Essential Features to Look for in a Supermarket POS System
By Site admin ·
A supermarket stresses a POS more than most businesses: many items, many tills, peak hours and a lot of short-dated stock. These are the features to check.
Fast, reliable scanning
Checkout must handle barcode scanning and multiple barcodes per product, because the same item may arrive with different codes.
Multiple tills with separate shifts
Each till and cashier should have their own shift with expected and counted cash.
Cashier controls
Voids, discounts and price changes should need the right permission or a supervisor. Check that actions are logged.
Weighed goods
Items sold by weight need fractional quantities.
Stock, batches and expiry
You need live stock levels and a way to see items approaching expiry so they can be discounted or returned.
Replenishment
Reorder alerts and purchase orders turn empty shelves into timely orders. Goods received against an order should update stock and payables together.
Returns and supplier returns
Customer returns and returns to suppliers should both be recorded.
Payments and tax
Ask about M-Pesa and KRA eTIMS and what you must set up for them.
Support at trading hours
A supermarket cannot wait days for an answer. Ask about support arrangements.
See how this maps to BluNext POS for supermarkets and the employee permissions that support cashier control.
See it in practice
BluNext POS is built in Kenya by BluChip Solutions. Request a demo or talk to our team about your business.