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Are You Ready?
As with any business investment, the expenditure must be justified by a measurable return on investment. Your decision to purchase a computer system to manage your inventory, services, and point-of-sale transactions must be cost justified. This page gives you a quick overview of some of the areas of your business in which PowerLab can have a significant impact on bottom line performance. You can also use the interactive R.O.I. Calculator to help you determine how much you might actually save by automating your lab with PowerLab.These bullets illustrate some of the areas in which PowerLab provides a proven return on your investment.
- Single Screen access at the point of sale.
No menus, no decisions. Rapid, easy order entry.
- Simple to train sales associates.
Cut training expense and costly errors.
- Excellent order tracking.
Dramatically cut lost labor time looking for orders. Inform customers instantly where their orders are, and when they are due.
- Locate finished orders instantly. Scan customers' bar-coded receipt or find them by their last name.
The system retrieves the customer's order automatically. Saves labor and increases customer service and satisfaction.
- Track orders on screen in seconds
Displays date and time orders were dropped off, work started, work finished, when orders are due, and when they were picked up -- all on one screen.
- Locate finished orders instantly. Scan customers' bar-coded receipt or find them by their last name.
The system retrieves the customer's order automatically. Saves labor and increases customer service and satisfaction.
- System security
Prevent shrinkage, track unusual transactions. Exceptions reported daily.
- Merchandising/Marketing Features
Add directly to your bottom line performance with- Promotional messages
- Specific customer messages - order requirements, likes and dislikes
- Produce target mailings for promotions and mailers
- Promotional messages
- Detailed customer pricing
Unlimited pricing groups. Customers' orders are always priced correctly. Eliminate pricing questions and errors at point-of-sale and at billing.
- Account Linking.
Link individuals to a company for pricing and billing purposes.
- Advanced payments
Collect and account for advanced payments on unusual or large customer orders. Improves cash flow, cuts losses for special orders that are not claimed.
- Complete inventory control
Track inventory levels, receiving routine, reorder reports based on minimum levels in stock, by vendor, inventory value reports.
- Critical reporting information.
Cut management time because PowerLab provides reports that have been designed by some of the most successful retailers in photo processing.
You could experience an annual savings of up to 10% or more by automating with PowerLab. If your store does $250,000 per year, invested $5,000 in a POS system and saved $25,000 annually, that's an extra 20K for your bottom line! Where's the 10% savings? It breaks down into a 1 - 2 % savings in each of the following areas:
- Inventory Accuracy
- Reduced Shrinkage
- Sales Price Accuracy
- Inventory Flow & Movement
- Financial & Statistical Reports
- Customer Billing & Statements
- Customer Database Marketing
- Cashier Accountability
