CounterPoint, Synchronics’ point-of-sale and inventory management application, offers countless front- and back-office tools to help retail, wholesale, and mail-order businesses run efficiently and profitably. Synchronics, a developer of business software applications since 1980, released CounterPoint in 1995 to provide businesses with all the tools needed to manage a retail, wholesale, or mail-order environment.
The CounterPoint Base System includes
- Point-of-sale checkout (including touchscreen)
- Inventory management
- Purchasing
- Customer tracking
- Barcode labeling
- Credit card processing
- Color/size tracking for apparel items
- Frequent shopper program
- Gift registry
- Integrated ecommerce support
- Employee timecard clock-in/clock-out functionality
- Intra-/inter-store email
- And many more features
Options build on the Base System and add capabilities such as order processing, serial and lot number tracking, kit processing, rentals processing, open-to-buy reporting, support for wireless handheld units, and other valuable tools. CounterPoint supports multiple currencies. CounterPoint also offers the Basic Accounting Option adding integrated general ledger, accounts payable, and check reconciliation to your system.
Available for NetWare, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000/XP, Unix/Linux, and Citrix, CounterPoint integrates with the following accounting packages:
- Business Works
- Business Works Gold
- Microsoft/Great Plains Dynamics
- Microsoft/Great Plains Small Business Manager
- Microsoft/Great Plains Accounting
- ACCPAC
- ACCPAC Plus
- Peach Tree
- Intuit Quickbooks
- Solomon IV
CounterPoint is distributed through a network of more than 300 Authorized Dealers across the United States and around the world, who provide business solutions that include software, equipment, services, and ongoing support.
CounterPoint Online (CPOnline) is an ecommerce and web-hosting service designed especially for CounterPoint users. Inventory and pricing information from the CounterPoint system are published directly to a CPOnline store. Orders received online are processed and filled through CounterPoint. Inventory stays in sync.
An entry-level CounterPoint system offers a complete solution for a single-store, single register operation. A fully configured CounterPoint system provides a sophisticated, multi-user, multi-store solution with the power to manage, consolidate, and distribute information across many locations.
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