POS operations guide

How tailoring and alteration shops should use billing software

Tailoring shops need job cards, measurements, delivery dates, trial notes, advances and balances. A normal receipt is not enough for custom work.

Practical workflow

Measurements are part of the job

Customer measurements and garment notes should be linked to the order, not kept only in a notebook.

Delivery date drives priority

Pending work should be visible by promised date and trial date.

Advance and balance must be clear

Custom work often starts with an advance. Staff should know what remains before delivery.

Alterations and stitching differ

Simple alterations, new stitching, embroidery and material sales should be separate categories.

Setup sequence

Create service categories for stitching, alteration, embroidery, repair and material sale.
Record customer measurements and garment notes carefully.
Set trial date and delivery date.
Record advance and balance.
Use job status such as taken, cutting, stitching, trial, ready and delivered.
Review jobs due today and overdue jobs every morning.

Mistakes to avoid

Avoid these during rollout

Using a simple sales bill without job details.
Not recording trial and delivery dates.
Keeping measurements only with one staff member.
Forgetting balance collection.
Not separating material sale from stitching service.

Questions

Can billing software store measurements?

It can store operational notes and measurements when configured properly.

What should be printed on the receipt?

Customer name, service, advance, balance, delivery date and order number.

What reports matter?

Due jobs, overdue jobs, balances, service category sales and staff workload.

Where Posnic fits

Posnic Community Edition is the free open-source local POS for billing, stock, tax setup and daily operations. Posnic Cloud is only needed when a business wants branch sync, managed backups, remote dashboards or connected ordering workflows.

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