Point of Sale Module
Our Point of Sale software simplifies the entire sales process, from entering the sale, to tracking and managing inventory. Maintaining and finding customer and vendor information is a breeze. And learning to use our point of sale software is easy and fast, a must in the fast-paced retail environment.
We also provide all the hardware youll need for an efficient, organized "front office.
What does this mean for your business? Cougar Mountain Point of Sale with Back Office Accounting is a comprehensive, integrated package combining point of sale transactions with all the "back office functions needed for managing a business. Including a broad spectrum of customizable reports like the "Z Report that help you know whats going on, at the end of each day.
Which brings us to security: Is my data safe? At Cougar Mountain, integrity comes first. Levels of security designate which employees have access to different program functions so you decide who can and cannot perform different transactions. At the POS station, staff can have different levels of security to include approval limits on both check and credit transactions. You are in control.
Secure audit trails that cannot be altered mean you can follow every transaction through the entire
accounting cycle without fear of fraud.
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Entering Sales
Several levels of security so the sales clerk, manager, and accountant will have access only to specifically authorized information. For example, allow sales clerks to retrieve and view transactions but prohibit them from editing a saved invoice or receipt.
Select acceptable payment method(s) for a specific customer, and only those methods will be active during the POS transaction entry.
Easily look up quantity/price breaks during sales entry.
Flag bad checks and provide the clerk with a warning if a customer has ever passed an NSF check.
Customizable screens allow you to collect all the information you need on one screen for quick sales entry.
Ability to set several different pricing levels as well as quantity discounts, and promotional pricing for selected customers.
Select acceptable payment method(s) for a specific customer, and only those methods will be active during the POS transaction entry.
Easily look up quantity/price breaks during sales entry.
Flag bad checks and provide the clerk with a warning if a customer has ever passed an NSF check.
Customizable screens allow you to collect all the information you need on one screen for quick sales entry.
Ability to set several different pricing levels as well as quantity discounts, and promotional pricing for selected customers.
Integrity First
User rights can be created for each salesperson that can allow them access to multiple transaction activities. These include refunds, special orders, voids and overrides. Users may also be assigned the right to retrieve invoices without being allowed to make edits and to save transactions without printing.
Multiple salespeople can work at the same POS station with different security levels.
Multiple salespeople can work at the same POS station with different security levels.
Reporting
Print transaction reports throughout the day by specifying a time/date range.
Replace all but the first or last four numbers of customer credit cards with an X on printed receipts.
The Profit Margin Report shows your gross profit based on a number of categories such as item, customer, salesperson, department, zip code, etc., based on a user-defined date range.
Print balance register screen totals in report format.
POS invoice may be reprinted from history. Lost or misplaced invoices can be reprinted at any time.
Store, retrieve and create reports on cash register voids in the POS History file.
Run a "Z Report at the end of the day for totals collected in cash, credit cards, refunds and voids.
Get real-time information on sales by item, salesperson, or register.
Print posting reports even if not integrated to General Ledger. This provides a hard copy for manual entries to books, or a copy for your accountant.
Replace all but the first or last four numbers of customer credit cards with an X on printed receipts.
The Profit Margin Report shows your gross profit based on a number of categories such as item, customer, salesperson, department, zip code, etc., based on a user-defined date range.
Print balance register screen totals in report format.
POS invoice may be reprinted from history. Lost or misplaced invoices can be reprinted at any time.
Store, retrieve and create reports on cash register voids in the POS History file.
Run a "Z Report at the end of the day for totals collected in cash, credit cards, refunds and voids.
Get real-time information on sales by item, salesperson, or register.
Print posting reports even if not integrated to General Ledger. This provides a hard copy for manual entries to books, or a copy for your accountant.
Setting Preferences
Invoices and sales receipts are fully customizable.
Automate your discount structure for various groups of customers.
Update sales tax changes easily. No need to hire a programmer or purchase additional software.
Assign screen definitions to specific registers, providing the flexibility to customize separate screens for different departments within the store.
Alternate tendering allows you to accept and track your gift certificates, coupons, food stamps, etc.
Automate your discount structure for various groups of customers.
Update sales tax changes easily. No need to hire a programmer or purchase additional software.
Assign screen definitions to specific registers, providing the flexibility to customize separate screens for different departments within the store.
Alternate tendering allows you to accept and track your gift certificates, coupons, food stamps, etc.
Adjusting Inventory
Use the Global Price Change feature to select a range of stock numbers and increase or decrease their prices.
Enter a virtually unlimited number of inventory stock items.
Download stock item quantities from handheld scanning devices.
Use LIFO, FIFO, standard cost, or weighted average cost methods for inventory valuation.
Attach non-inventory items to stock items, so when the stock item sells, the non-inventory item appears, too. Great for delivery charges, setup fees, etc.
Track overstock and understock quantities by specifying your maximum/minimum on each item.
Easily identify items that need to be reordered and the vendor from whom you ordered them.
Create and maintain alternate or interchangeable stock numbers for replaced inventory.
Automatically recall inventory replacement items by the alias stock number or name.
Quickly track serialized inventory stock items through lookups that provide information on unsold items, and view a complete history of all sold items.
Set up promotional pricing by date, time, and discounts by percentage, dollars off, or fixed price.
Enter a virtually unlimited number of inventory stock items.
Download stock item quantities from handheld scanning devices.
Use LIFO, FIFO, standard cost, or weighted average cost methods for inventory valuation.
Attach non-inventory items to stock items, so when the stock item sells, the non-inventory item appears, too. Great for delivery charges, setup fees, etc.
Track overstock and understock quantities by specifying your maximum/minimum on each item.
Easily identify items that need to be reordered and the vendor from whom you ordered them.
Create and maintain alternate or interchangeable stock numbers for replaced inventory.
Automatically recall inventory replacement items by the alias stock number or name.
Quickly track serialized inventory stock items through lookups that provide information on unsold items, and view a complete history of all sold items.
Set up promotional pricing by date, time, and discounts by percentage, dollars off, or fixed price.
Labeling Inventory
Automatically print the same number of labels as your stock on-hand, or print as many labels for each stock item as you like.
Print barcode labels with BarTender®. Include the Unit Package, Product Type and Primary Vendor fields, as well as the Stock Number, Description, Location (if you use multi-location inventory software), and Price.
Print barcode labels with BarTender®. Include the Unit Package, Product Type and Primary Vendor fields, as well as the Stock Number, Description, Location (if you use multi-location inventory software), and Price.
Printing Reports
Print inventory reports for a single vendor or a group of vendors.
Print shelf signs from the Promotional Pricing window.
Add user-defined fields for sorting and filtering Inventory Reports.
Use the Movement Report to get an accurate picture of exactly how your inventory turns.
Print a Price Book Catalog of items for the employees who are away from the computer but need access to this information.
Print a History or Movement Report showing how items are moving over time.
Print shelf signs from the Promotional Pricing window.
Add user-defined fields for sorting and filtering Inventory Reports.
Use the Movement Report to get an accurate picture of exactly how your inventory turns.
Print a Price Book Catalog of items for the employees who are away from the computer but need access to this information.
Print a History or Movement Report showing how items are moving over time.
Additional Addon Products and Enhancements
At Cougar Mountain, were accounting for your business needs. We provide powerful financial management at great value. Our accounting, point of sale and fund accounting packages help small to medium-sized businesses track, understand and manage cash flow effectively and efficiently.When your business needs dictate specific requirements, you may need one of the additional modules described here. Take a look and find the product you need to complete your accounting system, and the services behind them that will keep your products running and your business growing.Each of our products is designed to be adaptable to your business environment and needs, easy to install and use, fully integrated with the rest of your software / modules, and secure, with audit trails and user access designated by module and function.
Multi-Location Inventory - Multi-Location Inventory allows a company to maintain its inventory on one computer system, yet have inventory at more than one site. Know what inventory is in your back room, in your mobile units, across the street, or across the country at a glance. Updates to SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) at all locations only have to be made once, from one computer. Fields in Inventory, Order Entry, Accounts Payable, Purchase Order and POS that contain lookups by stock number also include a lookup by location. You can quickly select the location of each item when entering orders or ringing up sales. Create an unlimited number of locations including an unlimited number of stock items. Multi-Location Inventory retains unlimited records of what was sold, cost of goods sold, profit margin, and more.
Purchase Order - Purchase Order helps you manage purchases from the initial purchase until final payment is made. It automates inventory ordering by generating a purchase order based on minimum quantity on hand. Cougar Mountain Purchase Order can integrate to Accounts Payable, Inventory, Job Cost and General Ledger. Purchase Order will automatically update inventory quantity and cost information, vendor balances and financial information. Integration is simple and at your control. Automatic ordering can be triggered from information in the Inventory module, and you can even select vendors based on best price or shortest lead time.
e-Commerce - Cougar Mountain Software has teamed up with Account Wizard Business Services to offer you Account Wizard®, an affordable, flexible way of managing transactions over the Internet. This e-commerce solution saves you time and ensures that inventory levels and pricing information are current and correct. Unlike many competing products, Account Wizard interfaces with and derives its information directly from your Cougar Mountain accounting system.
Specialty Shop - Cougar Mountain Specialty Shop is designed to meet the unique requirements of specialized retailers. Cougar Mountain Specialty Shop allows you to attach a buy down/coupon code (automatic discount to be taken at the time of the sale) to specific items. Set up a promotion where the customer can buy a specified number of items and receive a number of either the same
item or a different item at a discounted price. (Buy two/get one free) The software allows you to specify items requiring age verification at the time of sale. This feature is especially important to tobacco and liquor stores. Identify different packages of the same item in inventory for sale. For example, a store may sell cigars or ice cream bars individually or by the box. Either way the product is sold, the same UPC code is scanned.
Purchase Order - Purchase Order helps you manage purchases from the initial purchase until final payment is made. It automates inventory ordering by generating a purchase order based on minimum quantity on hand. Cougar Mountain Purchase Order can integrate to Accounts Payable, Inventory, Job Cost and General Ledger. Purchase Order will automatically update inventory quantity and cost information, vendor balances and financial information. Integration is simple and at your control. Automatic ordering can be triggered from information in the Inventory module, and you can even select vendors based on best price or shortest lead time.
e-Commerce - Cougar Mountain Software has teamed up with Account Wizard Business Services to offer you Account Wizard®, an affordable, flexible way of managing transactions over the Internet. This e-commerce solution saves you time and ensures that inventory levels and pricing information are current and correct. Unlike many competing products, Account Wizard interfaces with and derives its information directly from your Cougar Mountain accounting system.
Specialty Shop - Cougar Mountain Specialty Shop is designed to meet the unique requirements of specialized retailers. Cougar Mountain Specialty Shop allows you to attach a buy down/coupon code (automatic discount to be taken at the time of the sale) to specific items. Set up a promotion where the customer can buy a specified number of items and receive a number of either the same
item or a different item at a discounted price. (Buy two/get one free) The software allows you to specify items requiring age verification at the time of sale. This feature is especially important to tobacco and liquor stores. Identify different packages of the same item in inventory for sale. For example, a store may sell cigars or ice cream bars individually or by the box. Either way the product is sold, the same UPC code is scanned.