Point
of Sale on Linux is better because it's more reliable.
It's supported
by a world of Free Software contributors. The direct benefits are
that it costs a LOT less and it's more versatile. You can get
involved
with it, make it better and enjoy a 'POS' solution that is second to
none, at any price, from any POS company. In this photo you see nearly
everything you need for a state-of-the-art, Server-Free, Embedded POS
solution. If you want a
POS system that just works, won't cost as much as a new car, and if you
want to be able to freely talk with the people who stand behind it, you
will find all this and more at ViewTouch.
I'm Gene Mosher; I stand behind every
ViewTouch POS display. I
created the first graphic touchscreen POS interface in 1986 and named
it
ViewTouch. The touchscreen interface
almost certainly looks familiar even if you've never actually seen it
before. The 'look and feel' of the
copyrighted ViewTouch POS interface has been copied by virtually
every POS company
throughout the world. Although the ViewTouch interface has become the
global de
facto standard it's unfortunately true that none of the knockoffs of
the ViewTouch POS GUI are as natural, as intuitive or as easy to learn
as ViewTouch is. I'm here to say that, as the
photo shows, any hospitality business in the world can afford the
world's best, the world's 'Original', Point of
Sale.
The
ViewTouch trademark applies to the POS interface and to the
community of POS and Linux experts which I sponsor, a community which
spans the globe.
This community is a network of dedicated professionals who share the
vision and the spirit of innovation that has inspired me since I first
began building restaurants and building information automation systems
nearly forty years ago. These Linux
and POS experts share and are enabled by all of the ViewTouch POS
resources and expertise accumulated across four decades.
They have pledged
their efforts, with mine, to provide you with top notch POS
technology at a price that is readily affordable. You may trust that
the members of the ViewTouch community around the globe understand the
challenges facing hospitality professionals and can offer POS solutions
to meet them.
I proudly introduce
you to ViewTouch Point of Sale. On the following pages you'll begin to find answers to many of your questions about how
POS technology can make your hospitality business easier and more
profitable to operate. Let's begin the tour, then.
Order
Entry and Your Data:
We offer tools to create POS menus with unlimited items, modifiers and
qualifiers (`no', `extra', `light'). You can compose distinct menus and
prices for any meal period: brunch, early bird, cafe and late night.
Remote touchscreen video or remote printing schemes for multiple
kitchens, multiple bars and expediting stations. Open multiple guest
checks at any table. Do 'line item voids' and 'comps'. Do
guest check splits and merges even after accepting payment.
Time
Clock, Labor
Management and Payroll: Employees
can hold multiple jobs at multiple pay rates.
The Time Clock log can be reviewed and edited indefinitely. All logged
hours are summarized in labor group productivity reports which feature
drill down viewing. View summaries of pay period hours and wages,
with regular and overtime earnings.
Built-In,
Easy Menu Authoring:
ViewTouch features integral application authoring; create attractive
menu and table graphics with ease. Authoring features designer themes,
colors, proportional fonts and textures to make your menu and table
layouts truly stunning.
Reports:
Revenue, Productivity,
Item Performance
Analysis:
Report formats in HTML, Postscript or PDF. View or print on any
Internet browser or printer. Analyze any day or period, in real time,
as it happens and at any future time. Every report is available
forever; we NEVER erase ANY old data to make room for new data. We back
up data as part of our service and support package.
ViewTouch includes Touch
'n' View for easy access to reports and
data. It's a quick, easy-to-use, data storage design and report
generator which does away with the need for any third party relational
database (RDBMS) and sequential query language (SQL). It's a versatile,
easy way to obtain meaningful transaction reports without having to
install some third-party's database and learn how to query it. Simply
put, we stand for simplicity, especially when it comes
to understanding the significant implications of all that data
about your organization that we are archiving.
There
are Touch
'n' View
reports for every aspect of your operation -- a revenue report provides
details
of daily transactions shows, shift by shift, food and beverage
class totals, average check/table totals and productivity totals.
Analyze the strength or weakness, success or failure, of every item
on the menu, including modifiers. Evaluate menu item
performance for any day, period, year, even by employee. View
an analysis of menu items alphabetically or by their family
grouping. There are important facts there you need to know.
Table
Graphics and Guest
Check Management: Create
table graphics, manage seating and guest checks. Table waiters and
waitresses can each have personalized table views. Checks are
transferred to other tables. Takeout, delivery and catering schedules
are supported. All checks and payment detail are view able on screen at
any time in the future. An audit trail permanently captures the details
of all check edits, voids and comps. Split checks and merge
checks with ease, either by seat or by menu item. Do reorders with a
single touch. Capture the revenue that should go with all those
upcharges!
Cash
Balancing, Expense
Management, Security
Enterprise
Point of Sale: Balance drawers and banks in just a couple of
moments. Keeps all balancing and over/short details for permanent
reference, and calculates the daily bank deposit. Full listings of non
cash adjustments to sales for any day or period. Employee groups can be
either granted or denied access to any of the sensitive operations,
such as settling or editing checks. You decide which
groups will have which responsibilities, whether at the supervisory or
management level. Manage expenses by logging payouts to your
account ledger.
ViewTouch ensures
that transaction records aren't just files, but that they are archived
into state-of-the-art, enterprise-wide, database replication and
distributed data framework.
Point of Sale Gear: LCD
Touchscreens, Wireless Mobile Tablets, Security Cameras and more:
Use all the latest hardware with Linux POS, of course. High-Rez LCD
touchscreens, fanless processors, wireless
printers and more.
Services,
Prices:
A ViewTouch POS solution will always save a LOT of money compared
to anything remotely equivalent from any of the Windows-based POS
system vendors. Expect the best performance, the best value and the
best price from the original POS company !
