Point of Sale Administration

The Point of Sale Administration tab allows administrators and assigned managers to easily edit POS settings. These settings options include setting Invoice Sources, Shipping Methods, Delivery Types, Tax Types, Discount Reasons, Discount Structures, and more. To access the POS Administration tab, go to the Wrench in the top right -> Point of Sale -> select the necessary tab option.

Point of Sale Administration

Invoices Sources

Invoice Sources are the origins of your Sale Order such as Walk-in, Phone, Service, and Purchase Order. You can Edit Invoice Sources by: 

  1. Clicking the top right Wrench -> Point of Sale -> Invoice Sources
  2. Once on the Edit Invoice Sources, click Edit, which is far right of the Invoice Source Line
  3. Invoice Sources can be added by clicking the + Icon in the top right, and then typing the Invoice Source in the text box before clicking Save

Edit Invoice Sources

Shipping Methods

Shipping Methods include all freight types or other ways ordered items get to customers. Examples of Shipping Methods include UPS, FedEx, ground freight, air freight, Stock, and Will Call. Important columns in the Shipping Methods table includes short and long name, Shipping percentages, Min. and Max., Shipping Clerk, Ship-out, and Ship-in. Any disclaimers can be accessed by clicking the three dots in the far right. To edit Shipping Methods,

  1. Click Edit, which is far right of the Invoice Source Line
  2. Insert the appropriate Short Name and Long Name, Fees, and other information before clicking Save
  3. Shipping Methods can be added by clicking the [picture of icon] in the top right, and then inserting all appropriate information before clicking Save

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Delivery Types

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Tax Types

Tax Types are the different kinds of taxes applied to certain transactions. These types may include State Sales Tax, County, Local, or other. To change these Tax Types:

  1. Click the Edit, New, or Delete in the far left Column
  2. Enter the appropriate Tax Type name, Description, Rate, Cap and other information
  3. If the Default is turned to Yes, than these Tax Types will autopopulate for all Sale Orders created for the locations listed for that tax type
    • Does not apply to customers who are categorized as Tax Exempted
    • Exemption status will display next to the Edit Tax Rules when the two-pan tax icon [picture of icon] is clicked on the POS for Tax Exempted customers

Edit Tax Types

Discount Reasons

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Discount Structures

Discount Structures are automatic customer discounts and allow for default discounts to be set on a per customer basis. Users can Edit, Add, or Delete discount structures from this page by clicking the appropriate button. Once Edit or Add is clicked, a pop-up page will prompt ID, Name, Alias, Description and other structure information. Click Save and the changes will be updated on the table.

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Edit Discount Structures

New Customer Reasons

Discount Reasons are the reasons behind the creation of a customer. Whether the customer is a walk-in rental, walk-in parts, or called the store, the Discount Reasons are edited here. Once Edit or Add is clicked, a text box will prompt the Reason, and then click Save to record the Reason to the customer dashboard. But I couldn’t find it in the dashboard??

Customer Reasons

Edit Salesperson Relationship Types

Customer-Salesperson Relationship Types are the different relationships that the customer has with the dealership. You can edit these relationships by clicking the + icon, as well as the Edit and Delete buttons.

Invoice Payment Types

Invoice Payment Types are the different types of payments which customers and users can choose during check out. These not only, but do include Debit, Credit, Check, Cash, Account etc…  These can be edited are added to by clicking the Edit, Delete or + buttons. To include Invoice Payment Types in the Other tab when adding Payment to a Sales Order, edit the Payment Types and click the Other check box. To see if the Invoice Payment Type is an Item Reference, Groups Transactions, or is Auto Approved, click the three dots in the far right. 

Edit Invoice Payment Types

Activity Tab

The Activity tab, which opens when the hotkey A is pressed on the Point Of Sale, gives users access to Notes, SMS, and Audit Logs.

Activity Tab

Creating Notes

Once in the Activity tab, use the text box provided to write notes and then click Add Note to create. Notes appear in the space below with the most recent first. Notes are editable by clicking the pencil right of each note. 

Create Notes

How to create SMS

To create an SMS, click the SMS tab at the top of the Activity tab, and use the tab down menu to select the desired contact. To create a new contact, click Add New Contact and enter the name, as well as their phone number, along with any message before clicking Send SMS.

SMS from Activity Tab

How to access Audit Logs

To access, click the Audit Logs button at the top of the Activity tab. The logs page for the invoice will populate in a new page and will include the users, messages and timestamps of all actions made in the sale order. Users include the Flyntlok System as well as each person altering the sales order. Messages will include created, changes, processes, calculations, invoice information, quantities, and more. These log entries are ordered most recent timestamp to latest.    

Audit Logs

Customer Tab Overview

The blue Customer tab allows users to enter the necessary Customer, Contact, and Machine information associated with the Sales Order. When a user creates a Sales Order, the initial tab opened is the Customer (4) tab.  The Customer tab opens automatically when the hotkey 4 is pressed on the POS. The remaining information on the Customer tab includes changing the Source of the Sales Order, Type, Salesperson, Location, and Consignment type. These features appear underneath the Customer, Contact, and Machine drop-down menus of the Customer tab.

How to add a Customer to the Sales Order

Users can add a customer to the Sales Order by following these steps:

  1. Look up the customer using the drop-down menu. Look-up options include customer name, phone number, email, or Customer ID Number
  2. Select by clicking on the desired customer’s name
    • Notice the title of the blue customer tab changes to the chosen customer’s name
    • If set, the default contact for the customer will be automatically assigned

Add a Customer to the Sales Order

How to add a Contact to the Sales Order

Users can add a contact to the Sales Order by following these steps:

  1. Look up contact using the drop-down menu
    • Look-up options include a contact name, phone number, or email
    • New Contacts requires customer email or phone number
  2. Select by clicking on the desired contact’s name

How to associate a Machine to the Sales Order

  1. Look up the machine using the drop-down menu
    • Look-up options include Machine ID Number, Make, Model, Description, Serial Number 
  2. Select by clicking on the desired machine’s name
    • Additional machines with similar customer information may appear
    • Associating a machine to a Sales Order helps Flyntlok associate common parts to machine models, and in internal documents such as Cost of Sale, Cost of Rent, and Capitalization tells Flyntlok which machine to associate the costs to

How to view Customer and Machine dashboards

Users can click the View button underneath the Customer and Machine dropdown menus to access their coinciding dashboards. These dashboards will automatically open in a new tab.

Customer dashboards give a detailed report of customer information such as customer ID, contact, company, deposit, payment, rental, recent sale orders information, and much more.

Machine dashboards give a detailed report of machine information such as machine ID, physical location, description, work order, sale order, recent notes, finance information, and much more.

 

How to edit Customer, Contact, and Machine information

Located next to the View button, the Edit button allows users to edit customer, contact, and machine information in their coinciding dashboards.

How to locate commonly bought parts by customer and machine

The Common button, located below the Customer and Machine drop-down menus, can be used to view commonly purchased parts by customer and machine.  Once selected, either the Customer Common Parts or the Machine Common Parts pop-up menus appear where users can scroll and add desired parts to the Sales Order by clicking the + button in the left column. Added part items will propagate in the line items of the Sales Order.

 

How to add new Customers, Contacts, and Machines

The Add button, located below the Customer, Contact, and Machine drop-down menus, can be used to add new customers, contacts, and machines quickly from your POS. After clicking the Add button, the Quick Create Customer, Add Contact, or Quick Create Machine pop-up menus appear where you can fill in the required information and press the Create button to finish the add new process.  The Quick Create Customer and Quick Create Machine menus have an Advanced option that directs the user to the Manage Customer and Manage Machine menus in a new tab.  These menus offer more detailed customer and machine information options.

How to change the Source of Sales Order

In the blue Customer tab of the POS, click the Source tab down menu and select to change the source of the customer affiliated with the sales order. The source provides an origin of the customer and default options in the Source tab down menu include Walk in, Phone, Service, and Purchase Order. 

How to change the Type of Sales Order

Click the Type tab-down menu and select the desired type to change the type of sales order. The type helps Flyntlok classify this sales order.  You can also set up your sales order ID’s to contain a prefix / suffix that contains the type designation. 

How to change the Salesperson of the Sales Order

Click the Salesperson tab-down menu and select the salesperson being credited for the Sales Order

How to change the Location of the Sales Order

Click the Location tab-down menu and select the desired location of where the Sales Order took place to change to the correct location. You can also set up your Sales Order ID’s to contain a prefix / suffix that contains the location designation. The default location is whichever location your user is assigned to.

 

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