A DHPOS review from India
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:48 pm
Helping folks to start new businesses, this is just what I am trying to do.
In the afternoon we moved on to a demonstration on the setup of a Point of Sale System. A commercial point of sale system entails investments from the small business owner starting at P70,000.00 and up for a computer, the Point of Sale software, scanner and cash register. I demonstrated the Point of Sale software developed by Dale Harris -that can be downloaded for free from the Internet. The software runs on the DOS (Disk Operating System) platform and so it can run even on an old computer. But the Harris software delivers! I tested it five years ago, put it into operation and later found out that Harris’ software had improved much. Towards the day’s end, we simulated a grocery with Paul Foman-eg of FINEW enterprises inputting the products info with the sound of the bar code scanner providing amusement. Then I divided the participants into groups to do the ‘actual’ inventory of a grocery and inputting the data to help prepare the Point of Sale System. Much fun filled the room as we simulated a convenience store operation with us lining up at the cashier to test the system and prove if the inventory tracking works. The local restaurant operators, George Balusdan of Drop By Restaurant and Masandas Chakas of Anahya’s were exposed to how the Point of Sale system works for restaurant operations. In the end the participants realized that it does not need a huge amount of money to integrate technology for your business. Dale Harri’s free POS is enough to start with, besides it is a fully functional POS system.
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In the afternoon we moved on to a demonstration on the setup of a Point of Sale System. A commercial point of sale system entails investments from the small business owner starting at P70,000.00 and up for a computer, the Point of Sale software, scanner and cash register. I demonstrated the Point of Sale software developed by Dale Harris -that can be downloaded for free from the Internet. The software runs on the DOS (Disk Operating System) platform and so it can run even on an old computer. But the Harris software delivers! I tested it five years ago, put it into operation and later found out that Harris’ software had improved much. Towards the day’s end, we simulated a grocery with Paul Foman-eg of FINEW enterprises inputting the products info with the sound of the bar code scanner providing amusement. Then I divided the participants into groups to do the ‘actual’ inventory of a grocery and inputting the data to help prepare the Point of Sale System. Much fun filled the room as we simulated a convenience store operation with us lining up at the cashier to test the system and prove if the inventory tracking works. The local restaurant operators, George Balusdan of Drop By Restaurant and Masandas Chakas of Anahya’s were exposed to how the Point of Sale system works for restaurant operations. In the end the participants realized that it does not need a huge amount of money to integrate technology for your business. Dale Harri’s free POS is enough to start with, besides it is a fully functional POS system.
This is posted at http://xijen.com/ver2/exploring-informa ... pment.html