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Point of Sale Fundamentals

Run sales at the counter while stock, customers, and finance stay in sync.

4 lessons 35 min 5-question assessment 70% to pass
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What you’ll learn

  • Explain how POS connects selling to live inventory
  • Ring up a sale and take payment correctly
  • Apply pricing, discounts, and customer links at the till
  • Close a shift and reconcile the day

Course content

4 lessons · 35 min of reading
01
Lesson 1 of 4 Reading 8 min

What POS does in AWRA

Point of Sale is the selling front end of AWRA — the screen a cashier uses to ring up a customer quickly. What makes it powerful is that it is not a standalone till: every sale it records is a real stock issue against inventory and, where relevant, a record against a customer.

That connection is the whole point. The moment an item is sold at the counter, on-hand stock drops, the sale is captured for reporting, and finance gains the context behind the takings. There is no separate "update the system later" step — the act of selling is the act of recording.

Key takeaways

  • POS is the selling front end, tied to live inventory.
  • Each sale is a real stock issue, not a separate entry.
  • Selling and recording happen in one action.
02
Lesson 2 of 4 Practice 9 min

Ringing up a sale and taking payment

A sale is built by adding items to the cart, confirming quantities, taking payment, and issuing a receipt. Payment can be cash, card, or another configured method, and the receipt is the customer’s proof of purchase.

As the cart is completed, stock for each item is decremented immediately. This is why accuracy at the till matters: scanning or selecting the right item keeps both the customer’s receipt and the inventory record correct.

Key takeaways

  • Build the cart, take payment, issue a receipt.
  • Stock decrements as the sale completes.
  • Right item at the till = right receipt and right stock.
03
Lesson 3 of 4 Reading 9 min

Pricing, discounts, and customers

POS reads item prices from the catalogue, so a price set once is applied consistently. Discounts can be applied at the line or sale level, and because they are recorded, leadership can later see how much was given away and why.

Linking a sale to a customer turns an anonymous transaction into history: it supports loyalty, credit, and follow-up, and it lets reporting show who buys what over time.

Key takeaways

  • Prices come from the catalogue for consistency.
  • Discounts are recorded, so giveaways are visible.
  • Linking a customer builds useful sales history.
04
Lesson 4 of 4 Reading 9 min

Closing the shift and reconciling

At the end of a shift or day, the till is closed: the system’s expected takings are compared against the cash and other tender actually counted. Differences are surfaced as a variance to investigate rather than quietly absorbed.

A clean day-close is what lets finance trust the numbers. Because every sale was recorded as it happened, reconciliation is a check, not a reconstruction.

Key takeaways

  • Day-close compares expected takings to counted cash.
  • Variances are surfaced, not hidden.
  • Reconciliation is a quick check because sales were live.

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