All entrepreneurs want their business to grow, including you, right? But in developing your business you certainly need a strategy. This cannot be done haphazardly. You must have a strong basis for making decisions, namely those based on data. The point is, no matter how small your business is, you should not be careless in determining your business strategy.

Through easy technology (easy to use and obtain), since the beginning Qasir has always encouraged entrepreneurs to have records. Because only by recording can we get reports. Only from the report can we carry out analysis which ultimately produces insight. We can use this insight for anything, according to our needs. For example, to increase sales, to improve efficiency, to develop products, to determine promotional strategies, even to obtain financing.

However, we are aware that there is still a lot of confusion surrounding the use of reports other than to see business visibility (for documentation, knowing whether there is profit or loss, how much profit is, etc.). For this reason, you must read this article completely. So you can use recording for even greater purposes.

Report

Reports are the first step if we want to work with data. Reports come from recording and organizing all transaction and store management activities. To get used to doing analysis, we must often observe reports and try to draw out what "story" we can get from the report. For example, if the average sales for one product is 50 units, you must be able to tell why on certain days sales increase sharply to 300 units.

Apart from internal data, sometimes you also need information or data from outside. Good data should support visuals that are pleasant to look at, and not confusing. If the data is still in the form of boring tables, you can first convert it into graphs or diagrams. However, if you already use the Qasir application, you only need to open the report in the Web App to get all this.

Oh yes, one thing to remember, a good report must be prepared with clear time parameters, in addition to clear visuals. That way, you will get used to consuming information based on data without difficulty.

Analysis

Analysis is the step after the report is created. Analysis is the process of searching through reports and data to begin telling a more complex story. Analysis includes looking for relationships between various data points and seeing how they all influence each other. The search for correlations and causal relationships that exist within the data is the foundation of good analysis. Sometimes we don't have enough data to really do an in-depth analysis. Again, this means we need to collect data from outside the existing data set.

Insights

Insight is the final stage of the data processing process. Insight provides insight and understanding of what needs to be done. Very few entrepreneurs use reports to achieve this process. Because it must be admitted, this process requires more effort. However, if your goal is for your business to grow rapidly, more effort should not be an obstacle. Insight can be born from the accumulation of analysis that you carry out over time. Good insight can give rise to recommendations that are predictive or preventive.

Predictive means giving predictions or forecasts about what will happen. Meanwhile, prevention or prevention is born out of well-recorded and analyzed experience. Preventive prevents you from losses in business. Insights are also very useful for planning marketing budgets.

How to turn reports into insights?

If your business is quite large or you already have staff who can process data, this question probably won't come up. But what if your business is still small and can't afford to pay your own business analyst? Don't be sad. If you have used POS Qasir, you can maximize its functions, not just enough for the tool to help transactions.

Because the Qasir application also provides regular and real-time reports both in mobile form or in dashboard on Web App. From this report, you can start to practice how to carry out analysis and finally get insight from that analysis. If you are still having difficulty, you can also ask the Qasir Team for help via Live Chat in the Help feature, later our Customer Happiness will help with the process.

The More Details the Better

In principle, the more detailed data you can collect, the more accurate the analysis and insights produced will be. For this reason, in every business, you must have at least several reports, namely:

1. Sales Summary: Contains total sales, total discounts that have been given as well as total taxes.

2. Sales Per Product: Includes sales reports by product name, product type, product category.

3. Tax Report: Total tax applied.

4. Customer Reports: All about customer shopping behavior including total visits and total transactions.

5. Employee Reports: The activities or achievements of your employees based on information on total transactions and total sales. Useful if you want to give a bonus or increase your salary.

6. Payment Methods: Total transactions based on payment method, ranging from cash, non-cash, or digital non-cash.

Many people think that to get reports as detailed as this you have to subscribe to a paid POS. No, really! You can get all the reports above for free if you use Qasir's POS system.

Insights from the Sales Type Report

Apart from everything mentioned above, currently Qasir has also launched another new feature that allows you to get even more detailed reports, namely the Sales Type (Order Type) feature. With this feature, you can separate transactions based on the order, namely: dine-in, takeaway, delivery, Go-Jek and Grabfood. This sales type information will also be visible on the receipt sheet. So not only you can see it, but also staff and customers. Meanwhile, you can also get the recap in the form of a dashboard on the Qasir Web App.

To activate this feature you only need to update your Qasir application, because this application is FREEi.e. not paid. Yes, Qasir really likes to provide convenience for those of you who are starting a business. So you can save on operational costs but can still maximize reports so that they can provide insight for the development of your business.

For how to use the Order Type feature, you can see the steps in this article.