Vision Technology Management

Artisan POS Feature Overview

We sell to and support businesses in Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, Beaufort and from Savannah, GA to Charleston, SC and all communities in between.

Windows Based - Easy to Use - Easy to Read

• Artisan is easy to read with bold screens and larger fonts
• Artisan uses consistant styles and command structures throughout
• Intuitive design makes even complex tasks easy

Contact Us for more information, a Free Demo Disk and/or brochure.

Point of Sale ("Cash Register" screen)

• Easily scan, type, or lookup items by powerful searches - including "partial match" searches.
• Easy to read and understand screens.
• Shortcut Keys and Operations Menu for special functions.
• Work with multiple sales transactions at the same time.
• Track customers and collect payments on balances.
• View customer and product pictures.
• Right from the Cash Register:
  • View Customer History and view/edit/create Customer Records.
  • View/edit/create Inventory Records.
  • Check on the status of outstanding orders and payments.
• Work with various payment types such as Credit, Debit, Gift Certificates, Store Credit, & more.
  • Combine up to 5 payment types per sale.
• Full support for layaways, special orders & custom orders.
• Issue Store Credit to customers for returned merchandise when cash refunds are not desired.
• Recall & reprint completed sales. Recalled sale can be modified or voided (with authorization).
• Price Check feature allows you to lookup prices without starting a sale.
• Discount by Item, Category (department), Vendor, Customer, or manually.
  • Includes quantity breaks and BOGO (Buy some and get some free or at a discount.)
• Handles virtually all sales tax situations in the US and Canada.
• Many other features including "Smart Returns", Customized Receipts w/Logo, Hold Sales.

Print & Scan Bar codes

• Use existing UPC codes, or print your own labels which automatically prints barcodes.
• Supports Portable Data Terminals for Sales, Inventory Counting, Receiving, Purchases & More.
• Customizable printing on labels (tiny to huge), specialty jewelry tags, clothing tags, and more.

Integrated Payment Processing

• Optionally integrated payment processing allows you to authorize credit cards directly.
• Supports PIN pads, Check Processing and many Gift Card Providers.

Register Close-Out & Sales Summary Reports

• Special tools make end of day processing easy and efficient:
  • Cash Counter, Tender Summary, Multiple Shifts, Extensive Reports.
• Export daily sales transactions into other accounting packages such as QuickBooks & Peachtree.
• Monthly or (you specify the date range) reports for sales tax, sales summary & breakdown.
• Merchandising Reports for sales summary or detail. Featuring Turns, Percentages, & others.

Inventory Management

• Track Inventory from end to end with Purchase Requests, Purchase Orders, Receiving & more.
• View the entire history of Stock Changes for any inventory record. Realtime Inventory Counts.
• FIFO, LIFO, and Average Cost for calculating Cost of Goods Sold.
• Associate received inventory with Vendor Invoices (w/shipping costs) and export to Bills Due.
• Define your own multi-level category scheme, with up to 9 levels of sub-category.
• No practical limit on the number of Inventory Records: Items, Categories, Vendors, Mfrs.
• Alphanumeric Item codes, Category codes, Vendor codes, and Manufacturer codes.
• Add or modify inventory records on the fly from any item selection screen.
• Copy or clone existing inventory records for faster data entry.
• Import inventory and customer records from vendors or other sources.
• Fast look up inventory retrieval by Bar Code, Item Code, Description, Category, Vendor, & more.
• Store Product Pictures for use with an online store or for display from the Cash Register.
• Plenty of extra fields such as Multi-line Notes, Pop-ups, Custom Fields, Keywords, & more.
• Automatic Reorder Levels allows you to set the stock level you desire for each item.
• Handles Consignment Inventory and Payout Statements. Send payout to accounting as Bills Due.
• Mark items as Discontinued, Temporarily Unavailable, or Non-Stock.

Optional Advanced Inventory Management

• Track costs and part numbers from Multiple Vendors for the same item.
• Product Variants (a.k.a. Color/Size Grid) lets you easily manage collections of similar items.
• Inventory Kits (collections), Serial Numbers, Rentals, Tracking by Location, and more.

Deluxe Features

• Loyalty Clubs - Create up to 3 "clubs" to reward customer loyalty with coupons/price breaks.
• Employee Time Clock - Keep track of the times that your employees are working.
• Gift Registry - Keep track of Bridal Registry or General Wish Lists. Powerful Gift Due feature.

Customer Tracking & Accounts Receivable

• Track your customer's purchases and send out detailed mailings based on purchase history.
• Quickly look-up purchases to assist your customers with buying decisions.
• Optionally offer In-House Credit Accounts and send out Monthly Statements with Finance Charges.
• Easily check Customer Balances and collect payments combined with sales transactions.

Item Pricing

• Flexible Pricing and Discounts for 1 item or groups of items from the same vendor or category.
• Enter Sale Dates so items automatically go on and off sale on the proper days.
• 6 Price Levels for either a retail/wholesale situation or for special customers & frequent shoppers.

Contact Us for more information, a Free Demo Disk and/or brochure.
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