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SALES ORDERS - Point of Sale

For use in conjunction with cash registers, with adapted invoice printout format 

  • Access

    • Sales text  menu
    • Module List
  • window display
    • top half (in this example it's Spire's website) is established in Edit > Company Settings > Sales Orders > Misc tab > Home Page (this could be a group of photos, for a rolling display)
    • bottom half displays the selected item's image as established in Inventory Details > Image tab               PointOfSaleFull

  • New Sale
    • Customer selection
      • click   (F3) to browse for Customer (option to set prompt in Edit > Company Settings > Sales Orders > Misc > CheckBoxCheckedBlue Always prompt for customer)
      • or- create New Customer from the browse list

                       

    • option to enter Customer PO
    • accept or change the Salesperson and / or Territory
    • enter the Order Discount (alternatively, discount can be assigned for each line, as described in the following section)
    • option to set this Customer as the CheckBoxCheckedBlue Default POS Customer so that Customer selection will no longer be necessary in Point Of Sale module:
             
    • Item Selection - add an item to the Order in one of 4 ways:
      1. hit your Enter key
      2. click OpenInventoryIcon  (F9) Inventory Lookup (or hit F9 on your keyboard) to select the part from the Inventory List
      3. Scan the Part / Serial / Lot Number barcode to input Inventory item - use * as quantity multiplier - into the scan box, enter quantity then *, then scan barcode
      4. double-click on first line in the grid to browse for the inventory item in the Edit Item window
    • type in the Part No and tab
      • enter the Quantity (or leave as 1)
        • or - continue to scan to top up the quantity
      • behavior of scanned quantity is set in Edit > Company Settings > Sales Orders > Misc
                   CompanySettingsSalesOrdersMiscAccumulateItems
        • CheckBoxCheckedBlue Accumulate Items on will add scanned product into one line
        • CheckBoxUnchecked-1 Accumulate Items off will create a new line each time an item is scanned
    • option to activate or de-activate the Oversell warning message in User Settings > Sales Orders > Messages Tab > CheckBoxCheckedBlue Display warning when POS overcommits inventory
             
    • confirm or change Retail Price (User Settings permitting)
    • option to enter a Discount percentage for this line item
    • Unit Price will display all price levels from Inventory > Prices and Units tab > Pricing > Sell Price list
               
    • option to choose Unit Of Measure (UOM) if multiple Units of Measure are used on this item (see Inventory - Units of Measure)
    • accept or change tax settings for this line item
    • Show Stock button will display the Inventory Stock listing availability in all Warehouses it is stocked in
    • Okay to complete input on this line
  • insert a Comment - press F7 key
        
  • browse for pre-set Comment where you can then add New comment on-the-fly from the browse list - or - just type the Comment in the box

     

  • Edit order details or line item selected in one of 2 ways
  1. click on (F4) Edit Item or F4 key
    • make allowable changes
  2. click on (F6) Order Entry or F6 key to open full Sales Order module
    • make allowable changes (ie: Cust PO #)
    • press F6 again to return to Point of Sale -or - complete and print full invoice from here
  • Delete the Customer and all Items entered on the Order
  • (F5) Invoice / Tender
      
    • select Payment Method - click the double chevron for more or type the Keyboard Shortcut (see Payment Method setup)
    • confirm or change Amount (can be spread over multiple methods)
    • if a ‘Credit’ Payment Type is selected, you will be prompted to enter Authorization Code if required
      • On Account can only be selected if this Customer does not have zero credit limit; however, Credit Limit… can be changed here (User settings permitting)
  • (F5) Invoice / Tender to complete Sale and print the receipt
    • establish printer and printer settings in Setup Receipt
        PointOfSaleFullSetUpReceipt 
      • highlight POS Receipt
               PointOfSaleSetupReceiptReports
      • select print options below
      • click on Save Defaults
      • click Cancel
  •  OpenInventoryIcon (F9) Inventory Lookup to see details on the selected  item

  • Cash Out
    • Access - Sales Text Menu
           SalesTextMenuCashOuReports
    • Cash Out Report Worksheets will stay in this list until they are deleted
                CashOutReportsList 
                   CashOut

      • select the Till ID 
      • enter Start Date and End Date of sales you want to balance to in this report
      • enter all cash in drawer in Coins and Bills, which would include opening float
      • enter amounts collected for Other Payment Methods listed

! Note - all number fields in Spire are calculating fields so you can type 200.00+34.00+1,000.00 and hit enter, to fill the field with 1234.00

      • Print Cash Balance Report / Cash Balance Details Report
  • Penny Rounding
    • activate this utility in Edit > Company Settings > Sales Orders > Misc tabCompanySettingsSalesOrdersMiscEnablePennyRounding
    • when tendering a cash payment, the invoice amount will be presented as Tendered and the rounded up amount will be presented as Payment