Ways in which businesses have taken payments and kept track of their financial records have vastly changed over the years. With all the advances in modern technology, business owners today have so many more helpful options than even 10 years ago.

Restaurants are labor-intensive environments, and the busiest restaurants may be fully staffed with dozens of employees or more during peak dining periods. Everything from chopping vegetables to serving patrons requires some level of personal attention from staff members, and the overhead associated with labor can be tremendous. As a conscientious restaurant owner or manager, you may constantly be looking for ways to reduce overhead by streamlining certain functions, and you understandably may have an eye of automating certain processes to decrease the amount of labor that is required for certain activities. One option to consider is to invest in a POS system for your restaurant.

A point of sale system is generally designed to facilitate the sales process with your consumers, and on the surface, they appear to be nothing more than an advanced cash register of sorts. There are general systems available, but many are customized for specific industries, such as for retail or restaurant businesses. Like a cash register, they do allow sales to be rung up, receipts to be printed out, and payment to be received. However, today's systems can also do so much more. In fact, with how useful the latest POS system models available are, you may find that these are systems that you simply must have in your business today if you want to boost efficiency and streamline your operations.

Efficiency is vital in a busy restaurant as it can affect your overhead as well as your ability to serve your customers in the best way possible. One of the best steps you can take today to improve the functionality and efficiency of your restaurant's operations is to invest in an updated point of sale system. These are special systems that are designed to facilitate the sales process, and some POS system models are designed specifically for restaurant use. Restaurants often have specialized checkout needs that you will not find in retail stores and other venues, so the specialization of a system is important. You can find the best selection of these systems designed specifically for use in restaurants through Business Software.

The IRS has recently mandated changes to the way restaurants treat auto gratuity. For payroll purposes auto gratuity must be treated as a service charge. This means they must be tracked separately and are no longer considered eligible for a social security deduction. As a result of these changes we have introduced a number of changes to the way the BPA software tracks and reports gratuity and auto gratuity.

It’s a new year which means it’s the perfect time to consider running your own payroll in BPA! The BPA Business System allows you to take full control of your own payroll processing. Move hours directly from the time clock, calculate taxes, and print checks directly from BPA.

Menu Item Groups is a great new feature that adds further flexibility and customization to your menu. Menu items can be grouped together under one menu button allowing further organization and easier accessibility....

The Holidays are Coming! Don't wait! Get ready for the holiday season now with special offers on Gift Cards for use with your BPA Restaurant Professional, Hotel Management and Touchscreen POS software....

Business Software Solutions is pleased to announce the introduction of our new tableside POS solution, BPA RapidServer for Android. RapidServer integrates seamlessly with BPA Restaurant Professional and BPA Restaurant Delivery software to bring you better customer service, more accurate ordering, and increased server efficiency....

In an effort to better serve our retail customers, we have recently released an update to the manual for our retail Touch POS software. If you are a current Touch POS customer or simply looking for an affordable retail POS solution, please take a moment to look over this manual....