The Advantages & Disadvantages of Point of

Sale System

Inventory Control
A point of sale system can be integrated into the inventory control for a company. Once
that integration is in place, the system can automatically generate a purchase order and
reorder items when they start to run low. That automated system can reduce the
amount of work and expense associated with running the business, which can in turn
boost profits and profit margins.

Product Selection
With a point of sale system, managers can run reports that show not only how many of
each item were sold, but which items were the most popular. For instance, a
convenience store manager could run a report showing soda sales for the previous
week and then use that report to determine which flavors accounted for most of the
sales. That information can be quite valuable when the time comes to restock the
shelves or order new supplies. Managers can also use point of sale data to spot
seasonal trends in their merchandise sales and stock their shelves to take advantage of
that demand.