RapidPOS Webinar: NCR Counterpoint Reporting
A recording of the webinar from June 3rd on Rapid POS & NCR Counterpoint Reporting has been posted below! Counterpoint has over 220 reports and we will expand into our favorite reports that can help you better understand and grow your business!
RapidPOS Webinar: Creating and Working with Sales Kits
The webinar topic on Wednesday (May 26, 2020 at Noon Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern) was “Creating and Working with Sales Kits”. You can find the recording below!
RapidPOS Webinar: Working with Promotions in Counterpoint
The video from the webinar that was hosted on Wednesday (May 20, 2020 at Noon Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern) has been posted below: “Rapid: Working with Promotions in Counterpoint”.
RapidPOS Webinar: Doing a Physical Inventory of Top Selling Items
“Rapid: Doing a Physical Inventory of Top Selling Items” See our past and future webinars here: https://rapidgardenpos.com/blog/
RapidPOS Webinar: Reports, Tools, & Tactics for Controlling your Inventory
Rapid Webinar: Reports, Tools, & Tactics for Controlling your Inventory You can see more about categories related posts here… .
Creating a Custom Solution – Lawn and Garden Magazine Feature Article
Learn how one garden center was able to customize its POS service to achieve its individual business goals. It can be a challenge to find the right point-of-sale (POS) service/system to meet the specific needs of your garden center. Ron Vanderhoff, general manager and vice president of Corona del Mar, California-based Roger’s Gardens, a diversified […]
Data: the Past, Present and Future of Your Business’ Success
How top garden centers use technology to increase sales, improve communication and deliver a great customer experience. Deloitte’s 2019 Retail Industry Outlook focuses on navigating disruption in retail. One of the six strategies Deloitte identifies deals with emerging technologies. Their report states: Ultimately, retailers should figure out how to scale these solutions and embed them […]
Are mobile payment systems right for you?
One of the pain points for customers at any retail establishment is waiting in line. It’s also their final impression of your store, so considerations for improving the checkout process are important, and should be factored in as part of the overall experience. For the past several years, mobile point-of-sale systems have been used primarily […]
Landscaping Series: From Quote to Completion – Part 5
Part 5: Managing Billing and Payments In the final post of this blog series, we will discuss billing and payment management for landscape transactions. First, it is a good idea to identify some different ways that a landscape project can be structured: Fixed price amounts can be invoiced and paid on a recurring basis (monthly, […]
Landscaping Series: From Quote to Completion – Part 4
Part 4: Landscape Project Reconciliation In the first three parts of this series, we talked about generating effective quotes, managing your inventory, and scheduling and managing delivery and landscaping services. This post is all about accountability and focuses attention on an aspect of landscaping projects that is often overlooked—reconciliation. Reconciliation of a landscape job or […]
Landscaping Series: From Quote to Completion – Part 3
Part 3: Scheduling and Managing Delivery and Landscaping Services In parts 1 and 2 we discussed generating effective quotes with your POS system and managing your inventory. Now, let’s focus on using your POS system for scheduling and managing delivery of materials, equipment, and services. Delivery scheduling functions are typically completely absent from most POS […]
Landscaping Series: From Quote to Completion – Part 2
Part 2: Unique Inventory Management Challenges for Your Landscape Operations In part 1 we discussed generating effective quotes with your POS system. Now, let’s explore inventory management tactics that will support your landscaping business. Once a Quote, or Proposal, is accepted by a customer, it converts to an Order. At this point, the customer is […]
Landscaping Series: From Quote to Completion – Part 1
Using your POS system to support your landscaping business, starting with quotes and proposals. Independent garden centers come in all shapes and sizes, and many IGCs are expanding into a broad array of products and services to meet their customers’ demands. For many IGCs, landscape design, installation and maintenance are natural areas of expansion. However, […]
Is Your POS System a Help or Hinderance to Profitability?
Managing a profitable garden center is anything but simple. Successful IGCs master figuring out what you can manage and control and what you cannot. There are factors and conditions that most would agree cannot be controlled — the weather, the economy, customer fads and trends. However, there are other things that can be organized, tracked, […]