Serve the customer at the till
Find an item by code, barcode or description, build the sale, apply a discount within the limit set for that user, and print or reprint the document. Returns are processed against the original transaction.
Retail Point of Sale · Zimbabwe
Point of Sale Software
Consolidated POS
One system for the shop counter and the trade counter.
Consolidated POS runs retail tills and wholesale trade counters, the stock behind them, the cash-up at the end of each shift and the reporting on top.
Overview
Start with the way you sell.
Consolidated POS is an end-to-end point of sale system for retail shops and wholesale trade counters. The same system serves a walk-in customer paying at the till and an account customer collecting a bulk order on agreed trade prices. Selling moves stock, so the counter and the stockroom work from one set of figures. Cashiers open and close their own sessions, and each session is counted and reconciled at the end of a shift. Reporting covers sales, stock, cash-ups and customer accounts, and can be read by product, branch, cashier and period.
Who it is for
- Retail shops and chains running more than one till point
- Wholesalers and cash-and-carry businesses serving account customers over a trade counter
- Businesses operating several branches that need one view of sales and stock
Core capabilities
Point of sale requirements
Retail and wholesale on one system
Cash customers and account customers are served from the same tills. Hold trade price lists and bulk price breaks, sell on account within a customer's credit limit, and post receipts against outstanding invoices.
Stock that follows the sale
Selling moves stock, so the figure at the counter and the figure in the stockroom do not drift apart. Receive goods in, transfer between branches, and count and adjust when you need to.
More than one branch or till point
Where you run several branches or tills, each till point records its own sales and sessions, and management can read one branch on its own or all of them together.
Cash up with an audit trail
Each cashier opens a session, trades against it and closes it, declaring the takings so the difference is recorded rather than absorbed. Voids, refunds, discounts and price overrides stay attributed to the user who made them.
How the workflow works
Follow the operational process.
A typical workflow, aligned to the agreed scope and configuration.
- 01
Set up items, prices and tills
Load your items and prices, define retail and trade price lists, and set up branches, till points and what each user is allowed to do.
- 02
Sell at the counter
Serve cash customers and account customers on the same till, with stock and customer balances updated as each sale is completed.
- 03
Close the session
Each cashier closes their session and declares the takings, accounting for any difference before the till is handed over or shut down.
- 04
Review the day
Read sales, stock movement, cash-up differences and customer balances by branch, cashier or period.
Reporting & visibility
Review information for your retail business.
Sales by product, branch and cashier
Units and value sold over any period, broken down by item or department, by branch, and by the person who served.
Stock movement and holdings
Opening and closing quantities with receipts, sales, transfers and adjustments in between, and what is on hand at each branch.
Cash-up and variance
Every till session with its expected and declared takings, the difference between them, and the voids, refunds, discounts and overrides recorded during that session.
Customer accounts and debtor ageing
Balances for account customers with their invoices and receipts, aged by how long they have been outstanding, and each customer's position against their credit limit.
Configuration & connections
Start with your requirements.
Share the number of branches and till points you run, how your retail and wholesale pricing differ, which customers buy on account, and who is allowed to discount, refund or void. Africube confirms how your item and price data is loaded and how users and permissions are set up before you commit to anything. Where you need fiscalised invoices, that runs through your ZIMRA FDMS setup and is scoped separately.
- The number of branches and till points you operate, and the hours each one trades
- Your retail and wholesale pricing: price lists, bulk breaks and which customers buy on account
- Where your items, barcodes and prices are held today, and in what format
- Who serves, who cashes up, and what each of them may discount, refund or void
Useful answers
Before your demonstration.
Can one system handle both retail and wholesale?
Yes. The same tills serve walk-in cash customers and account customers buying on trade prices and credit terms. Bring your pricing for both sides of the business to the demonstration and the setup can be shown against it.
Does it issue fiscal invoices?
Fiscalisation runs through your ZIMRA FDMS setup and is scoped as a separate piece of work. Africube's FDMS integration is built to the ZIMRA FDMS specification, and we assess the connection against your own configuration before proposing it.
Can we see what each cashier sold and took in?
Sales are recorded against the user who served, and each till session closes with a declared figure the system compares against what it expected. Discounts, refunds, voids and overrides stay attributed to the person who made them.
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