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About QZ Infomatics →Request a demoA till that cannot take payment for twenty minutes does not lose one sale.
It loses the whole queue.
POS software runs the point of sale — scanning items, applying pricing and promotions, taking payment, issuing a VAT-compliant receipt and updating stock in real time. In a retail setting it also handles returns, exchanges, loyalty and end-of-day cash reconciliation, with every transaction posting to your accounts as it happens.
Scope
Barcode scanning, price lookup, promotions and bundle pricing, split payment, returns and exchanges, gift vouchers, held transactions and layaway.
Real-time stock deduction, purchase receiving, inter-store transfers, stock counts, and reorder alerts against minimum levels.
Cash declaration and variance, card settlement reconciliation, and a Z-report that ties to the ledger without anyone re-entering figures.
Sales by product, category, hour, staff member and store, with margin visible rather than calculated later.
UAE specifics
Carrying the mandatory fields. Simplified tax invoices below the threshold, full tax invoices above it, and the ability to issue a full invoice on request at the counter.
Integrated rather than standalone terminals, so the amount is pushed to the machine and the approval comes back to the transaction. Standalone terminals are where keying errors and end-of-day variances come from.
Expected by many customers and required by some landlords and government-adjacent retail.
Non-negotiable. Mall connectivity fails, and a store that stops trading during an outage loses more than the transactions.
Many UAE mall leases require daily sales reporting to the landlord in a specified format, sometimes with a direct feed. Confirm your specific mall's requirement before selecting.
Offline
Good POS software keeps trading during an internet outage by holding transactions locally and syncing when the connection returns.
Ask the vendor to disconnect the terminal during the demo and complete a sale, a return and a card payment. That single test separates the products that handle it fully from the ones that claim to.
Integration
It records what was sold and for how much. Stock and margin are then reconstructed somewhere else, usually the following week.
Each sale deducts stock immediately and posts revenue, VAT and cost of goods sold to the ledger.
Multi-store
Shared across every store, with stock visible across locations and transfers tracked between them.
Store managers see their own performance; head office sees the comparison that matters most — same product, same price, different conversion rate between two stores. That gap is usually staffing or placement.
Changes applied once rather than at each till, which removes the most common source of pricing disputes at the counter.
The boundary
They are genuinely different products, and using the wrong one creates daily friction for staff and unreliable reporting for management.
| Retail POS | Restaurant POS |
|---|---|
| Built around scanning and stock units | Built around tables and covers |
| Returns and exchanges | Modifiers and course timing |
| One transaction, one customer | Split bills, transferred tables |
| Stock deducts by SKU | Stock deducts by recipe ingredient |
| Loyalty on purchase history | Kitchen display routing |
If you run a cafe, restaurant or cloud kitchen, the restaurant management page is the right starting point — this page will not serve you well.
Cost
A terminal or tablet, receipt printer, barcode scanner, cash drawer, and a payment terminal from your acquiring bank. Cloud POS runs on standard hardware, which keeps the upfront cost low.
Subscriptions are usually charged per terminal per month, with hardware bought separately and payment terminal fees set by your bank. Implementation depends on catalogue size and what is being migrated.
One to three weeks per store. Most of the effort is the product catalogue — barcodes, categories, pricing, tax codes and opening stock. Groups configure one store properly, then replicate.
POS FAQs
POS software runs the point of sale: scanning items, applying pricing and promotions, taking payment, issuing a VAT-compliant receipt and updating stock in real time. In a retail setting it also handles returns, exchanges, layaway, loyalty and end-of-day cash reconciliation.
5% VAT handling with compliant tax receipts, integration with UAE payment terminals, Arabic and English receipt printing, multi-store stock visibility, loyalty, and offline mode so trading continues if the internet drops. Mall-based retailers often also need daily sales reporting in the landlord’s required format.
Yes. Each sale deducts stock immediately and posts revenue, VAT and cost of goods sold to the ledger, so stock and margin stay accurate without an end-of-day upload. Purchase receiving, inter-store transfers and stock counts run through the same system.
Yes. Multi-store setups share one item master and price list, with stock visible across locations, transfers tracked between them, and consolidated sales reporting by store, category and hour. Store managers see their own performance while head office sees the whole picture.
A terminal or tablet, receipt printer, barcode scanner, cash drawer, and a payment terminal from your acquiring bank. Cloud POS runs on standard hardware, which keeps upfront cost low. Barcode label printing is worth adding for any retailer that receives unlabelled stock.
Capable POS software keeps trading during an internet outage by holding transactions locally and syncing when the connection returns. This matters more than it sounds: a store that cannot take payment for twenty minutes loses the whole queue, not just one transaction.
Subscriptions are usually charged per terminal per month, with hardware bought separately and payment terminal fees set by your acquiring bank. Implementation cost depends on catalogue size and whether stock data and customer history are being migrated. Odoo POS is a common choice where the business already runs Odoo.
Retail POS is built around scanning, stock units and returns. Restaurant POS is built around tables, courses, modifiers, kitchen routing and split bills. They are genuinely different products, and using the wrong one creates daily friction for staff and unreliable reporting for management.
Talk to a consultant
Book a free 30 minute call with QZ Infomatics in Dubai. You will leave it with a platform recommendation, the reasoning behind it, a realistic timeline and an indicative budget band — before you commit to anything.
