A good knowledge of the information in the Navigation and Advanced Navigation sections and the will assist you greatly in effectively using the many functions implemented in Polygon POS Management which are designed to make the system simple and efficient to use.

Please take time to study it.  The time you take will be repaid many times over.  

The Polygon POS system incorporates several powerful features. These include:

•The recording of sales against a Table Number

•The recording of sales against the name of a staff member

•Automatic recording of sales against stock levels (calculate stock usage)

•Automatic posting of financial transactions resulting from sales

•Ability to print orders (production dockets) in the kitchen and other locations

•Ability to include instructions with orders for food or beverages

•The mapping of tables to reflect the layout of your establishment

•The ability to easily move charges from one table to another

•Merging charges from two different tables

•Displaying unlimited menu items without turning operation into something cumbersome or time consuming

•The ability to split a table account into separate payments for each diner by item or by amount

•The option of PIN based terminal security with full swipe-card support

•The option of both touch-screen desktop terminals and handheld terminals for roaming staff members

•The ability to use the POS Terminals while the Master Terminal is disconnected from the computer on which the POS Management software is located. The Master Terminal retains the information about transactions which can be loaded down to the back of house computer at a later time. You can even locate your back of house computer off-site and download your trading data via an internet connection

•The ability to record staff clock on/off times and produce confirming reports for signature. These shift times can be automatically loaded into the Polygon Payroll module for payroll processing

Additional features for Multi-Location systems

•Separate hardware configuration can be applied for each location

•System settings, features and modules can be activated for each individual location

•Updates to your POS system, and retrieval of sales data can be achieved one location at a time

•Client and management accounts, staff members, PLUs and keypads can be assigned to particular locations

To open Polygon POS Management, double click on the POS Management icon on your desktop , or,

Click on the Polygon POS Management button on the toolbar in Polygon Back Office (This button is at the far right of the toolbar)

For instructions explaining how to configure Polygon POS Management for first use, see section Getting Started with Polygon POS Management.

For instructions explaining day to day use of Polygon POS Management, see section Using Polygon POS Management.