In today’s increasingly fast-paced and competitive environment, many liquor store owners are electing to install a pc-based POS system to help them better manage their business.

There are several airtight reasons for such a move. At the top of the list is the fact that a point of sale system addresses liquor store owners’ key concerns: rapid customer throughput, inventory control, and preventing the sale of age-sensitive products to minors. It also offers up a host of other benefits that come from achieving these goals.

Used together, pc-based POS systems, barcode scanners, and “hot keys” for commonly purchased items, allow transactions to be processed 50% faster than with conventional cash registers. This not only increases employee efficiencies in moving shoppers through the checkout line; it creates happier customers who will return to the same liquor store time and time again instead of going somewhere else for what they need.

Moreover, scanning makes checkout more accurate because employees do not have to manually enter prices into the system; the price of every item already “resides” in the point of sale system. The pole display informs customers of the amount they owe, so they are likely to have the cash out quickly, and the age verification bar code scanner reads the bar codes on the back of customers’ driver’s licenses to verify the customer’s age.

As for inventory control, with a complete point of sale system, liquor store owners can better serve their customers—and bolster their bottom line—by having the right product in place, at the right time. Replacing “paper-and-pencil” methods of recording inventory counts and processing deliveries with hand-held devices leads to accurate reporting and inventory-counting efficiencies, while computerized inventory reports facilitate the tracking of trends and seasonal sales patterns. With reports in hand, retailers can identify and order more of the liquor brands and varieties that generate the most profits, and fewer of the products that carry lower profits.

These capabilities, combined with other detailed reporting and customer tracking with loyalty plans, make pcAmerica’s Cash Register Express™ an ideal point of sale solution for liquor stores. For more information, visit www.pcAmerica.com.