A Point-of-Sale Platform for the Retail Small and Medium Enterprises

Abstract

The objective of this work wasto provide a web-based point-of-sale system for retail stores, supporting inventory management, promotion, and sales. Its capability wasthe same as that of the system implemented by the mega-entrepreneurs.The system couldreduce operational costs and carriedon a retail business in a systematic manner. The platform wasimplemented based on the information of fresh food and beverage entrepreneurs and electrical appliance stores. The system coveredthe processes of human resource management,cashier control, management, and marketing. The PHP programming language and MySQL database management system wereused to implementthe framework. The framework wasevaluated by two entrepreneurs, who rate the overall assessment result as "good". The platform was practical and couldbe applied to other retail businesses.