A user/group, department/site, interface/interface authority, login/login type station/station group hierarchy. This allows for sites, departments within sites, groups within departments, stations and/or users within groups.
	Fully secure mapping of any of the above.
	Station access/login by keyboard code, barcode, magstripe, or smart card.
	Definable areas for station keyboard mapping (different key maps for different areas).
	Definable times for station keyboard mapping (useful for menu changes in restaurant systems).
	Definable areas for message groups/departments/sites.
	Customizable user interfaces (for company logo, etc.).
	Easy to use, non-mouse based interfaces (though you can use a mouse if you desire).
	Easy receipt customizable layout (headers, items, transaction summaries, payment summaries, footers, etc.), as well as endorsement, cheque and slip layouts.
	All printable layouts are stored as XML documents.
	MICR validation/support (E13B, and CMC7).
	Supervisor override at any time on a sales terminal, for functions such as payment authorization, cash adjustments.
	System messaging by user, interface, group, department, site.
	Station requests (request supervisor, request change, request remove gun toting maniac from queue, etc.)
	System persistence in power fail conditions - when the power comes back on, everything is the same as when it went off (new).
	A notification system, which includes: Unknown PLU notification. Station Cash Drawer level notification (too much cash, or running low on change). Wan system synchronization failure (main office failed to synchronize a database). UPS problems (if using network connected uninterruptable power supplies).
	PLU and Play feature - unknown barcodes are automatically put in a temporary cache for subsequent lookups.
	Real time system Management Information System (MIS).
	Real time station snapshot (mode, status, cash in drawer, etc.)
	A web base management information system (for platform independance),
	System Sites/Departments/Groups Users, Employees Stations Inventory/Products Customers Reports
	Remote printer queue on server (multiple sources for kitchen printer redirection).
	Multi-threaded remote print server daemon (for kitchen printing without delay or data loss).
	Signature pad support.

 

And you only need the following to start running your new BananaHead POS system :

For the back office,

	Any roughly coherent Linux distribution (stipulation on next line).
	Linux 2.4.X or better.
	Any SQL compliant database (MySql is recommended, and the only one supported at present).

 

For the EPOS terminals,

	a 386 PC or better (with 16Mb minimum, though 32Mb is recommended).
	A 640 x 480 display or better.
	A hard disk is not required (and preferable for a quiet working environment).

 

For Administration of the system,

A web browser.

 

For Systems Utilities,

The prefered Linux desktop is Gnome.

 

Here's the guff...

 

	Four base levels of station access (user, supervisor, manager, administrator).
	Login to a station/interface by user definable types (password, barcode, magstripe, smart card, etc.).
	Station access, and access to various parts of the BananaPOS software can be defined by user, group, department, and site.
	Transaction swap (to process another transaction).
	Transaction deferral (to store transaction until later time).
	Transaction move (move transaction to another station).
	Transaction Retrieval (for secure returns, repeat receipts, or later processing).
	Charge deferral (ongoing transactions, i.e. open - restaurant like).
	Server side transactions - for wireless open transactions that anyone can pick up, add/edit/delete items from/to and reconcile.
	Roving Menu - A wireless roving pos station, that implements a menu system - for waiterless restaurants.
	Unlimited definable payments types.
	Simple split payment by any of the definable payment types.
	Policy based unknown PLU handling: Price entry. Description/Price Entry. Full Product Entry. All unknown PLUs can then be looked up by other stations until such time that they are added to the main database.
	Full locale support (for currency symbol and position, decimal point symbol, etc.)
	Multi-currency payment (definable by product, station, group, department, or site or any combination).
	Multi-lingual support (loadable language files).
	One touch for other screens: Customers, which includes: Customer Details Customer Product History Customer Call History Customer Intervention History Customer Returns History Invoice entry/recall/edit. Invoice Payment. Product search Order Tracking Goods In/Out (dispatched, or soon to be dispatched)
	MICR for cheque validation, linked to bad cheque database.
	Server based credit card validation - many stations for one CCV merchant account (and consumes only one phone line for dial-up auth).
	One touch printing of cheques, receipts, and slips (invoices) from either current sale, or a stored transaction (repeat receipts, invoices, etc.).
	Policy based transaction authorisation.
	All modes of operations now handled in one screen (sales, retrieval, returns, transaction summary, user summary, cash drawer editing, etc.).

 

	Hierarchical group structure to organize your products in an easy and logical manner.
	Merchandise can belong to one or more logical groups.
	Individual product quantity/quantity types and types of types (i.e. pack of 10, in 3.2 gram packets, with a base priced quantity of 1 gram).
	Unlimited definable quantity types (i.e. kilos, pounds, metres, yards, hectares, chains, etc.).
	Multiple product sale prices (i.e. retail, trase, student, gimmer).
	Definable image reference data (a picture - ideal for remote information termals).
	Unlimited keyword association (for product searching by keywords).
	Individual definable tax rates (different rates for V.A.T., T.V.A., sales tax, etc.).
	Individual product tax linking (i.e. compound tax, tax on tax, etc.).
	Support for all known barcode types.
	Definable PLU types (internal barcoding, EAN-13 type spefic 20-29).
	Support for variable quantity type PLU encoding: Weight encoded Quantity encoded Price Encoded Ephemeral products (PLU exists only until scanned)
	Inventory / Product independent mapping (i.e. a number of inventory items can make a single saleable product, or a collection of products can make a single sale item, etc).
	Product linking (i.e. deposits on returnable items, promotion linking (3 for 2), etc.).
	Individual product base currency (ISO 4217 compliant).
	Product Flagging: Flag Items with authorisation required. Flag Items with a message. Flag Items with and event flag (a flag for a user definable event)
	Layby (or lay away) support.
	In-house short code PLU keyboard input support for un-barcodable items (a single digit will suffice for popular items).

	As with products, all pricing, taxing, sourcing, and grouping is possible.
	A list of supplier contact information can be maintained within BananaPOS.
	Purchase order system tracks internal and external order numbers.
	Multiple buy in price names.
	A “suggest” feature that suggests items to order based on supplier, in stock, on-order, re-order amount and minimum inventory levels.
	Internal cost amounts on inventory are updated automatically.
	Receive orders with a click of a button.
	Partial order receiving, allowing inventory to be updated for incomplete orders.
	Order information can be changed, including adding and removing items, from the time the order was placed to the time all items are received.

 

	Hierarchical group structure to organize your inventory in an easy and logical manner.
	Individual item quantity/quantity types (i.e. pack of 2, in 6 kilo packets).
	Unlimited definable quantity types (i.e. kilos, pounds, metres, yards, hectares, chains, etc.).
	Unlimited suppliers per inventory item (i.e. multi-sourced items).
	Individual definable input tax rates (different rates for VAT, T.V.A., Sales tax, etc.).
	Track in-stock, on-order, on-demand, lead time, and reorder levels.
	Definable tide marks (i.e. hysteresis based ordering based on demand, and reorder level).
	Automated inventory reordering.
	Multi-item purchase tracking (i.e. multiple items that make up an order/product).
	Individual inventory base currency - buying in (ISO 4217 compliant).

 

	Easy tracking of customer orders.
	Easy editing/deleting of existing orders.
	Hysteretic based purchasing tied to orders (i.e. track demand dynamically for future purchase quantities)
	Automated dispatch.
	Tracking of purchasing/order demand.

 

	Unlimited number of customer records.
	Records detailed customer information within BananaPOS if specified.
	Individual customers can have predefined credit limits enforced by the system.
	Customer Flagging, so if a customer with a flag is brought up by the system, the employee will see the customer notes before each sale.

 

	Full employee details storage.
	A employee/station/group/department/site security hierarchy.
	Definable employee actions for logging (i.e. login/out, sale, return, number of transactions, station time, etc.).
	Employee tracking (i.e. where they are).
	Definable mapping from employees to users.
	Employee picture facility.

	System definable base currency.
	Department definable base currency (independent of system, i.e. different departments can have a different currencies).
	Group definable base currency (independent of departments, i.e. different groups can have a different currencies).
	Station definable base currency (independent of groups, i.e. different stations can have a different currencies).
	Product definable base currency (independent of everything, i.e. every product can have a different currency).
	Automatic exchange rate conversion for incoming foreign currency.
	ISO 4217 standard for currencies and locale built in.
	User definable currency support (though the system supports all currencies mentioned in ISO 4217).
	Station/Group/Department/Site definable monetary units - for better cash drawer shortfall prediction.

 

	Flag individual products for promotion, or discounts.
	Flag groups of products for promotion, or discounts.
	Display station hints for users to relay to customer (two for the price of three, etc.).
	Limit promotions by stock, or period.
	Promotion linking for individual, aggregate, or compound promotions (i.e. any possible type of promotion).
	Promotion-Voucher Linking allowing verifiable voucher linked in promotion.

	Quite simply, everything, and anything can be reported, it simply relies on how one phrases the query.
	Previous invoices can be recalled by invoice number, date, or specified customer.
	Periods are definable.
	Previous End of Period reports are stored within BananaPOS and can easily be accessed.
	Invoice transaction logs are available for each end-of-period report.
	Inventory summary and details reports based on stations/groupings/departments/sites.
	One-touch customer-aged accounts receivable listing.
	One-touch supplier-aged accounts payable listing.
	Customer credit limit reporting.
	Reports can be as easy or complicated as the user requires. Such report might include: Order Detail and Summary Reports Customer and Customer Sales Reports Employee Reports Invoice Reports General Inventory Payouts, and Exception Reports End of Period and Cash till reports
	Reports can be exported from BananaPOS for use in a wide variety of other applications.