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We have announced details to our POS software customer community of a preview opportunity for the next major release of our POS software.

This customer exclusive preview will demonstrate new facilities under development, providing existing customers an opportunity to comment and, through this, to guide the pathway home for these new facilities.

Our approach to active engagement with customers through the POS software enhancement process is something we have followed for a while. We benefit and our customers benefit from this transparent approach to developing and releasing major POS software updates. That we do this demonstrates an inherent and mutual trust in the software company / customer relationship.

This latest POS software pre-release preview session, which will be hosted in the next few days, is exciting ad we will be demonstrating, live, a significant body of work that takes us deeper into the needs of a couple of retail channels we are proud to serve. the work has already been seen and guided by some customers. This new session will open the reach of those who can engage with the opportunity.

Good POS software does not come from development in darkness. We have never believed that. The more retailers who see and comment on software we develop prior to release the better the ultimately released POS software is. This is why our approach is in the light, in front of customers as much as possible, for their feedback, guidance and encouragement.

The best people to guide POS software development are those with retail experience. They know what retailers need in their businesses, certainly more so than a programmer with no current retail experience. This is why sessions like the one coming up for us is so critical. It puts us in touch with the experts, those who can make a big different to our knowledge of what is really needed for our software to be of real service in a retail business. They know. Retailers are the experts. We learn from them and code to their needs.

Our approach of retail customer engaged and transparent POS software development has helped us earn a good place within our specialty retail POS software communities. We’re keen for our new session in the next few days.

We are grateful to have welcomed more MYOB Retail Manager customers to our POS software retail community so far in 2021. Offering a feature-rich POS software front end for MYOB Retail Manager customers provides them with sure-footed landing, an alternative to the Retail manager POS products, which, as we understand it, will not be further developed.

We help MYOB Retail Manager users transition to our POS software, to bring across as much data as possible, if they wish, and to setup business processes and practices that serve their needs into the future.

Our POS software is actively developed and enhanced, and it serves a range of specialty POS software retail channels such as jewellers, garden centres, bike shops, toy shops, pet shops, health food businesses, vape shops, music shops, antique shops, newsagents and more.

Many retailers have switched already from MYOB Retail Manager to our Tower Systems POS software. We are grateful for this and their sharing of information that has helped us further refine what is involved in the process. Their experiences have helped us better serve those making the switch now and those who will switch from MYOB Retail Manager in the future.

MYOB Retail Manager software customers who do switch to our POS software and want to keep using MYOB for accounting functions can do this as we link to MYOB through a third-party available platform that ensures data feed integrity. Those who want to switch to Xero can do so and rely on the direct Xero link that we offer in our POS software in partnership with Xero.

Our installation and training team members are skilled at helping MYOB Retail Manager customers to make the move. There is plenty to un-learn and plenty to learn. We help with this, offering support and assistance to make the path as smooth as possible. It is challenging, there is no doubt about that. But, many have trod this path before and it is on their shoulders that you can stand to see the way ahead.

You can do this, you can enjoy POS software beyond the MYOB retail Manager experience. Tower Systems is here for you, to help you and your business, with a viable and loved alternative to MYOB Retail Manager.

Using our POS software for mobility scooter businesses you can expect to engage with software that has facilities of value and worth to your specific type of business. This is software with facilities and tools for mobility scooter businesses …

• Tracking serial numbers.
• Handling orders for customers, special orders.
• Managing repairs that are in-house as well as external.
• Bringing customers back for servicing.
• Club pricing, which can work for retirement villages and similar situations.
• Regular sales.
• Loading supplier stock files.
• BOGO: Increase sales with buy this and get that bundling. And, yes, it’s a thing.
• Warranty: Track details and leverage this for customer service.
• Bring them back: Target market based on past services.
• Sell anywhere: Using our Retailer Roam^TM sell anywhere app.
• Sell anytime: With our Shopify / Magento / Woo integrations.
• Special orders: Easily manage special customer orders.
• Awesome loyalty: Guide one-time and regular shoppers to spend more.
• Seasonal reordering: Easily reorder inventory based on seasonal sales.

All these things and more are useful in helping our POS software for mobility scooter businesses be useful, valuable and helpful to these unique and local businesses serving people with mobility needs.

Here are some of the ways our locally made POS software for mobility scooter businesses leverages the uniqueness of these businesses:

1. Rare visit loyalty.  The customer visit cycle for a mobility scooter business is often infrequent. Embedded in this software are loyalty tools that encourage shoppers be more valuable each visit.
2. Pre-orders. Easily manage selling products before you have them in-stock.
3. Buy Now Pay Later and LayBy. Through our software you can have both.
4. Bundle / package. It’s easy to bundle items together to create something unique to your needs, unique for your customers. Putting items together this way can help you guide shoppers to spend more.
5. Club / group marketing and support. Leverage retirement villages, clubs and other local groups with offers and pricing.
6. Special orders. Being able to manage and track special customer orders helps you save time and cut mistakes. Also, it’s easier for you to be paid in advance for these.
7. Product repairs and servicing. Using our repairs management facilities you can track parts and labour used in repairs as well as repairs done outside the business. You can also recall customers based on activity, like last service date.
8. Serial number tracking. For service records, insurance and much more. Tracking serial numbers of stock items is good for busines and good for customer service.

Our Australian made and supported mobility scooter business POS software does much more than what’s on this list. See it for yourself, live and obligation free, to see if it could serve you and your business. We’d be glad to show it to you.

We are grateful to serve mobility scooter businesses with software ideal for their needs. Here’s a short new video some highlights of our mobility scooter business POS software:

Our POS software for computer shops helps these local and loved specialty IT businesses better serve their customers thanks to a range of specialty tools built into the software, tools that help these businesses more efficiently and successfully serve the needs of their customers.

Let’s get into it.

Our POS software for computer shops helps these businesses …

• Track stock, including small computer parts.
• Manage special customer orders.
• Manage and track a computer build from parts through to labour to completion.
• Manage computer repairs.
• Track and manage serial numbers.
• Offer loyalty for shoppers who shop infrequently.
• Track customer call backs for service visits.
• Encourage sales by offering club pricing support.

This is POS software made for computer shops, bringing certainty, structure and smooth workflow to these local businesses that provide specialist IT products in their local communities.

We often see local computer shops running general POS software when they could more usefully benefit from POS software that is more closely aligned with the needs of the business.

Computer shops that handle special orders for customers will find the pre-order, lay-by, customer special orders and other related facilities useful as they can help you capture business long before you have the goods in the shop.

Computer shops that quote for business will find the unique quote and invoice management tools useful as it is designed specifically for that service. This reimagined facility was developed with businesses that do a lot of quotation related work.

The Tower Systems computer shop POS software has been tuned to the needs of computer shops. We are grateful today to note that we have plenty of customer in this specialty retail niche of computer shops. They guide our enhancement program and help us to continue to evolve our computer shops software solution to be of more value today than it was last release and the release before that. Many of our customers were surprised at some things we do, helping them to expand what they offer from their businesses.

This is what local POS software companies like Tower Systems do, constantly improve their POS software to evolve the value it provides.

Our local computer shop POS software is worth a look if you are in this retail channel. We’d love to show it to you.

This software is based on our bike shop software as that has been found to serve the needs of computer shops.

Today @ 10:30am we are hosting a free workshop (on Zoom) for retailers that have a POS software connected website. We will discuss making the most from the opportunity, looking at SEO, SEM and other activities key to driving success with an online consumer-facing platform.

Today’s live workshop is another in our series offering free education to local small business retailers.

The Tower Systems POS software helps retailers deal with, manage and track consignment stock in their businesses.

Consignment stock is stock supplied to the shop on the basis that it is paid for when sold.

In our years of experience working with retailers across several retail channels, we have seen a variety of approaches to handling consignment stock. There is no standard, no one way that is most common. Our POS software consignment stock solutions have evolved over time, as we have seen a greater variety of situations.

We have built into our POS software several opportunities for managing consignment stock. These include options for tracking the stock when it arrives in the business, all sales and accurate reporting for reconciliation for the supplier when it comes time to settle up with them.

Thanks to our options and in-built flexibility for managing inventory, we are able to report on the sales of items provided to a shop on consignment. We have seen this be useful in a range of retail situations including, gift, jeweller, garden and collectibles.

The consignment stock management options available for use in our POS software have evolved over time and they are sure to evolve further – like you would expect from any advancing POS software that serves a range of retail settings.

The tricky thing with consignment stock is that in most settings it is not an inventory asset of the business yet you want to track its sales. It’s through our tagging, supplier settings and stock settings themselves where the software can help retailers access the level of reporting that is important to them in managing consignment stock.

Consignment stock is loved by retailers as they get to carry inventory for no capital outlay. Suppliers love consignment stock as they get to take floorspace in more retail situations as a result. The key to making this mutually beneficial relationship work is timely access to accurate data.

We don’t claim to be the best at managing consignment stock through our POS software, but we do offer several solutions.it is this flexibility that has been appreciated baby our customers, not only in this area of consignment stock but in other areas where our software has served.

Xero is the preferred accounting software solution among small business retailers. We are grateful to have been a partner with Xero for years, linking our POS software with Xero, making the connection, easy, seamless, tight and safe – reducing the cost for small business retailers, especially the cost of bookkeeping.

Using our POS software Xero link, retailers are able to rely on the live sharing of data, enabling accurate business financial reporting, and more.

Thanks to the POS software Xero integration, small business retailers can:

1. Save time. This is time in the business as well as with the accountant or bookkeeper.
2. Cut mistakes. Every keystroke you eliminate in business is a possible data mistake eliminated. The Xero POS software integration cuts keystrokes.
3. Make better business decisions. Accurate business data feeds better business decisions.
4. Reduce accounting and bookkeeping costs. All the data entry work bookkeepers and accounting professionals do can be eliminated thanks to safe and fast data flow between the POS software and Xero.
5. Drive business value. Data is revealing and this helps you extract more business value.
6. Enjoy the business more. Data entry is a grind and it can lead to mistakes. Get rid of these challenges and yours enjoyment rises for sure.
7. Immediate cashflow visibility. With no lag for data, you can see your position immediately.

What is Transferred to Xero through our POS software Xero link?

What is the best POS software for retail? This is a good and often asked question. Unfortunately, it is often asked of the wrong people.

Only you can know what good POS software for your business looks like for it is only you who truly knows and understands your needs. This is where the answer starts – with your needs for it is those that must be served if the POS software you select is to be of service to your business. So, if you are wondering What is the best POS software for retail? start with the needs.

Plenty of POS software sales people will tell you that their POS software is the best for retail. Not here at Tower Systems. we think that our POS software is good for the marketplaces in which we serve, but, only those using the software can speak to the question of whether it is the best for the need.

If you ask us, we will say let’s help you find out. We will do that by first wanting to know more about your needs. This can sound like had work, but … it is about reaching the best outcome for your retail business and that starts with your needs. We want you to find the best POS software for your retail business. We’d love to help you on what is a personal journey centred within your business needs.

Whether something is best is subjective. That’s why you won’t read of us saying our POS software is the best. What we think doesn’t matter. What you think, once you have used it, is what matters. This is also why people who have not used our software cannot comment as to whether it is the best software for a situation.

We strive to make and maintain good POS software for specialty retail situations, and to back this with timely and professional customer support. If this is seen by specialty retailers as being the best POS software for their business we are grateful. With so many long term customers, we have a sense that we are doing things right here.

What is the best POS software for retail?  We hope to explore your needs with you.

It is a thrill to see the different ways our op. shop software is able to serve different op. shop situations. From handling corporate level requirements to bringing structure to a single local small op. shop situation, our POS software made for op. shops is helping these vital community groups serve their respective communities in myriad ways.

We are grateful to have made and to serve software that serves their needs.

From presenting to committees to making training more accessible to volunteers to handling the unique pricing arrangements of goods in some op. shops, our op. shop software serves day in, day out. It is flexible, resilient and capable, bringing structure to op. shops where often there was none.

Australian op. shops are unique and loved businesses, providing valuable service to the local community and to those supported by their work. Using our specialty software for op. shops, you can expect to tap into a range of benefits, including:

1. Easy shopper loyalty.  Yes, loyalty matters in these situations. While the software offers a loyalty points system, we have found the cash-off approach in our loyalty tools works better in local retail. People understand money. A receipt showing an amount they can save on their next purchase gets, usually, at least 20% of people spending more that visit.
2. Manage inventory your way. yes, everything sold in an op. shop is inventory, to be tracked and managed. You can sell by barcode, products code, department, category within department, price point. You can sell, measure and report at the level point appropriate to your needs.
3. Easy to learn. We have found that in community enterprises easy to learn / easy to use really does matter. Volunteer turnover makes this essential. We can record training specific to your needs and make these videos available for future volunteers.
4. Secure. You can lock down parts of the software to secure them for management access only.
5. Check and balances. This software guides processes. It also provides hidden tracking so you can investigate should the need arise.
6. Club / group marketing and support. Leverage clubs and community groups with offers and pricing just for them.

Our Australian made and supported  op. shop POS software does much more than what’s on this list. See it for yourself, live and obligation free, to see if it could serve you and your business. We’d be glad to show it to all involved in the operation.

It’s been a few years since we made this video. Today, the numbers are much higher:

We are hiring for another new role in our business, a backend software developer. This new role is part of an evolving project here at Tower Systems, part of our software of the future project.