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Table of Contents
Introduction    1
Pros and Cons of new POS system for Greenhouse and Nursery    1
Role of POS system in the development of competitive edge    2
Pros of Centralized Database    2
POS system role in decision making    3
Telecommunication options in front of POS System    4
Risk raise by POS system and potential solutions    5
Conclusion    5
References    8
Introduction
The point of sale system is defined as a place where the customers of an organization perform the payment for services and goods purchased from the belonging company. This paper discloses the efficiency of the new point of sale system in favor of "Greenhouse and Nursery." This paper answers the several important points created to solve the given case of "Blooming with Technology."
Pros and Cons of new POS system for Greenhouse and Nursery
Tsuchimochi (2017) said that a POS system has enough potential to bring positive as well as negative outcomes in favor of the growth of a particular organization. A good point of scale system will prove as an essential tool for both Greenhouse and Nursery to improve their sales transactions as well as profitability. The pros and cons of the new system can understand through the below-mentioned heads:
Pros
· POS system can easily access through the browser. It means that the Greenhouse and Nursery need not invest high amount on purchase of expensive equipment to run business operations (Lam, 2015).
· POS system effectively facilitates customer engagement. It is because through new POS system the organization can utilize look up information and close the sale directly on the shop floor.
Cons
Apart from positive outcomes, it also brings a negative result for the company. These are following:
· POS system requires high connectivity with internet on a regular basis (Ueno, 2015).
· Due to the deployment model, it becomes difficult for both organizations to allow customizations with the new POS system.
Role of POS system in the development of competitive edge
The new POS system will give an opportunity to both Greenhouse and Nursery to establish their competitive edge through the elimination of the manual system working. The new POS system will permit both organizations to track their useful business data from the sales transactions on an immediate basis. As a result, it will become easy for both companies to eliminate the need for tracking sales manually and possible errors (Yu, 2018). Moreover, POS system also facilitates the creation of a sales history. Hence, it will become easy for the organizations to store their relevant data and keep an eye on each business transaction. That's why it can say that POS system will prove right equipment to develop competitive edge within the existing market.
Pros of Centralized Database
Ueno (2016) explained the centralized databases as a system that maintains the data at a particular place and location. The presence of centralized database will bring a lot of benefits for the growth of both Nursery and Greenhouse. The first and foremost advantage of a centralized...