CORE POS FAQ

What is different about CORE POS?

CORE POS is a point-of-sale system designed for the Apple Macintosh and OS X.

Features of CORE

There are several key components to the CORE system. The two most important are the point-of-sale, or POS, feature set and the inventory management, or IM, functions.

Point-of-Sale

Our POS interface is meant to ensure accurate and efficient transactions.

• Customizable behavior, including "pause-at-quantity" and sound feedback settings
• Manual or scanner input
• Support for multiple barcode formats including GTIN and UPC/EAN
• Automatic incrementing of multiple-scans of the same item (versus one line per scan)
• Live inventory updates when tendered
• Frequent-buyer discount calculations
• Discounting by item or receipt
• Unlimited customer discount groups, in addition to frequent buyer discounts
• Price overrides, with recorded reason codes
• Accepts unlimited payments per transaction
• Unlimited tender types (cash, check, PO, credit card, store account, etc.)
• Unlimited sales tax groups, for specific geographies or types of customers
• Tax tracked by federal, state, county, city, or other jurisdictions
• Hold receipts (incomplete sales)
• Support for Dymo printers
• Customizable receipts
• Cash drawer reconciliation with opening and closing balance reports
• Database "stress-tested" for up to 100 networked registers (so far!) on a Macintosh G4

Inventory Management

The CORE inventory management system is one of the most comprehensive you will find. Each item in the database can include the following:

• Multiple barcodes including UPC, EAN, GTIN, and internal "store UPC"
• Organize by department, category, group, subgroup, and display location
• Open PLU designations for variable priced items or retail departments
• Seasonal stocking
• Style, color, size, and fabric information
• Size matrix support (includes style, color, fabric and size columns)
• Kits and parts assemblies, allowing one "item" to include others (such as gift baskets)
• Unlimited vendors
• Restrict sales prices to specific date ranges
• Set minimum pricing and non-discountable prices
• Commission rates or amounts
• "Compare at" data for price tags
• XY pricing (such as 2 for $1)
• Pull dates, to avoid missing return deadlines
• Automatically updated during sales and receiving

Purchasing and Receiving

Details coming...

Customer Relations Management

• Up to three unique mailing addresses
• Import / Export from vCard or delimited text files
• Up to three e-mail addresses and a Web page link
• Follow-up indicator, with call back date
• Spouse and children data fields
• Taxable and tax type settings
• Store accounts with support for account holders and linked clients
• Total purchases and year-to-date purchases
• Return tracking, both total and year-to-date
• Customized billing terms
• Customer purchase order tracking
• Discount groups
• Unlimited customer transaction history

CORE Reports

• Daily sales by store, register, or clerk
• Sales by customer or store account
• Sales history for inventory items
• Sales commission by clerk
• Sales tax reports by date range
• Price tags and shelf tags
• Contact phone lists
• Mailing labels
• Clerk activity audit logs
• Custom reports available

Additional Features

• Audit log of all CORE actions with function, user and timestamp data
• Unlimited security groups to restrict users
• Security by group or user type
• Customizable security for most CORE functions
• Easily expanded via "child tables" for new and thirdparty features