What is Task-Manager?

Task-Manager is written by a leading supplier in customer centric solutions for the Hospitality, Retail and food service industries in Australian and NZ. By integrating market-leading Point of Sale, Membership/Loyalty/CRM software with fraud prevention security cameras Digital Video Recorder (DVR) systems and Poker Machine loyalty schemes it is one of the most advanced POS solutions available.

Task-Manager is a suite of Software Modules that manages the back office POS functions and links all the Quest Point of Sale Terminals together to create a total POS solution with export options to General Ledger, Creditors and Payroll packages. Task-Manager is supplied by Quest Retail Technology world wide through a network of authorised distributors who have been trained and have the experience to offer customers the highest level of assistance and training. The product is divided up into modules, allowing the purchase of tailor-made packages just right for your requirements without having to pay for things that you may not use. New modules can be added as required if your needs change. Task-Manager is a leader in the Australian / New Zealand Hospitality Industry and is installed in over 17 countries around the world.

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Overview

Task-Manager provides tight control over Inventory Management, Cash Management and Staff Costs. It can help detect problems such as theft and wastage before they get out of hand. You know exactly what your Inventory-on-hand is, up until the last sale, with the real time processing of sales transactions. Even if there is a stocktake in progress. Keep track of staff time and attendance with the clock in and clock out facility and export the information to your rostering or payroll software. The system enables the highlighting of absenteeism, attendances and late arrivals for quick verification.

In a world where competitive pricing has lost much of its lustre, many Venues have turned their focus to customer retention, loyalty and rewards. Using the raft of features available in the Task-Manager Membership & Loyalty/CRM software module that are totally integrated with the Quest POS Terminals, there is no double handling of transactions and it is done with a minimum amount of effort and can return excellent results. You can also increase staff productivity with a loyalty system to reward your employees for high sales performance.

Overall, Task-Manager provides comprehensive management of inventory, membership, loyalty and financial control of the venue. The total system can be centrally managed from one host PC in the back office. While the POS Terminals will run standalone with no central point of failure, some advanced features which draw information from the Host PC can be utilised with all the benefits of an on-line POS system. These include integration with Poker Machine Loyalty Systems and Property Management systems that are provided by the Task-Manager suite of products.

What is Task-Manager written in?

Task-Manager is a true 32 bit application and has been developed in Microsoft VB using the Microsoft Jet Database which is the relational database behind Microsoft Access. This is of critical importance as it ensures that the software program has the inherent stability required for all the current Microsoft Operating Systems including Windows XP. There is no other POS Back-Office software that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access as well as Task-Manager. With a team of industry professionals that have over 10 years in Hospitality POS Software development and feedback from over 2,000 customers world-wide the software has matured to an extremely powerful, reliable, world class application that is easy to use and maintain. The latest release has simplified software menu designs to reduce errors and increase overall staff productivity. You can quickly train a new manager or new operator to get the most out of the software.

The database has been designed to be totally transaction based so that you can produce reports between any date and time range that reveal products sold, costs or inventory used in either detailed or summary format. With the help of wizards that have been built into the software you can automate processes that would normally be very time consuming to do manually. Real-time processing of sales transactions as they occur provides up to the minute reporting capabilities to keep a tight control over staff costs versus sales revenue so that you can properly manage your business with increased efficiency. Although Task-Manager has an extensive range of reports and useful graphs, there may be times when you want to use the data in a spreadsheet format. Simply transfer your reports to Excel and you can work with the data, create custom graphs and print the spreadsheet.

System Features

1. Simple to operate, with easy to understand menus and reports. A single click will open any of the menus or reports without having to step through multiple confusing screens.
2. Uncluttered, professional look makes getting the job done simpler.
3. Data entry is made quick and easy with well organised screens.
4. Continual development and innovation of new features to cater for an ever changing and growing market.
5. Step by step instructions in the on-line help file that is hyperlinked to each software menu for quick access. If you prefer to read a separate manual rather than on-line help, the 400 page User Guide can be printed as required.
6. Over 1,200 installations of the software in the last two years.
7. Fully GST/VAT/TAX complaint for the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ markets.
8. A large number of concise reports with date/time selections means that the information that you need to be in control is constantly at your fingertips.
9. Print all reports to disk in Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF or Microsoft Snapshot format with report date indexing system to easily find old reports on disk. Saves paper and provides permanent records.
10. Import Wizards that allow you to update existing data or add new records with Excel or text files.
11. Export Wizards to Excel and any other Microsoft software packages.
12. General Ledger Interface to the most popular G/L & Creditors software packages on the market as well as a generic General Ledger export to suit other accounting software.
13. Create user profiles for any number of staff members that limit access to specific areas of responsibility and track menu access by individual staff member for security purposes.
14. Hide unused fields in Product and Membership menus to reduce operator error.
15. Hide unused Reports to simplify the menu for fast operation.
16. User names and passwords can be enabled to secure access to sensitive information.
17. Roll up feature to summarise historical transactions while retaining key information in the electronic journal that would allow you to store up to 2-5 years of sales history in a small data file.
18. Create your own Custom Reports that are integrated into the Task-Manager menu. In addition to this, Customers or Resellers can develop their own comprehensive reports in Crystal Report Writer or any version of Microsoft Access.
19. Runs on Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
20. Automatic backups to a zip file or CDR Disk can be set to run daily using the Windows Scheduler.
21. Data file storage of active data up to 1,000MB.
22. Network ready on larger sites with up to 2-15 concurrent users accessing the central data file
23. Fully integrated to the Task-Connect communications software with transparent updating of price changes in Task-Manager going directly to the POS Terminals.
24. Automatic processing of sales data providing up to the minute analysis of the complete operation.
25. Pop-up alert of any sales processing errors to a specific PC on the network for remote management.
26. Ability to report any errors that may occur directly to your supplier via email with attached error logs.

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