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 CounterPoint
provides integrated, four-level menu access to all capabilities,
and embedded password and function security for each authorized
user. The following are base system features:
Inventory
Inventory is designed to help you maintain optimum
inventory levels, control costs, and track merchandise turns. It
provides the tools you need to minimize inventory investment and
out-of-stock conditions, and maximize profitability.
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Cash Register
Point of Sale provides fully integrated "cash
register" functions on computer workstations, and compatibility
with peripherals, such as cash drawers, barcode scanners, etc. Point
of Sale provides a full complement of management controls and reports
to help your business operate Purchasing Purchasing offers a powerful
and efficient method to control purchases and receivings, and to
handle returns to vendors (RTV's).
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Customers
The Customers application tracks each customer,
along with a "profile," and shows sales activity, either
in monthly summary or complete detail. Grids/Apparel Grids/Apparel
provides retail softgoods features. Inventory items (styles) can
be stocked in a grid of multiple colors and sizes (or widths and
lengths, etc.).
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E-commerce
The CounterPoint Base System includes ecommerce
support for CounterPoint Online, a Synchronics web-hosting service
that provides you with an online storefront to sell your CounterPoint
inventory. (Click here for more information about CPOnline.)
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Labels
Print labels for on-hand inventory, or automatically
as part of purchasing or receiving. Print mailing labels for customers
who purchased certain products during a time period. Define your
own label layouts, and even print barcodes.
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Credit Cards
CounterPoint includes built-in credit card processing
(EDC) under the Synchronics Merchant Program and check authorization
with Equifax and Telecheck. Just swipe the customer's credit card
through a magnetic stripe reader, and the charge is automatically
authorized at point-of-sale and electronically settled to your bank,
no more re-typing charges into a separate card terminal.
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Sales History
Sales History allows you to retain, view, and report
complete detail for every sale you make. Or, look at summaries and
cross-analyses. Display four-color graphs of monthly history, even
redefine them to look the way you want.
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Timecards
Timecards offers an integrated approach to recording
employee clock-in's/clock-out's and time worked, streamlining point-of-sale
to payroll processing.
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Accounting Interface
Sure, CounterPoint does a great job helping you
manage your inventory, purchasing, customers, and sales. But that's
not all. CounterPoint also collects all the information needed to
automatically update your financial statements and your payables.
You don't waste time re-entering this information, and possibly
introducing human errors.
CounterPoint is compatible with accounting software
from Great Plains, Sage / State Of The Art, RealWorld, Macola, Red
Wing, Solomon, Intuit, and others. Click
here to see the complete list of accounting software that has been
tested with CounterPoint.
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Email
CounterPoint Email is an easy-to-learn application
for sending electronic mail messages to other CounterPoint users,
or groups of users. If you have multiple stores, you can send email
from site to site.
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Loyalty Program
CounterPoint's loyalty program allows you to reward
customers for their business and promote customer good will by showing
your customers that you value their business. Loyalty programs are
also often referred to as "frequent buyer" programs.
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Gift Registries
CounterPoint's gift registry system will help you
provide complete customer gift shopping services for all types of
events and occasions, including weddings, baby showers, housewarmings,
and more.
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File Utilities
CounterPoint File Utilities ensures the integrity
of your data files, and allows you to export information into text
files for use by third-party products.
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Environments
CounterPoint is available as single-user and multi-user
versions, and operates in a single-site or multi-store environment.
CounterPoint is hardware-independent and takes an open architecture
approach to ensure compatibility with a variety of computer platforms
and point-of-sale peripheral devices. CounterPoint functions well
in a wide variety of operating environments, including Windows NT/2000,
Windows 95/98, networks (NetWare & Windows NT), Unix, and Linux.
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