Point of sale (POS)
A point of sale is the place and the software where a sale is recorded, the bill is printed and payment is taken.
Point of sale, or POS, means the moment and the place where a customer pays: the counter of a café, the billing desk of a kiryana store, the cash counter of a restaurant. POS software is the program the cashier uses there. It builds the bill, takes payment, prints the receipt and records the sale.
Example
A customer at an Islamabad café orders two cappuccinos at Rs 550 each and one brownie at Rs 450. The cashier taps the items, and the POS shows a total of Rs 1,550. The customer hands over Rs 2,000, and the screen shows change of Rs 450. The sale is saved with the time, the items and the cashier's name.
Why it matters
A cash register only adds numbers. A POS also knows what was sold, so it can reduce stock, show which items sell best, and give the owner a day-end total without anyone adding up slips. It also limits who can give discounts or cancel bills, which matters when the owner is not at the counter.
How software handles it
Restaurants use a POS built for orders, tables and the kitchen. ArfaPOS handles walk-in, takeaway, dine-in and delivery billing, split payments across cash, JazzCash, EasyPaisa and card, and keeps working offline; it also suits retail shops and single counters. Trading businesses use the POS billing in an ERP such as Taajir, where every bill also updates the party ledger and stock.
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