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Easy To Use POS Systems For Your Nightclub or Bar

Easy To Use POS Systems For Your Nightclub or Bar. Tour Guide Kenneth Arthurs http://www.wolfendales.com The Seminar Doesn’t Stop Here. About Me Who Cares. Almost 30 Years Experience Dishwasher, Cook, Waiter, Manager, Owner, Computer Programmer Major In College Computer Science

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Easy To Use POS Systems For Your Nightclub or Bar

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  1. Easy To Use POS Systems For Your Nightclub or Bar Tour Guide Kenneth Arthurs http://www.wolfendales.com The Seminar Doesn’t Stop Here

  2. About Me Who Cares • Almost 30 Years Experience • Dishwasher, Cook, Waiter, Manager, Owner, Computer Programmer • Major In College Computer Science • Own Nightclub & A Computer Business • I am The Enemy In The Camp • Good Judgment Comes From Experience … Experience Come From Bad Judgment

  3. How Many Do You Need ? • You must determine first location • Where do you want them • Where do you need them • What you can afford

  4. Don’t Make The Fatal Errors • 1. Don’t install enough 2. Don’t use them after you install them 3. Wall Mart Theory 4. How are you going to pay for the place? 5. Buying the latest & the greatest 6. Don’t be somebody’s guinea pig Computers are like dog years … Every year you have them add 7 years.

  5. Software • What do you want it to do • It should save you time, closing time • PC Base, It should run on any computer • Reports you need • Inventory • Integration with your inventory devices • Can it export data to QuickBooks or Excel • Ask for a demo … No demo walk away • Credit Card Processing, PC Charge $250

  6. Software Features Bells & Whistles • Ask what makes theirs different than anyone else • Gift Card Server • Online Ordering • Biometric • Wireless • Don’t pay for extra features you don’t want or need

  7. Things You Need For Each Register • 1. Monitor $ 400-600 • 2. Tower (CPU) $ 400 • 3. Cash Drawer $ 175 • 4. Printer $ 299 • 5. MSR Swipe for credit & gift card $ 80 • 6. Battery Back Up $ 30 • 7. Keyboard & Mouse • 8. Operating System • 9. POS Software $500

  8. Average Amount Per Station Around $ 1800 Subtract off what you won’t need Cash drawer, Printer, MSR It adds up quick … Quantity x $ = Saving

  9. Break Down of Equipment • Monitor • 2 Kinds 1. LCD takes up less room COST MORE 2. CRT takes up more room COST LESS • 2 Brands 1. Micro Touch 2. ELO

  10. CRT

  11. LCD

  12. All In One $ 2200

  13. Monitors • 2 Affordable Touch Sensors • Elo 1. AccuTouch (Touch Sensitive) 2. Intelli Touch (Heat Sensitive) clearer • Micro Touch 1. Resistive Touch (Touch Sensitive) 2. Capacitive Touch (Heat Sensitive) clearer Are You Using Plastic Gloves?

  14. MonitorsTwo Different Connections • Com Port Make sure you computer has a com port A lot of computers don’t come with a com port • USB

  15. Computer CPU • 40 gig hard Drive • 128 to 256 mb of Ram • 1.0 Ghz Celeron • Celeron are good chip • Buy Complete systems … Sell monitor on EBay • Get on Google or Bizrate • keyword Dell Tower Complete Systems get them as low as $ 440 a piece

  16. Wireless Handhelds • 5 Star service • Dell Axim X51 PDA • Not really user friendly • Getting better with time • About $ 600- $800 • Software cost more

  17. Cash Drawers • Make sure you get the one the is compatible with your printer • Kwick Kable interface • I like MMF • If you buy a Epson make sure your cash drawer can hook up to the Epson printer • Power Supply on printer 12 volt or 24 volt • If you are not using a printer.. Get a com port or USB interface

  18. Printers • 3 Kinds 1. Impact .. Use for Kitchen or Receipt’ Has a ink ribbon, Usually black & red. You can use carbon paper to make 2 copies at once. 2. Thermal .. Use for Receipt...faster Don’t use in kitchen, no ink to replace 3. Ink Jet … Faster, more expensive You can hook the up printer to computer, cat 5, wireless

  19. Additional Equipment • Hub 1. Make sure you get a Fast Ethernet Switch 2. Get a couple of them ... • Server, Use the office computer • or one use of the stations • Kitchen printers or remote printers • Back up … Make it simple, get a thumb drive • Router • Battery Back Up for when power goes off

  20. The Long Haul MAINTENANCE • Tech Support … How Much? • It is like buying a car … How much will repairs cost you and how often does it break • Most money spent is after you purchase you system .. • When can they take your call … are they closed on weekends • Service Call ... Repair or replace equipment • Murphy’s Law … It will go down before lunch, weekends, or when you are the busiest

  21. What Breaks The Most • Monitor – touch sensor, clean them • Towers – overheats, clean fans, keep cool … Shop Vac dust out of vents • Printers – paper jams, grease kitchen, get dropped when cleaning • MSR swipes get gum up from dirty credit cards .. Clean with rubbing alcohol

  22. Quick Tips • Discount if you run the cable • Team up with another business 2Fer • Don’t buy the latest & greatest • Always ask for a demo • Get Quotes a bunch of them • Make sure you have complete access to the back office at all times • Make sure software is PC Base • Remote Access … You can use logmein.com ... Its FREE

  23. CALL ME !

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