Point of Sale (POS)
A powerful, cloud-based Point of Sale solution designed to increase business revenue by addressing the common frustrations of outdated POS systems.
Island Pacific retailers run point of sale in one of two ways. KRISP POS, a partner product, integrates with Island Pacific SmartSuite. Retail Robot, Island Pacific’s cloud platform for independent, growing and multi-store specialty retailers, has point of sale built into it.
Island Pacific itself is a retail Merchandise Management System. It manages the merchandising decisions that determine what is in a store, at what price and in what quantity, and it uses what the point of sale records to manage what happens next.
Where point of sale sits in the Island Pacific stack
A point of sale system works at the moment of purchase. It scans items, takes payment, issues receipts and records the sale.
Island Pacific works either side of that moment. It manages what was bought in, how it was priced, where it was allocated and what needs replenishing, then reads transaction data back so the next buy is informed by what actually sold.
Prices and product data set in Island Pacific flow to the connected point of sale. Sales captured at the point of sale flow back into inventory position and planning. The two systems do different jobs, and retailers run both.
What Island Pacific manages
Merchandise planning, assortment and open-to-buy. Inventory by store, size, colour and SKU. Purchasing and supplier workflows. Retail pricing, promotions and markdowns. Replenishment and allocation. Order management across channels. Merchandise performance reporting.
Island Pacific is built for fashion, apparel, footwear and specialty retailers, from growing brands putting in their first merchandise management system to chains running thousands of stores across several channels.
Which Point of Sale applies to your business?
Retailers running Island Pacific SmartSuite.
KRISP POS integrates with SmartSuite, so sales recorded at the till feed inventory, pricing and merchandise reporting without a separate reconciliation step. KRISP Systems is an Island Pacific partner.
Retailers running Retail Robot.
Point of sale is part of the platform rather than a connected system. It uses the same product, pricing, inventory and customer records as inventory and purchasing, sells from a fixed till or a mobile device, and keeps working when the connection drops, syncing transactions when it returns.
Larger chains.
Retail Robot is built for independent, growing and multi-store specialty retailers. Chains at a larger scale run Island Pacific SmartSuite for merchandise management and merchandise planning, with point of sale supplied alongside it.
Common questions about Island Pacific and Point of Sale
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No. Island Pacific is not a point-of-sale system. It manages the merchandise operations that determine what products are available, at what price, and in what quantities. It integrates with POS systems so that sales transaction data feeds directly into inventory and merchandising decisions.
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Two routes. KRISP POS, a partner product that integrates with Island Pacific SmartSuite. Or the point of sale built into Retail Robot, which uses the same records as the rest of that platform.
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Yes. Point of sale is part of Retail Robot, using the same product, pricing and customer data as inventory and purchasing, and it works offline.
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No. Island Pacific is not an enterprise resource planning system. It does not manage financials, HR, or payroll. It manages retail merchandise operations and integrates with the ERP or finance systems a retailer already uses.
Talk to us about your merchandise operations
One system for planning, buying, inventory and pricing, connected to the point of sale you run at the till.