Retail POS & Operations

POS customization and integration

Retailers often need their POS to do something the standard product does not: a store-specific workflow, a new data export, or a connection to another business system. The aim is to add that behaviour in a way that stays maintainable through future updates.

• Extensions and customizations to existing point-of-sale software.
• Integration with accounting, inventory, reporting, and head-office systems.
• Data exports and imports designed around how the receiving system actually works.
• Modernization of older POS components and their integrations.

Multi-terminal and multi-operator architecture

Busy stores run several terminals and operators at once, with shifts, sessions, and cash drawers that must reconcile at the end of the day. Getting the structure right early prevents a class of problems that are hard to fix later.

• Design for multiple terminals, operators, sessions, and cash drawers.
• Session and drawer reconciliation workflows.
• Behaviour when connectivity between store and head office is interrupted.

Taxation, language, payment, and accounting requirements

Operating across regions brings requirements for tax handling, multilingual interfaces, payment interfaces, and accounting exports. TurnipSoftware Inc. helps define these requirements clearly and designs the software to accommodate them.

• Requirements analysis for tax rules and receipt content.
• Multilingual operation of POS and supporting applications.
• Interfaces between the POS and payment services.
• Accounting exports matched to the receiving finance system.

Payment and fiscal certification is carried out with the relevant payment providers and authorities. The work described here covers requirements, design, and integration, and its scope is agreed for each project.

Store and head-office operations software

Much of what keeps a store running happens outside the POS. Purpose-built applications can replace spreadsheets, paper forms, and repeated data entry with structured information that head office can act on.

• Workforce scheduling applications.
• Store surveys and operational data collection.
• Price-checking applications for store staff.
• Reporting that brings store data together for head office.

Store ordering and distribution

Ordering connects each store to the distribution operation behind it. Clear ordering workflows and dependable data exchange help the right stock reach the right place.

• Store ordering applications and workflows.
• Data exchange between stores and distribution operations.
• Visibility into orders that fail to transfer or process.