In retail, effective margin management is crucial to maintaining and increasing profitability. Modern point-of-sale (POS) systems offer powerful tools for margin tracking in the POS, enabling improved POS margins. This article explores how to use the "Pos Margin Sale" module developed by Doodex, available on Odoo App store, to maximize your sales margins with advanced margin calculation features in POS systems.
Why optimizing margins at the point of sale is crucial
Optimizing margins in a POS system is a key strategy to increase profitability with POS. By following a regular POS margin analysis, you can identify underperforming products and adjust your selling prices to maximize profits. The margin reports in POS provided by the "Pos Margin Sale" module allow you to closely monitor margins and make informed decisions to improve the financial performance of your POS.
Key Features of Margin POS Module
Doodex's "Pos Margin Sale" module is designed to offer margin features in POS software that make it easy to proactively manage sales margins. Key features include:
- Setting Minimum Margins: You can set a minimum selling price for each product, ensuring that sales meet margin requirements.
- Automatic Alert: The system sends a notification if a product is sold below the minimum price, helping sales teams make informed decisions.
- Reporting and Tracking: The module allows for real-time margin tracking in the POS, with detailed reports that help understand margin performance over time.
These tools not only improve POS margins, but also improve overall in-store sales management.
Steps for Using the POS Margin Sales Module
1. Determine the desired margin
Start by defining the margin you want to achieve for each product. This step is essential to establish a solid foundation for your POS margin analysis.
2. Set up sales policies
Next, you need to configure the sales policies in the module. This includes defining the actions to be taken when the sale price is below the established minimum price. You can choose to block the transaction or allow it to continue after an alert.
- Go to the settings of the sales module.
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If the sales prices are below the minimum price, the sales order will be blocked.
- Check or uncheck the appropriate options in the Sales Order and POS Order sections.
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If the sale prices are below the minimum price, the POS transaction will be blocked.
3. Apply margin changes by product category
For more efficient management, you can apply margin changes per product category. This feature allows you to group similar products together and apply specific margins to them, making it easier to calculate margins in POS systems.
- Go to the product category configuration.
- Set margins for each category.
- Apply these settings to all products in the relevant category.