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The Edge Advantage
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Cloud systems sound great at first but they come with hidden and/or ongoing costs and limited functionality. Set aside an hour and we will call at your convenience to guide you through an online demo to reveal the simplicity and power of our program.
EDGE
Edge Salon Spa software is not a cloud-based application. A one-time purchase, Edge is exponentially cheaper and pays for itself in as little as a year vs cloud-based subscriptions.
Purchase in CDN while the exchange rate is favourable
No monthly fees
No downtime because of poor connectivity
Edge has 30+ years of development and is feature-rich. Storing this app in the cloud would mean a loss of features.
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Cloud-based
Edge Salon Spa software is not a cloud-based application. A one-time purchase, Edge is exponentially cheaper and pays for itself in as little as a year vs cloud-based subscriptions.
Costly! Calculate total fees after 1, 2, 3 years
Ongoing monthly fees with strict contracts
Poor internet in your building? Don’t risk a poor Point-of-Sale because you can’t connect
Online Booking
Ultimate Convenience
Clients can book online and employees can check their schedules on any device.
Remote access can be set up to perform any tasks that would normally be performed at the store.
Support
Telephone. Email. Remote Assistance.
Support is provided via telephone, email or remote assistance software.
A demo can be done with a tech to determine your needs via the remote assistance programs. An hour is all that is needed to thoroughly explore the major benefits.
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Software
Edge Management Systems Inc. is celebrating 31 years in the POS (Point Of Sale) industry. We are a strong proponent of the windows environment and have incorporated numerous aspects of the operating system into our program.
For example all reports are generated and printed through the Internet Explorer browser portion of the Windows operating system. As a result we are one of the few developers to have achieved a level 3 (of 4) in the Certified Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN). We utilize a single Microsoft Access Database to store your info. We offer:
- Solid, reliable and feature filled software
- Unsurpassed support
- Innovative updates
- Powerfull Marketing features
Sales
Sales
The EDGE greatly reduces bookkeeping duties, and therefore permits more productive use of time to increase sales revenue. This is achieved in part through the CASH REGISTER function, which provides a computerized point of sale system that replaces the conventional cash register and offers complete control of all business transactions no matter how complex. Inventory information, customer information, employee data and salon performance information is all automatically updated with each transaction. "Cash-ins and cash-outs", multi-employee transactions, refunds, handling various types of discounts, printing of receipts etc. are all very simple operations with this system. Features include:
Automatic or manual Cash In
Password-Activated cash drawer
Set Up transactions for fast checkouts!
One-screen Invoice system with Unlimited Entries
Fast display of clients Purchasing and Service Histories
Discount or Markup any item or service
Split or Multiple Employee entries
Split Payment option
Printed Reciepts on request with user-defined Reciept messages
User-defined Client Types and Payment Types (Handles autodebit machines)
Automatic Provincial/State and GST/HST/Federal Tax calculations
Flexibility to override both GST/Federal and PST/State Tax entries
Balances Federal tax collected against that paid out to calculate refund or payment
Easy Single or Multiple Cash Outs
Process Employee purchases, which can be advanced to payroll
Tracks cash drawer or petty cash Payouts and Taxes
Comprehensive Audit Trail approved by major malls and accounting firms
Multiple means of Gift Certificate handling, allowing partial redemption
Client information can be changed from within the register
Program will not allow charge on accounts if owner sets it up that way
Professional and colour products can be sold to "Chair rental" or "Contract" employees
Appointment section sets up transaction for quick completion
Tracks "Promotional" or giveaway gift certificates
Barcode labels can be scanned in the register
Transactions can be easily edited with security authorization
Transactions can be voided with security access
"Show or Hide" completed, voided or cancelled sales
The list display will show who processed the original sale as well as any employee who may have edited the original after the fact
Process Refunds and Exchanges.
Appointments
Appointments
Another key element of the EDGE SALON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is the Appointments feature. The Edge Appointment is tied directly to the sales feature. As an appointment is setup it is transferred to the sales list view for quick completion. The time to check out a client is greatly decreased.
Quick Entry - The appointment wizard does not allow errors!
Quick Client search
Quick Service search
Book a single client with multiple employees for multiple services in a single screen
All employees - Single day view
Single employee - Single day view
Single Employee - Week view
Book personal time
Online appointments* appear on the screen (once confirmed). No extra typing required
Easily make an "exception" to adjust for an employees extended or reduced hours
Employees can be rearrainged on the grid
Fully automated appointment reminders via email, automated phone calls, text messages
View purchases, services, and formulas histories directly from the appointment screen
Easy to use Drag-and-Drop appointment moving
Appointment lookup feature
Print employee and/or facility schedules
Full support for Double-Booking
Check-Out client directly from appointment Screen
Stat holidays are automatically booked off
Book off holidays simply from a single screen
Online Booking
Online Booking
Edge offers online booking which ties directly into edge's appointment section.
Internet booking is very simple with the Edge program. The concept is to have a link on your current website or one that we can develop for you, that would allow a client to book their own appointments from the comfort of their own home or office without having to physically contact you via phone. For a busy person, this can prove invaluable.
How often have you thought about something you should have done through a normal workday that because of your hectic schedule slipped your mind and when you did think about it the business was closed.
There are numerous benefits to this feature. demonstrates to your clientele that you offer the latest in cutting edge technologies. You offer 24/7/365 appointment availability. You can cut down on phone calls to your front desk thereby cutting front end staff workloads You can cut the cost for the time spent taking appointments
We looked at quite a number of competitors online booking sites available while developing this. The majority of these simply send a for an appointment rather than fully synchronizing the request with your up to the minute data. The Edge online booking will actually create the appointment and the corresponding sale for you.
Inventory
Inventory
The INVENTORY sub-system is a very powerful feature.
It is capable of handling the unique inventory structure of a full service salon. The system can control the flow of service, retail, professional, color, and bulk or refill sale products. It will monitor the flow of items received, transferred for use in the service area or as they are entered as a transaction in the system. The inventory reports eliminate overstocking as well as under-stocking thus permitting more effective use of capital.
Effective inventory management is provided through the following features:
Password accessed
Unlimited number of Items
Quick Item Search by Code or Category (by item, product line or type)
Automatic Update of Product Quantities (retail, refill professional) by the cash register
User-defined Inventory Classifications
Maintains Service, Retail, and Refill Sales, Professional and Color inventory
Comprehensive tracking of Refill Products
Up to five Professional products Modified by a Service
Supplier payables or amounts owing to each supplier
Services can be set up as technical to credit two employees
Up-to-the-minute Inventory Values
Performance reports on inventory movement or items not moving
Controls staff purchases and advances to payroll
Stylist Service Charges reducing commissions for products used
Systemized Purchase Orders on Min / order qty or turnover method
Easy to Receive Inventory to adjust payables
Keep track of orders on Backorder
Retail or service items may be designated Non-Commissioned
Minimum levels and Order Quantities for purchasing
Up to 4 different sizes of refills for each product
Maximum levels can be assigned to each Inventory item
Tracks retail items Used In The Salon
Keeps Average Cost and Retail Cost for true cost analysis
Shows Profit Margins based on average or last cost
Supplier information Up to the minute
Clients
Clients
The EDGE system is designed to control and organize valuable client files for more consistent service and protection from tampering and theft. These are just some of the many features:
Client breakdown by Lifestyle
Client breakdown by Advertising
Client breakdown by Status
Client, Callback,Condensed, email and birthday lists
Service Information Forms with client service/Retail history
Program checks for duplicates when entering a new client
Tracks year to date total spending on retail
Tracks year to date total spending on services
Tracks advertising effectiveness
Program allows copying of previous Color or Perm records
Client input form to gather all the clients information
Individual Credit limits for each client
Individual record purging capabilities
Client deletion on a criterion is available
Capture client pictures from a scanner or digital camera
Client loyalty / VIP / Membership pricing
Customisable Edge will allow you to customize the client information displayed to your employees in 5 different customized setups. The picture below shows a list customized with this feature
Password protected
Extensive personal information
Client searching by: First name, Last name, Home/Business/Cell phone numbers, Membership number, Based on selected criteria
Easy to access extensive Service records
Perm, Color, Esthetics and Misc service records
Records Retail Purchases
Marketing
Marketing
The most powerful tool available to the salon of the future!
The ability to target and reach the clients of your choice adds the personal touch that this service industry needs and benafits most from. This feature is an invaluable customer retention tool and can be used to advise clients of new promotions, services, visit reminders, birthday greetings, reward referrals etc.
A word processor is included to type up your letters (No Extra Purchases)
Personalized letters and Mailing Labels
Virtually unlimited combinations of lists or mailings using these Criteria (options):
Employee
Age
Sex
Last Visit
First Visit
Last Perm
Last Color
Last Esthetics
Last Purchases
Lifestyle Code
# of Referrals
City
Ytd Service Spending
Ytd Retail Spending
Postal/Zip Code
Status (User Defined)
Birthday
Birth Month
Birth Year
Store Anniversary
First Name
Last Name
Source (Advertising)
Recall Period
This option would allow you to target specific groups such as:
- All female clients who are homemakers who have not had a color
- All clients who had given you 3 referrals
- All clients who have had a perm in the last month
- All clients with a birthday this month
- All clients who have not returned to the salon in 6 months
- All clients in a specific mailing area
- All new clients in the past 2 months
- All new clients who have been generated because of a specific advertising method
- All clients who have spent more than $300 on retail this year
- All clients assigned to a specific stylist
These are only a few examples, the options available are only limited by your imagination.
The criteria's set up can also be used to delete clients or bring up only the selected clients when reviewing client files .
Employees
Employees
Another key element of the EDGE SALON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is the EMPLOYEE Sub-system function that is essentially an employee performance evaluator.
The System will provide up-to-the-minute employee performance reports monitoring the performance of employees by type of service rendered and retail products sold. Employees' strengths and weakness are easily highlighted and appropriate action can be taken to remedy problem areas.
This is an excellent feature for goal setting and a very good tool for rewarding special achievements and performances. It has the potential for lowering staff turnover thus retaining good hairstylists. Effective employee analysis is provided through the following features:
Extensive Performance reports on Retail and Service
Track sales contests
Analyze employees performance in % or $ for the major service categories
Analyze the employees performance compared to the salon totals
Track the retail lines and sizes being sold by an individual
Gauge the employees client retention and Daily averages
Goal Setting
Gauge average Service and Retail dollars per client
Payroll
Payroll
Most salons/spas incur well over half of their operating costs in employee compensation.
This major expenditure must be controlled and evaluated on a regular basis.The System has the capability of calculating complex payroll structures for employees whether they are salaried, hourly paid, on straight commission or any of the other different pay scales available. These include some of the most innovative approaches used in the industry today.
Payroll information on Retail, Service or Technical Commissions
14 Service pay scales
5 Retail pay scales
2 Technical pay scales
Service Charges or product cost deductions to employees. Using this feature ensures that you are paying commissions on labor for chemical services in the same way you pay for labor for a service where the employer does not have to provide expensive supplies
Technical sales can be credited to two employees
Maintains employees year to date figures
Generates all the Receiver General information
Allows for 3 User Defined after Tax Deductions such as dental plans, education funds etc.
RRSP contributions or union dues can be administered through payroll
Allows for apprentice/ assistant charges or Chair Rental Employees
Staff purchases which have not been paid for, are automatically deducted from the employees paycheque
Time clock portion of the program tracks hourly employees
Email paystubs to your employees
Specific client types such as a walk in retail client can be made non- commissionable
Salons can give advances in between pay periods which will be deducted from the employees next pay cheque
Includes a function to reverse a payroll record, if a mistake has been made
Duplicate Pay stubs can be printed
Employee can be setup with a guaranteed hourly wage or commission (whichever is higher)
Vacation balance is maintained with a detail report available
Vacation pay can be retained or paid out with each cheque
Statutory holiday pay is tracked
Individual setup of Employers UIC factor if you have a health plan that includes disability
Will handle Child support, alimony or garnishees
Personal adjustment on annual deductions by Revenue Canada can be administered
Additional Tax elections for an individual can be set up
Definable pay periods for each employee, one can be weekly while another monthly.
Produces T4's and T4 Summary at year end
Built in Tax Tables , UIC and CPP calculations
E-File t4 and t4 summary directly to the government
Reports
Reports and Graphs
Reports
This is probably what separates the men from the boys, or the ladies from the girls!!! You can buy all sorts of programs that will track sales or client info. Our MAJOR strength is in our data capture and reporting capabilities
There are 72 BASIC report formats. With the options to produce these for a single employee or a group of employees or to fine tune reports to a single line, there are almost 600 report options available. There is not ONE other salon program on the market that can come close, let alone try and match this.
The ability to analyze the salon's performance and react quickly to trends is critical to a successful business.
The SALES analysis function provides reports which enables better insight into the overall performance of salon operations. Reports that review service and retail sales trends, advertising effectiveness and sales and service performance of employees are a few keystrokes. This feature is extremely useful for long range planning. The System will also generate detailed sales and cost analyses which are required to arrive at a true profit picture.
Overall features include:
- All reports need Password Access
- All reports can be Displayed, Printed, or Exported
- Reports are available for any period specified
You want a "management system" not a cash register!
Now, we provide the info, you must find the time to absorb it and adapt your operation to benefit from all this information.
Graphs
This component of edge allows you to produce various reports in a bar graph or pie chart format. Since most individuals in the salon/spa industry are visually inclined it is sometimes easier to present the information in a graph format rather than a report with a lot of numbers.
Accounting
Testimonials
Tradition
Count on Edge
We are Canada's oldest suppliers of software solutions for the Beauty, Spa, Salon, Massage or Retail Industries. Designed for use in North America, UK and Australia.
Support
Success
In our 31st year of providing POS (point of sale) software systems, which handle every aspect of a successfully managed business!
Partners
Our hardware and software are backed by some of the most trusted companies in the business. We’ve hand-picked partners to help deliver the highest quality experience in payment processing, web hosting, and SMS gateways.
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