Evaluation of Point-of-Sale System at Four Season Greenhouse and Nursery

Running head: POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM
Point-of-sale system
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Executive summary
The following report makes an evaluation of the Information System at Four Season Greenhouse and
Nursery. Further, different answers are chosen from numerous queries that are assessed. Further, the
pros and cons of the latest point-of-scale is demonstrated in the study. Moreover, it also involves the
concept of the core database and so on. Furthermore, various contributions of the innovation are
understood here for undertaking various decisions. This is performed through evaluating various
scopes of telecommunication for the system.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction:......................................................................................................................................3
2. Advantages and disadvantages of the new POS systems:.................................................................3
3. Methods in which POS systems helps in achieving competitive benefits:........................................5
3. Benefits to have centralized database:...............................................................................................5
4. Process through which the POS can facilitate decision making:.......................................................7
5. Recommended options for the telecommunication for the POS system:..........................................8
6. Risks due to POS systems and securing business against various risks:...........................................9
6.1 Security:........................................................................................................................................9
6.2. Privacy:.........................................................................................................................................9
6.3. Confidentiality:...........................................................................................................................10
7. Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................10
8. References:......................................................................................................................................11

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1. Introduction:
The “Four Season Greenhouse and Nursery” at Colorado is a small kind of business. Here, the
garden center has been using manual type of registers to maintain and track the inventory and seek
products that can bring most of the profit.
In this study, an analysis is done on the Information Systems at nurseries. Here, various
answers regarding from different questions are analyzed. Here, the benefits and drawbacks of the
latest Point of System or POS are understood. It also involves the idea of the centralized database and
many more. Here, the contribution of POS to undertake decisions are analyzed with analyzing various
options of telecommunications for the POS system.
2. Advantages and disadvantages of the new POS systems:
Understanding the advantages Discussion
Rise in efficiency It is useful to save the time and then memorize
the prices of products. This is to develop the
user’s confidences.
Stock Management The present POS systems has been helpful for
all the stocks to get scanned within delivery.
This can enter to the digital database.
Accurate reports This includes the best reporting abilities of the
POS. This is to determine the trends in sales
such as seasonal variation under the product
demands.
Employee tracking Through using the determination of codes and