Michael A. Thom Insights
POS, inventory and integration answer different questions.
- Point of sale
- Records the sale: items, prices, payment method and staff member.
- Inventory control
- Tracks quantities, locations, adjustments and who changed what.
- Commerce connection
- Moves agreed data between website, checkout and reports, with one source of truth.
- Custom system
- Worth assessing when your rules do not fit available tools.
Do not choose features before naming the record.
Write down what the team must know after a sale, return, delivery, count and shift.
- Product catalogue: names, variants, prices and suppliers.
- Stock movement: receipts, transfers, counts and adjustments.
- Sales and returns: what sold, how it was paid, what was reversed.
- Reporting: the reports the owner actually repeats.
Payments and connectivity belong in the scope conversation.
- Cash, card and digital payment
- Recording a payment method is not verifying it. Compatibility with MMG, a bank or a card terminal must be verified for your account.
- Internet and offline behavior
- Decide what happens when the connection drops. Never assume it from the word “cloud.”
- Hardware and exports
- Test with the devices and printers you actually have.
- Training and handover
- Staff need a short path for shifts, mistakes, returns and reports.
A new POS is not automatically the right answer.
- Keep the current tools when
- Small catalogue, one record owner, manageable volume.
- Connect the current tools when
- Staff copy website orders or stock into another record.
- Assess a focused system when
- Several people share records, or stock moves between locations.
- Scope a custom build when
- Rules, offline needs or integrations exceed what a configured product can safely handle. Separate the first release from later ideas.
Make the first software conversation useful.
- What should POS software handle for a Guyana business?
- Products, prices, sales, returns, payments, users and daily reports, scoped to your hardware and connectivity.
- Can POS or inventory software connect to an existing website?
- Possibly. Verify the platform, permissions and API first. A product name does not prove integration.
- Does MAT Solutions sell a prebuilt POS product?
- MAT Solutions does not sell a fixed POS package. Work starts with your existing workflow.
- How much can custom POS or inventory software cost?
- Custom software work is quoted per project, scoped by products, locations, payments, offline needs and support.