creating a purchase order and wish to add the cost or landed cost of the items you are ordering.

37. Pressing the F7 button allows you to enter the cost
Pressing the F7 button allows you to enter the cost. You may also enter this data in Access.

38. Entering the price here saves the information in the purchase order details table.

39. We can also add a comment line that will appear on the invoice and be saved in the database for future reference.

40. You may choose from a drop down list or type in something on the fly.

41. Type the information you wish to appear on the receipt here.

42. I chose to pick from the drop down box
I chose to pick from the drop down box. Each register can have a separate list of comments.

43. In this case we chose to mark the Abies with the comment to the right
In this case we chose to mark the Abies with the comment to the right. The reason to have canned messages is that it results in fewer typing mistakes as shown at the right!!!

45. Lets say a customer wants to see if this is the same plant she bought previously. Providing that invoice was tagged with her customer id, then you can press F9 and see her history.

46. To look up her sales history, use the convenient lookup box by pressing the ? Key.

47. Enter a portion of the name or phone number here.

49. We want the last name on the list.

50. Highlighting the last name and pressing enter will call up the sales history on the screen.

51. It lists the purchases from the most recent to oldest
It lists the purchases from the most recent to oldest. You can not print it out since the information is semi-confidential.

53. Maybe we forgot how to do something…….

54. Clicking on F4 gets you into the search mode.

55. Enter a portion of the topic or key word you wish to find help on.

56. Our customer wanted a listing of people we recommend for pruning.

57. We only brought up one topic choice.

58. The above might represent suggested pruning firms in the area
The above might represent suggested pruning firms in the area. You may print it out for the customer by using F10

59. SimPOS! Has tried to place directions on every screen to help make it easy to get around and do things.

61. Store policies, information of all sorts can be added to this feature easily by you or your staff.

62. This is a very important item.

63. Please pay very close attention.

64. Installing and using a computer pos system should be fun and we at SimPOS! make it fun from the start. We take our Pepsi and your success seriously!!!

67. Other functions also has some useful features.

68. This portion of the program handles the non-sales features of the register.

69. You may need to adjust inventory using this button when you run over it with a tractor, fail to water it, or give it away as a donation.

70. While you could look up a product from this screen, most lookups occur on the invoice or products screen.

71. While you can issue a gift certificate from this screen, it is usually done from the F3 payment screen.

72. This is where you would void a gift certificate
This is where you would void a gift certificate. You would need your salesperson id as well as your password.

73. This is where you would void an invoice
This is where you would void an invoice. You would need both a salesperson id as well as a password. All tables are adjusted when you perform this function.

74. This is where you would reprint an invoice
This is where you would reprint an invoice. You would need the number, your id as well as your password.

75. This is where you would enter a payment on an in store charge account.

76. This can be used to collect various notes for future use
This can be used to collect various notes for future use. Example: We need to order more of these earlier in the season.

77. Here is where you would set the cash in the drawer each morning.

78. reconciliation for the drawer. You can do this in the office as
At the end of each
day here is where you
would print out the
reconciliation for the drawer.
You can do this in the office as
well if they forget.

79. You can use this function for doing paid outs or adding
cash to the drawer. It allows
you to enter a reason for
the transaction and puts it
in the database.

80. This allows for the use of a portable data terminal -- about
$2000 each. They are portable and
allow you to create invoices or
purchase orders out in the nursery.
The data is then downloaded at a
computer where the cradle is attached.

83. Thanks for watching our demonstration of
the other special features of the easy to use SimPOS! Retail Point of Sale Software.
If you have any questions,
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