POINT OF SALE PRODUCT COMPARISON MATRIX

FEATURE	AREL	Advance Retail	Microsoft	MYOB	TDC	Control (CrComp)
Basic sales functions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Laybys, lay aways	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quotes	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Customers special orders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Price schemes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Highlight items on sale	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Repairs	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Services	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Serialised items	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Memberships, customer accounts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multiple tenders	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multiple units of measure	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Multiple price lists	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No
Multiple language support	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Gift vouchers, customer credit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
See stock in other stores	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	Yes
Inter store transfers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	X?	Yes
People traffic counter	Yes	?	?	No	?	No
Time & attendance	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No
Password-based security	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
In-built stocktake	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	X	Yes
Stock adjustments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Internal email	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
In-built web-based support	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Training mode	Yes	?	No	No	?	No
Salesperson budgets/performance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
Store budgets	Yes	?	No	No	?	?
Backoffice incl. in cost	Yes	?	No	No	No	?
Key indicators page	Yes	?	?	No	?	No
Product matrix support	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	X	?
Multiple tax rules	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Date-based price changes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
Purchase orders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Location-based stock control	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Merchandise planning add-on	UC	3P	No	No	No	No
Integrated reports	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Adjustable criteria in reports	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
General ledger support	Yes	Yes	No	No	X	Yes
Inbuilt accounting system	No	No	No	No	X	Yes
"Bad Barcode" management	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Communications method	S&F	?	P?	P	P	P
Data import/export support	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
Product BOM	UC	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
In store surveys	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Pricing	Low	?	Low/Mid	Low/Mid	?	?

KEY	DESCRIPTION
X	Extra charge
P	Requires Polling
UC	Under construction
S&F	Store & Forward
3P	Third Party

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