With the release of Salon & Spa 8.6 there are a
number of new features designed to make the program more valuable to
your business and to minimize the effort needed to run the system.
Point of Sale Module
Client statement added to provide your clients
with a statement of all services and purchases made. Any time
period may be selected for the statement.
Staff file can now record the staff's
professional designation and registration numbers. The
information can be printed out on receipts.
The tip tool can be set to display
automatically at the tender stage of each sale by checking the set
automatic tip item in the system menu
Added Insurance as a tender type.
Added the receipt number to client history to
enable quicker lookup of a receipt for the sale.
Updated the context sensitive help system.
Added quick help for use of the point of sale
and inventory manager features.
Scheduler (Appointments) Module
1. Staff activity report
Staff can print out a daily activity report
from the scheduler including client names date, time, services and
purchases as well as tip provided.
2. Confirm, check in, check out
Schedule items when added are set as scheduled
and colored red. The scheduler has the ability to set other
status points for the appointment. Staff time off is now
colored purple.
- Confirmed (blue)
- Checked in (yellow)
- Checked out (green)
Three different methods are provided to set and
reset the status of the appointments.
Using the ticked feature to transfer the
appointment information from the scheduler to the point of sale will
automatically check the client out.
3. Appointment notes
Added the ability to add notes to both client
appointments and to staff time off entries. A note icon will
show on the appointment entry to signify that a note is available.
This is in addition to the earlier new client and client alert
icons.
4. Screen Font
You can now toggle between bold or standard
font on the schedule screen for ease of viewing. The check
menu item is found in the system menu.
5. New client buttons
New Client buttons were added to the
appointment entry tools to speed entering new clients to the system
when entering new appointments.
6. Adjusting staff service durations
Added features in the staff file to enable the
automatic addition of extra time for a service for new staff.
7. Disable appointment overlap
You can enable or disable the ability of the
system to accept overlapping appointments by checking the disable
menu selection in the tools menu. The default setting is to
enable the setting of overlapping appointments.
8. Undefined services
You can now type a service into an appointment
that is not in your defined services in the service inventory.
When the ticket is used to transfer the item you are asked to price
it and it is transferred as an undefined service.
9 Schedule help
Updated the context sensitive help system.
Added quick help for use of the schedule
features.
10 SMS (Text) Messaging
Send text messages, promotions and reminders
direct from Salon & Spa to your client's cell phones.
Look to the new inventory, sales and schedule
quick guides for information on using these new features.