Among the best features of POS systems is that it offers remote tracking of the business concerned. It allows the merchant to track and maintain a record of the entire business from anywhere in the world through a device connected to the Internet.

POS systems are used in every industry and business field; in simpler words wherever monetary transactions are involved. However, the most common example of POS can be seen in shopping malls or shops at the cash counter. While checking out, the cashier pulls out a machine and scans the product and the merchant produces an invoice mentioning the sum

Some of the features of a POS system are:Sales monitoring and recordingSales reportingManagement of cross channel returnEmployee and staff managementCreating and availing gift cards and couponsInventory managementBilling and recording of orders made

The most popular POS system for restaurants are: Toast POS, TouchBistro, Upserve, Revel Systems POS, Sapaad, CAKE, POS Nation and Cybersys POS.