Books are not the only products found at a Bookstore. Inventory can range from staples to arts supplies, and much more. ISBN numbers track books while barcodes identify other products. School bookstores tend to also carry gift such as sweaters, hats, and stuffed animals.

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The Bookstore POS System can help you manage all books and search them by ISBN numbers (serial or SKU number). Keeping inventory of the thousands of books in your bookstore is just got a whole lot easier with Sintel Systems bookstore POS system. The comprehensive inventory data files can carry critical characteristic information and history.

Schools need to replenish according to expected student class participation during each session. The bookstore POS system can provide historical data which can better predict the inventory needs in the future. Stop under stocking, stop over stocking, and prevent shrinkage by knowing what you have.

Built in Time Clock Manager helps bookstore owners manage employee payroll. In addition it allows for thorough tracking of employee activity on the bookstore POS terminal. Deduct break and lunch time with accurate time management included free with the retail POS software.

Professional Edition Features:

CCS Professional Retail Edition is intended for bookstores wanting to use the POS for more then just managing transactions.  It includes features such as Loyalty Cards, Gift Cards, Inventory Control, and much more.  See Product matrix for details. This works great with students who can really use the discounts.  Gift Cards are also great because parents can give them to their children knowing they will be spent for its intended use.  Gift Cards Modules typically charge a fee for processing, but this feature is included in our professional POS software.  Inventory Control features allow for periodic reconciliation of inventory.  Create shelf tags and labels for the retail showroom and individual product tags when necessary.

Complete Coffee Shop POS for under $2,000

Enterprise Edition Features:

CCS Enterprise Retail Edition main users are bookstores with coffee shops.  The Enterprise Edition allows for both retail and restaurant versions to run under one database.  The Coffee Shop POS terminal would consists of a touch menu interface whereas the Bookstore POS terminal would have a retail scan interface with touch screen (optional).  The end of the day reports would include both terminals with individual details. Enterprise Customers are custom designed POS system.  Call (888) Sintel-6 to speak to a POS Professional and learn how you can manage your business using Enterprise Solutions.yee payroll all with one system.

Opening on Monday May 18th, 2009, Yogurt With a Twist is the newest and coolest Frozen Yogurt Shop in Southern California.  With frozen yogurt being the new Starbucks Coffee there seems to be one on every major street, except they are all uniquely designed with their own identity, character, and taste.  Since machines make the frozen yogurt, the major difference is in the experience you take from having a cold scoop of frozen yogurt topped with peaches and strawberry syrup.  Although toppings can be a major contributor to retaining customers, the experience is almost as important.

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Yogurt With a Twist’s owner, Samhi Salty, is determined to making a statement in Studio City, California as he puts on the finishing touches getting ready for the grand opening.  Besides the furniture, lights, and music playing in the background customers demand still demand fast service.  After all who wants to wait for the frozen yogurt on a hot sunny day? I know I don’t, and with one frozen yogurt shop on every street it is easy to skip and go to the next one. “All our ingredients especially the fruit is cut fresh daily,” said Mr. Salty. “We take everything serious.  From out staff’s appearance to our stores cleanliness we are dedicated in providing the best experience in frozen yogurt today,” he added.

One factor Yogurt With a Twist expressed to Sintel Systems was the ability to process customers as efficiently as possible.  Mr. Salty understood the importance of keeping the customer happy by providing a smooth transaction process. “This is why we choose the weighted method of charging for our frozen yogurt. Plus the customer knows best what they want with their frozen yogurt, and processing the sale is very important.”

Yogurt With A Twist – Opening May 18, 2009

Sintel Systems offers a Frozen Yogurt Point of Sale System complete with Touch PC, thermal printer, cash drawer, customer display, credit card reader, scale, and software.  Customers simply hand their cups to the cashier, the cup is weight and data is transmitted from the scale to the frozen yogurt point of sale system.  The total is displayed for the customer and payment is collected.  The key is processing the customer the fastest possible. The speed of the transaction is directly related to the happiness level of the customer.

For our Southern California Point of Sale customers  we offer on-site installation and on-site training.  You can also contact me directly at marsel@sintelsystems.com if you are interested in a custom point of sale system setup.  We offer single terminal system, multi terminal systems, and multi store systems.  If you multiple locations with a headquarter, we ca set up up to monitor your location form headquarters.  We offer everything from frozen yogurt point of sale to grocery, produce, meat & deli.  We also offer retail point if sale with inventory control.  Our showroom is located in Glendale, CA on the border of Glendale and Burbank.  We provide service to Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Orange County, New Port Beach, Irvine, and more.  Appointment for demonstrations can be schedules via email or phone at (818)400-6161.

Kiosks are everywhere.  Weather you are walking through the mall or hanging our near the promenade.  They are hard to miss and drawn in customer with everyday useful goods such as cell phone accessories, make up & jewelry, hats, purses, and much more.  The more complex Kiosks equipped with plumbing and gas can be used as coffee shops and hot dog stands.

Kiosks can have different uses around the world but difficulty to manage seems to be one attribute common along carts and kiosks. They are usually placed in walking area with exposure to all sides attracting people as they pass.  Given their size most are covered by one employee, who is in charge of sales, service and overall managerial needs of the day.

Given all the duties the employee is responsible for it leaves no room for loss prevention and security.   The most common cases of theft are omitted by groups of individuals who distract employees while accomplices do the stealing.  Other cases are driven by employees who find it easy to pocket items and sell them on the black market.

So what’s the solution?

I’m sorry to break it to you but there is no easy button for this one.  Shrinkage is actually almost never eliminated.  Given some exceptions such as jewelry, cars, and houses shrinkage is always given an allowance.  Smart companies budget for loss prevention and account for shrinkage. So what is considered acceptable shrinkage?  Depends on what you’re selling, but generally anywhere between 1 to 2 percent is OK.

A major reason in bankruptcies is uncontrollable shrinkage.  This is not because the inventory is not controllable, but rather lack of management tools to control inventory. Point of Sale & Surveillance Systems are two major management tools used to control shrinkage. When used together in combination with some policy, sales and inventory can be controlled, monitored, and adjusted properly.

Theft can occur by customers and employees. Which one hurts the pocket more? Employees can definitely cause more damage then customers can. Customers are limited to a certain degree and usually blocked by access control devised. Employees have access to areas with valuables and can always manipulate the system. Hand written invoices can always be altered and ordinary cash registers can’t explain much either.

A Point of Sale System can control the in flow and out flow of all inventory. All employee activity is tracked including time clock. A Surveillance Security Camera System can monitor all register activities and cover inventory presented to customer in the show areas.

Since inventory is controlled from the time it is order to the time it is re-ordered you always now how you’re doing.  A Surveillance works to confirm what your point of sale system reports are presenting.  If you suspect employees clocking in and out for each other, it is only a matter of time for you to confirm by reviewing security camera footage.  This also makes it necessary for your surveillance system to be of high quality.  You should never cut back quality in order to compensate for price.  It is better to install 4 high quality cameras then 8 low quality cameras in the same area.  You need your surveillance video recording not at the time of install when you pay for it, but rather when you are trying to compile evidence.

Time and time again you witness news channels report of criminal activity sometimes with surveillance video recovered by the authorities.  Have you ever wondered why the video collected is always blurry and people’s faces are always unclear.  The video surveillance world is barley entering the high-resolution color stage and recorders are becoming better and better.

Kiosk Solution

A 4 Camera surveillance system with a 4 Channel H.264 Compression DVR can cover a small kiosk on all four sides.  Accompaied by a Kiosk Point of Sale System that can be Mobile you can mamage all aspects of your business remotly.  Imagine sitting in your office and haveing video and database acess to every kiosk location.  Using Intenet and Network Solutions we are able to give you remote access to all important imformation.  Get real-time reporting on all business activity inclugin instant profit loss reports.