Using Salon Software to Manage your Products

What portion of your salon or spa business is product sales? Your answer should be something like, "significant" or you are missing a lot.

Chances are you *are* focused on the retail side so let's not dwell on that. What's next is how to manage it.

You're reading this because you have an interest in spa and salon software and technology like Enlight. Whichever salon or spa software system you're looking at, be sure it includes product management.

The right system should include everything from ordering to sales.

Here's sort of a shopping list for salon product management:
1. Barcode scanning. Be sure the system comes with a scanner and that it can read UPC Barcodes on products. Be sure the system can generate SKU numbers and corresponding barcodes; and they can be printed and applied.
2. Easy data entry. How about entering the various data, like brand, sizes, category, etc. only one time and being able to select them when you enter a new product instead of typing them over and over? How about product cloning? ... good for different sizes of the same product.
3. Low inventory alerts? Will your salon POS system let you know when you need to order?
4. Easy Purchase Orders. Your spa and salon software should be able to create and send POs to your vendors through email. Fax is so yesterday!
5. Salon Use. Manage both retail use and shop use for product that you consume in the shop, including who used it and notes.
6. Bulk Product Management. Do you buy by the case and want to break them down? How? What about by the gallon? No reason your salon software shouldn't handle that.
7. Salon Retail Sales. Scanning at checkout is a given. What about product with no barcode? If you don't want to print and apply labels, is there a good Product Search feature. How fast is it when you are busy?
8. Price Adjustments. How flexible is checkout price when you're slammed? You should be able to adjust pricing by:
- Promotion - trackable with reporting.
- Discount - on the spot.
- Override - for whatever reason just because (with manager approval).
9. Product Bundles. Can you bundle a shampoo and conditioner as its own product? Or any other combo.
10. Salon Sales Staff Credit. Can you give credit and commission to the staff member who sold each item, on a line by line basis?
11. Divvy Up the Sale. Can the products go to "house" vs. staff, e.g. in salon renter shops does the service of a renter go to their own merchant account, but products stay with house (if that's how you want it)?
12. Reports. Sales by Product by Staff. Profitability. Inventory. and more ... be sure the system you are looking has good reporting.
13. Time-Expiry Sale. You should be able to put a product on sale and the system should know when it ends.

Well, that's a lot to take in, and may be not all of it. The good news is, you can bookmark this post and refer to it if you need it.

Your salon software technology should work for you. Be sure what you invest in for your business, does more than what it should, but, does what it CAN! Now for the shameless plug ... check out Enlight and compare.

All the best.

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Feature of Beauty mGenious

Features Overview




Clients

Record each client’s treatment history, purchase history, address, phone numbers, total spent, discounts, last visit, birthday, Anniversaries, balance, pre-paid services, loyalty Points and many more easy-to-use features.

Products

Track inventory, supplier payments and ordering. View statistics and see what products are the most profitable.

Services and Pre-Paid Packages
Track Service pricing, packages and category with unique pricing for each employee. Specify a setup, process and finish time for each service. Tracks pre-paid services.



Appointments and Employee Scheduling
Schedule appointments for services in an easy-to-use graphical appointment book. View multiple or single days.

Inventory and Purchase Order Creation
Automatically update inventory count. Includes automatic re-order notification with pop-up remainders and order tracking system.

Pictures
Store and print an unlimited number of pictures of your clients taken with a digital or web camera. Easily import and print photos.

Quotes and Invoices
Create and email quotes and invoices to customers

Barcode and Labeling
Scan existing barcodes on your products easily print new barcodes and price tables

E-Mailing and Text Messaging
Automatically e-mail and text message appointment remainders to your clients

Networking
Multiple computer and multiple store location networking is available

Tips
Record Tips given as cash and on Credit Cards. Withhold and settle time

Reports
Over 200 built In reports such as sales totals, inventory and clients. You can even create your own reports.

Payroll
Run Payroll and view a complete set of Payroll reports each employee can have different deductions and commission rates.

Mailings
Create automatic mailing lists and label to print or export to a spreadsheet

Password Protection
Each Employee can have his or her own password or ID card

General Ledger
Reconcile your bank account, make supplier and utility payments, update stock counts when shipments arrive. Optionally, export to Excel

Time Clock
Allow employees to clock in and out. Payroll Calculations can be based on time clock entries

Backup
Easily create backups on removable storage media (USB drives, CDs flash Drives etc)

Basics of Beauty mGenious

About Beauty mGenious (Complete Software for Beauty Parlor and Salons)
Created by professionals in the industry, it has all the features to organize and streamline your business. With its unsurpassed ease of use and top notch customer Support, It is the best software available.

Fast and Easy to use
Beauty mGenious software is the simplest and most straight forward business management package available. Every feature has been extensively refined for quick, easy, and efficient use

Expandable
Beauty mGenious software includes the ability to track virtually unlimited employees, clients, appointments, services, products, sales transactions, gift cards and certificates. Other features, such a Payroll, credit card Processing, can be added as your business grows.

Standard Format
Beauty mGenious software uses the most reliable database system available, Microsoft SQL Server, which is highly compatible with other applications.

Outstanding Support
We have a live support staff available to assist you. Additionally, we provide phone and web-based training and a complete set of Instructional Videos

100% Made and Supported in the INDIA
Beauty mGenious software is developed and supported in the India As a result, our development and support teams work directly with each other to create teams work directly with each other to create the very best product.