The O'Brien's Lighting website is dependant for it's functionality on a class leading EPoS system by Intelligent Retail. This EPoS system allows full control of the website stock and also downloads all sales from the website and takes these from the active stock tree in the EPoS system.
So what is an EPoS system? Well EPoS stands for Electronic Point of Sale, which means it's an electronic till which can be used in retail premises, however modern multichannel EPoS systems can do far more than take sales through the shop till... and the Intelligent Retail EPoS system is more advanced and fully featured than most!
As the Intelligent Retail Connect EPoS system is fully 'multichannel', it offers seamless integration into an ecommerce website, Ebay, Google Products and soon Amazon. Because the Intelligent Retail Connect EPos system offers full integration, it's a cinch to put products into the website, Ebay and any other supported channels... infact this is all done by the very familiar 'drag and drop' method, which means putting new products on sale is very easy and efficient once these products are set up in the stock control system.
On this note, the Intelligent Retail Connect EPoS system has an integral stock control system which means that whenever a sale is made, wherever it is made from, the stock in the stock tree is decremented automatically. This both saves time and completely negates any possible errors, so you never get into a situation where you are overselling the stock you have and you never have to disappoint a customer!
Because the Connect EPoS software system is completely integrated with both stock control and has ties in to SAGE and other accounting packages, stock reports and end of year accounting becomes a breeze...infact just this aspect of the Connect EPoS system means so much saved time it's hard to think why all EPoS systems don't have this feature!
The principles of touch screen EPoS Systems and till software can be found at tillsoftware.com, a site supplied by Intelligent Retail to explain the principles involved in this complex area.
Another site of interest would be the Multichannel website at www.multichannel.co.uk. This is another Intelligent Retail website which gives the principles and benefits of multichannel EPoS Systems.
If you have a requirement for an EPoS system then you can contact Intelligent Retail on 0845 6800 126 or contact enquiries@intelligentretail.co.uk