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CAM32 Point of Sale

When it comes to your point of sale workstations (cash registers), CAM offers several different options to fit your unique needs. You can mix and match components such as workstations, receipt printers, customer display posts, cash drawers, and scanners to get the functionality and look you want. For example, you may want a color screen at the point of sale or a 9-inch monitor instead of the standard 15" monitor. We have several standard offerings, but your salesperson can help you select the point of sale options that will best fit your needs.

One of the most unique features of CAM's workstation style cash registers is the ability it gives you to customize your own point of sale screen to meet the needs of your business; you can change the screen layout, headings, and prompts.

This sample screen should give you an idea of the flexibility of CAM's point of sale.

This is the Terminal Invoicing Keyboard definition Screen. This is a list of all keys which may be defined on the register.

Items can be rung up at the point of sale by the item number or manufacturer part number, or scanned using the UPC. The Super Search feature allows you to enter any valid number in the item key field on the Point of Sale screen, and have the system find it regardless of what the number is. This feature also allows you to display other "companion sale" items that you should be attempting to sell to the customer. After selecting the item, the system automatically prices the item, subtracts it from inventory, keeps track of actual gross profit by item, and updates the item's sales history. If an item has been designated to be "on sale" within the current date range, the sale price is automatically charges. There are also several discounting methods, including "cost plus" pricing, which may be especially helpful in preparing a bid or working on a large sale. In-house charge accounts are easily facilitated using the CAM system with the optional Accounts Receivable module. New customers can be added at the point of sale, changes can be made to their address or other information, their credit can be checked, etc. When a sale is made to an in-store charge account, an invoice is printed and the account is automatically billed. Past due accounts can be "cut off" from running up any further balance by the credit manager. If you have items that have to be tracked be serial number, the system's unique Serial Number Control/Unit Control program will automatically (on serialized items only) show you the available serial numbers for the items you are selling as you sell them, and allow you to choose the proper one. The serial number record is then automatically linked to the customer record and maintained in your system for future reference. For retailers who sell a group of items as a package, the CAM system offers both Package Pricing and Kit Pricing. Package pricing allows the clerk to sell several items and assign one "package price." The system automatically figures out the discount given and applies it proportionally to all the items that are part of the package, so that accurate gross margins are maintained for each item. Kit pricing is used when one item is made up of several other items and sold together as a "kit." In essence, this is a pre-set "package sale." When you sell the kit item, the system automatically subtracts all of the other items that make up the kit. For a multi-location business, the CAM system gives you the ability to inquire, from any one of the store's locations, about an item's quantity on hand at any of the other store locations using the Remote Store Balance On Hand Inquiry program. This feature substantially reduces the time required to locate items at other stores, thus enhancing customer service. Gift Registry may be created for any occasion from weddings to baby showers. The Gift Registry Software allows a registry to be shared among multiple locations and in the case of a wedding, looked up by the bride or the grooms last name. Hand held devices(PDT's) may be given to customers which allow them to walk around your store, using the hand held device to create their registry. As items are purchased against the registry it is automatically updated. Contract Pricing allows you to set up special pricing programs by item that are unique to an individual customer.

Ticket Data:

This is the first screen in the custom reporting program for point of sale transactions such as layaways, special orders, rentals, hold tickets (estimates), or back orders. in this screen you define the open transactions (tickets) you would like to see.

Invoice/Pick Tickets

For businesses that have wholesale or mail order functions, the system can generate a Pick Ticket for orders held to be filled. Once the order has been "picked," any items that will not be filled as ordered may be noted against the original order and an invoice automatically generated.

Receipts

The two examples below show receipts that were generated using the 40 column receipt printer option. The oneon the left is for an in-house charge sale and the one on the right is a standard cash sale.

Sales Log Reporting (Customer Purchase History)

The next three screens walk you through the process of creating a report based on customer information and/or past sales history. If you take a moment to look at your choices in the last two screens, you will begin to realize the power of this feature in the many different ways it might apply to your business. You can use this feature to help move overstocked items by identifying those customers who have purchased the item in the past, or target mailings to customers who have purchased a particular vendor's merchandise where you can get CO-OP advertising dollars. The creative ways you can use the sales log feature to benefit your business are virtually limitless.

Step 1 - These are the first options of the Sales Log screens, where we choose if the report is to be displayed or printed, the report format, and the level of detail.

Step 2 - This is the Customer Selection screen, where we choose which customers we want to see based on the choices shown.

Step 3 - This Purchase Selection screen will further define which customers we want to see based on the types of items they have purchased, the inventory categories they have purchased in, specific pricing criteria, or actual invoice criteria.