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Business owner managing separate agrovet and electronics product catalogues with FortyPOS
August Product Update Keep Every Shop Focused with Branch Product Catalogues

Assign products to the branches that sell them and keep POS searches, stock and reorder alerts relevant to each shop.

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August Product Update Serve Customers Faster with Hold and Resume Sales

Pause an unfinished order, serve another customer, and restore the original cart on web or mobile without losing sale details.

Business owner viewing daily sales report on FortyPOS dashboard
How FortyPOS Helps Small Businesses Track Daily Sales

See how FortyPOS gives business owners clear daily sales visibility, cashier activity, receipts, and performance reports from one dashboard.

Retail shelves and product performance report on POS dashboard
Why Every Retail Shop Needs Product-Wise Sales Reports

Product-wise reports help shops identify fast-moving items, slow-moving stock, profitable products, and buying patterns.

Custom date filter on a business reporting dashboard
How Custom Date Filters Improve Business Reporting

Learn why custom date filters such as today, yesterday, this week, this month, and custom ranges make reports more useful.

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Managing Stock Before It Runs Out: Smarter Inventory Tracking

Smarter inventory tracking helps businesses avoid stockouts, overstocking, and inaccurate product records.

Multiple business branches connected to one POS dashboard
Using FortyPOS to Manage Multiple Business Branches

Multi-branch management gives business owners visibility across different locations, staff, stock, and sales reports.

Business owner assigning staff roles and permissions in POS system
Role-Based Access: Giving Staff the Right Permissions

Role-based access helps owners control what staff can view, create, edit, delete, or report on inside the POS.

Customer and supplier management screen on a POS dashboard
How FortyPOS Makes Customer and Supplier Management Easier

Centralized customer and supplier records help businesses manage balances, purchases, sales history, and communication more easily.

Receipt printer and digital invoice generated from POS system
Why Digital Receipts and Invoices Matter for Modern Businesses

Digital receipts and invoices improve professionalism, record keeping, customer trust, and business accountability.

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Tracking Profit, Loss, and Business Performance with FortyPOS

Sales alone do not tell the full story. Profit, loss, expenses, and product cost tracking help owners understand real performance.

Business owner entering supplier purchase and expenses in POS system
How FortyPOS Helps Businesses Handle Purchases and Expenses

Purchases and expenses affect profit, stock levels, cash flow, and supplier balances. FortyPOS helps organize these daily records.

Staff doing a physical stock count for inventory adjustment
Stock Adjustment: Keeping Inventory Records Accurate

Stock adjustment helps correct inventory records after damages, counting differences, missing items, or manual stock changes.

Calendar showing recurring expenses and income records for business
Recurring Expenses and Income: Automating Regular Business Records

Recurring records help businesses remember regular expenses and income such as rent, subscriptions, salaries, and service charges.

Professional quotation document generated from POS system
Quotations Made Easier with FortyPOS

Quotations help businesses prepare professional price estimates before customers commit to buying.

Business owner checking POS sales reports on a mobile phone
Why Mobile POS Access Matters for Business Owners

Mobile POS access helps owners check sales, stock, products, and reports even when they are away from the shop.

Business owner reviewing stock mistakes and inventory records
Common Stock Mistakes That Cost Businesses Money

Avoid common inventory mistakes such as wrong stock counts, unrecorded purchases, poor product tracking, and ignored low-stock items.

New business owner setting up FortyPOS for the first time
Getting Started with FortyPOS: A Simple Setup Guide for New Businesses

A simple guide for setting up FortyPOS, adding products, creating users, making sales, and reading your first business reports.

Shop attendant managing advanced products with multiple units and refillable stock
Advanced Product Selling in FortyPOS: Amount Sales, Multi Units, Refills and Exchanges

FortyPOS now supports flexible product workflows such as selling by amount, multi-unit products, refillable items, and exchange products.

Business owner reviewing FortyPOS reports audit trails and staff permissions
FortyPOS July Update: Better Reports, Audit Trails, Permissions and Business Controls

Explore the July Update covering improved reports, audit trails, Z-reports, permissions, dashboards, pricing fixes, batch allocation, and business reset tools.

Kenyan business owner reviewing improved sales and business reports
Better Reports for Smarter Business Decisions

FortyPOS July Update introduces improved reports, shared filters, filter-aware exports, and clearer business visibility for owners and managers.

Business manager reviewing staff activity and audit trail records
Introducing Audit Trails in FortyPOS

FortyPOS audit trails help business owners track important actions, staff activity, changes, and accountability across the system.

Shop owner checking product performance and sales reports
New Sales and Product Performance Reports

FortyPOS improved sales and product performance reports help businesses identify fast-moving products, slow-moving stock, cashier activity, and sales trends.

Storekeeper reviewing inventory stock history and product movement
Improved Inventory and Stock History Tracking

FortyPOS stock history improvements help businesses track product movements, purchases, adjustments, batches, and inventory changes more clearly.

Cashier and manager reviewing end of day Z report
Z-Reports for Better End-of-Day Reconciliation

FortyPOS Z-reports help businesses close the day with clearer sales, payment, cashier, and reconciliation summaries.

Business owner assigning staff permissions and access controls
Staff Permissions and Access Control Improvements

FortyPOS permission improvements help businesses control staff access, protect sensitive features, and show better no-permission messages instead of confusing errors.

Wholesale customer buying goods while staff confirms pricing
Wholesale Pricing and Customer Price Fixes

FortyPOS pricing improvements help businesses apply correct retail and wholesale prices depending on the selected customer and selling context.

Business owner reviewing a reset checklist before clearing selected data
Business Data Reset Tools for Fresh Starts

FortyPOS business data reset tools help businesses safely clear selected records when they want to restart their setup, clean test data, or begin fresh.

Store manager reviewing stock counts and making inventory adjustments
Bulk Stock Adjustment in FortyPOS

FortyPOS bulk stock adjustment helps businesses update stock quantities faster across many products, making stock counts, corrections, and inventory cleanup easier.

Business owner reviewing several outstanding invoices with a customer
Selecting Multiple Collect Due Invoices in FortyPOS

FortyPOS now supports selecting multiple collect due invoices, making it easier for businesses to receive payments against several outstanding invoices in one workflow.

Kenyan business owner discussing mobile payment setup with staff
M-Pesa Integration in FortyPOS – KES 3,200

FortyPOS offers M-Pesa integration as an add-on at KES 3,200, helping businesses connect mobile payments more directly into their workflow.

Business owner reviewing compliance setup and invoice records
eTIMS Integration in FortyPOS – KES 5,600

FortyPOS offers eTIMS integration as an add-on at KES 5,600, helping businesses prepare for digital tax compliance workflows.

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