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Maxspeed996

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Been a minute since I've been on here! I need some help though. Recently I came upon a buisness opportunity where a friend who happens to own a bar , and a gift shop is looking to replace his overpriced tech support people with someone local , and is looking to set up a new system. I need help because this is out of my area of expertise.
I'm familiar with PC's and Networking ....but I don't know where to look when it comes to Point of sale registers , and some type of inventory control , and recordkeeping.
I would like to set up something using scanning equipment , to simplify inventory control and transactions at the gift shop....they are finally using Quickbooks pro so I could export information if I need to....are there any suggestions people could offer as to where to look? PLEASE HELP! AnAndTecher in distress here!
 
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marulee

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I been dealing with some clients of mine before which were similar type of business background. You need to find out how much budget this person can spend on the software and the hardware for this matter. Buying the equipments are not gonna be a concern, but setting up the software on them will cost a lot of efforts and money.
 
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Since he is already using quickbooks pro, you might want to look at quickbooks POS. You can get more info here http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/ac...ale_software.jhtml?lid=site_sub_header.

I have some experience with pc america and I wouldn't recommend it. Even if you pay for the high priced tech support, good luck getting it. They don't return emails and are rude when you call.

With quickbooks POS if you have any questions you can get support when you need it. I have called them a few times and they have been great at answering questions.

I asked about it here a while back and that is what was recommended to me. I was in the process of putting together another system for a convenience store recently and that was what I was going to go with.
Call the sales people with questions you may have, they seem pretty knowledgeable. If you decide to buy separate hardware such as scanners, you cant go wrong with logic controls, They have excellent tech support.
If you have other questions I can try and help, I'm no expert, but do have some experience. You can also google POS hardware and you will get more results than you want to look at.

Like marulee said find out the budget, How many pc's, registers, displays ect you will need. I don't know how much inventory you have to set up, but in a convenience store I set up, they also sold tackle, bait and hunting supplies and it was a lot of info to enter. So Don't cut yourself short on your time. Good luck!

 
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Maxspeed996

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AWESOME !! Thanks Waitman....needed a direction to go and at least some ideas to look toss around. As far as budget goes....we may be looking at anywhere from 5-10 grand to put in new equipment for the "gift shop". My main concerns are twofold.
#1 Not losing the inventory in the event of a hardware switch - we are looking at how the company that is currently taking care of their tech support has backed up the information. I'd would OPTIMALLY like to export it to a new database , and save time for other issues.
#2 Learning more about how to link all of this together with a master pc. This I'm sure could be explained to me more from some experts at logic controls.

and to answer your question about how much inventory I have to worry about...well the current manager that he has working at his "gift store"....it took her a year to input all of the inventory. I'm assuming of course that if we get set up with new hardware, bar-code equipment (scanners , printers) will make this MUCH more time effective.
 
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