Your operation may not need all these features, but this handy list will ensure you don’t miss something important.

Enterprise Level

• Access to data, controlled by passwords and encryption
  
• Multi-store data sharing (what information or stats can be shared)
  
• Track profit centers (main dining room, take away, catering, bakery, salon, merchandise)
  
• Training mode (for practice sessions)
  

Store level – point-of-sale

• Assign different selling price at the POS (senior discount, reduced lunch program, student discount)
  
• Integrated credit card processing and authorization
  
• Debit and other stored value card processing and authorization
  
• Scan bar codes at POS
  
• Check verification
  
• Ability to input customer name, address and other contact info at POS
  
• Ability to review past detail of customer purchase at POS
  
• Issue gift certificates and gift cards from POS
  
• Validate or redeem gift certificates or cards at POS
  
• Check remaining balance on gift cards at POS
  
• Issue a refund at POS
  
• Cash drawer reconciliation support
  
• Print cash receipts
  
• Automated price updates
  
• Integrated kitchen video displays
  
• Complete order routing to kitchens and duplications for prep areas
  
• Automatic printer redirection
  
• Drive thru capabilities
  

Management

• Customer appointments at the salon
  
• Reservations
  
• Time and attendance tracking
  
• Schedule enforcement
  
• Purchasing & receiving
  

Reports

• Best seller (which items you sell the most)
  
• Best seller by category, department, supplier
  
• Food cost analysis
  
• Menu mix analysis
  
• Margin analysis
  
• View total sales, costs and profit margins by category, manufacturer, day, month or year.
  
• Sales tax report
  
• Sales reports based on customer
  
• Inventory on hand
  
• Inventory valuation
  
• Days of supply
  
• Customer purchase frequency
  
• Built-in report generator (ability to create your own simple reports)
  

Customer Information

• Track customer name, address, phone, fax, etc.
  
• Limit customer purchases
  
• Print customer mailing labels
  
• Create mailing lists based on sales histor,; last visit date, number of visits, etc.
  

Integrated Accounting

• Integrated general ledger
  
• Integrated accounts payable
  
• Integrated accounts receivable
  
• Integrated payroll
  
• Links or mapping to major accounting software programs