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Possible today with an extension point or a manifest

Part 2 of 4 · 16. What is possible, what is not, and the limits

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The customer asks Verdict Door
An account customer's purchase order number, an insured patient's policy number or a contractor's project required at Pay, and nothing asked of other customers Ready, with limits (8) Check before payment
After a sale the customer gets our message asking how the visit was, taps an answer, and we see the answers by store Ready, with limits (5) Desk action
An answer for the cashier during the sale: a message, or a seal number, a reference or a warranty card number added to the sale Ready, with limits (3) Till key
The approver must give a reason when rejecting a purchase order, and it is kept on the document Ready, with limits (4) Desk action
A beep and a yes-or-no question when the cashier scans an item we flagged Ready, with limits (2) Capture on an event
Block a recalled batch at every till and store at once, find its stock and the customers it reached, dispose of it with the regulator's visit recorded, and refuse short-dated deliveries Ready, with limits (6) Desk action
A button on a record that rechecks stock in our ERP or assigns a pick route Ready, with limits (1) Desk action
Change the limits and who is told in one settings page, not in each rule Ready, with limits (3) Event feed
Check a limit (an item's maximum discount, say) against the ceiling only when someone sets or changes it, not on every edit of the record Ready, with limits (3) Event feed
Check a product's warranty at the till Ready, with limits (3) Till key
Click and collect — the store sees which web orders to pick and which customers are coming to collect Ready, with limits (7) Manifest
A code must follow our pattern Ready, with limits (1) Save rules
A coloured row in the Desk product list for the products on promotion Ready, with limits (4) Manifest
Contact lenses and prescription spectacle lenses are sold only to a customer whose eye prescription is on file and still valid Ready, with limits (5) Check before payment
A coupon for Supplements should cover every supplement, Protein and Vitamins included Ready, with limits (5) Event feed
A coupon only a new customer may use, or only customers of one group Ready, with limits (6) Check before payment
A coupon or a loyalty points balance pays no more than part of the sale Ready, with limits (1) Check before payment
A customer's shopping history or trend on the till: recent visits, the store, who served and the discount on each Ready, with limits (5) Partner page
Customers spend their cash back, store credit or loyalty points balance at the till Ready, with limits (2) Wallet
Delivery-platform customers paying only by the platform's method, no on-account for a cash customer, a method only from a minimum sale, and methods that may not be combined Ready, with limits (6) Check before payment
A discount above a set limit needs a manager's approval Ready, with limits (2) Check before payment
Donated goods taken in with the donor's details, by kind and condition, and a donor receipt given at intake Ready, with limits (3) Manifest
Each consignor's share of the pieces sold, worked out from the till and Desk sales, returns taken off, and each sale paid once Ready, with limits (4) Desk action
Each repair, test and spare part kept against the unit's serial number, from intake to hand-over, with the unit's whole service history in one place Ready, with limits (4) Manifest
Every new customer must give a phone number or an e-mail Ready, with limits (2) Field rules
Extra fields on a purchase order and its lines, a goods receipt, a stock transfer, an expense or the till close Ready, with limits (1) Manifest
A field filled in from other fields when the record is saved Ready, with limits (3) Save rules
A field must be filled when another field holds a value Ready, with limits (2) Save rules
Fields cannot be changed once the document is approved Ready, with limits (1) Save rules
Find what a customer bought before by typing their phone number Ready, with limits (3) Partner page
A garment's alteration or made-to-measure order taken at the counter, with its fitting, due date and hand-over Ready, with limits (2) Manifest
Insurance co-payment: the insurer pays part of a prescription and the customer the rest Ready, with limits (5) Payer
Keep each customer's prescriptions in iVendNext Ready, with limits (2) Manifest
Keep our own records, such as a warranty register, in iVendNext with their own screens and print formats Ready, with limits (2) Manifest
Keep the controlled-drug register the law asks for (or the liquor, tobacco or duty-free register) Ready, with limits (8) Register books
A layout of its own for each of a few distributors' invoices Ready, with limits (5) Manifest
A liquor store's excise return figures, volume and pure alcohol per duty class, per store and period, from its own stock, kept as filed Ready, with limits (3) Desk action
The list of stock counts showing the quantity, the difference and the stock value Ready, with limits (5) Manifest
Loyalty points redeemed only on a sale of at least a set amount; a payment method offered only from an amount Ready, with limits (8) Check before payment
A manager must approve a sale over a set amount Ready, with limits (2) Check before payment
Mark down perishable stock automatically as its expiry date nears, by our own steps, so it sells before we throw it away Ready, with limits (11) Desk action
A member rate that multiplies with a promotion, taken after it Ready, with limits (5) Sandboxed function
The member reads out a code we text them before their loyalty balance, credit or account can be used at the till Ready, with limits (6) Capture on an event
Merge several stock counts into one Ready, with limits (5) Desk action
No line at a placeholder price such as 0.01 Ready, with limits (1) Check before payment
No more than 50 of one item on a line Ready, with limits (1) Check before payment
No more than a set number of lines on one sale Ready, with limits (1) Check before payment
No more than so many manager discount approvals per store per day Ready, with limits (5) Save rules
A notification a number of days before a date on a retailer's own record, such as a batch's expiry Ready, with limits (5) Manifest
One builder's job kept as a project, with its quotes, orders, deliveries in stages and invoices named to it and listed together Ready, with limits (3) Manifest
One coupon for each so much spent; a coupon only on a sale above a minimum Ready, with limits (6) Check before payment
One entry for every 200 spent during the campaign, then a fair draw of the winners Ready, with limits (8) Desk action
A one-time code sent to the customer before a new customer is made at the till Ready, with limits (2) Capture on an event
Only the pharmacist may see a patient's ID number, and only the manager may change a supplier's bank details Ready, with limits (5) Manifest
Only the receiving store receives a transfer; only a supervisor cancels it Ready, with limits (4) Save rules
Optical lab orders tracked in iVendNext and sent to the lab Ready, with limits (2) Manifest
Our address, tax number and returns policy on the receipt Ready Receipt settings
Our airport stores sell only to passengers with today's boarding pass, and only up to each passenger's allowance Ready, with limits (9) Check before payment
Our app gets its own queue of what changed, with business labels Ready, with limits (1) Event feed
Our call centre takes orders by phone; each order should go to the store that serves the customer's district Ready, with limits (7) Desk action
Our kitchen screen shows each station what the tills sent, the cooks tap a dish started, ready and bumped, and a board tells the guests whose order is ready Ready, with limits (8) Station ticket
Our own screen, a pop-up or a new step on the till, in your design; a delivery partner's screen opened from a key Ready, with limits (5) Partner page
Our reservations app seats a table and opens its order; guests order from a QR menu or a kiosk onto that order, and the till takes the payment Ready, with limits (7) Open check
Our tills must show the cashier the customer's minimum age on alcohol, tobacco and vapes, and never let one be paid without an ID check Ready, with limits (9) Capture on an event
A partner's voucher or PIN made when the sale is paid and printed on the receipt Ready, with limits (5) Fulfil at sale
A prescription number is required before a prescription item is paid for Ready, with limits (5) Check before payment
A price list as a document with a photo for each item Ready, with limits (4) Manifest
Print shelf labels from the till Ready, with limits (3) Label layout
A purchase order blocked by data our ERP holds; a goods receipt checked against the supplier's terms Ready, with limits (5) Document check
A QR code on each table that opens the menu on the guest's phone, a self-order kiosk at the counter, and the orders on the till for staff to send and take payment Ready, with limits (4) Open check
A question or a check when the cashier picks an existing customer for the sale Ready, with limits (6) Capture on an event
A question when the quantity of a line changes, before Pay Ready, with limits (5) Capture on an event
Read a pharmacy pack's 2D code at the scan, and refuse an expired pack Ready, with limits (2) Scan source
A receipt with our logo, tax number and address, a line per VAT rate, in a second language Ready, with limits (5) Manifest
Refuse a batch whose remaining shelf life is below our minimum, unless a named role accepts it Ready, with limits (4) Save rules
A restaurant's bookings and walk-ins kept by the host, a table never booked twice, a text when a table is ready, and seating that opens the table's order on the till Ready, with limits (3) Open check
A rule that depends on which terminal the sale is on, beyond its POS profile Ready, with limits (4) Check before payment
A sale paid by card refunded to the card, never in cash; a return without its receipt only to store credit Ready, with limits (6) Check before payment
The same item or code may not appear twice in one document Ready, with limits (1) Save rules
Scan a unit's own barcode or a handset's tag, and refuse a unit already sold Ready, with limits (3) Scan source
See what sold, who sold it and when in the day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) across stores Ready, with limits (2) Manifest
Sell a dish at the till and have its ingredients (the bun, the patty, the coffee beans, the milk) come off the kitchen's stock by its recipe, without counting each one by hand Ready, with limits (4) Desk action
Sell mobile plans from our telecom company with the phone: show the plans and prices, confirm at Pay, activate after payment Ready, with limits (6) Check before payment
Selling below the minimum price needs a manager's approval Ready, with limits (2) Check before payment
Send the customer the receipt on WhatsApp Ready, with limits (2) Receipt settings
Show a dish's allergens to the cashier on the sale and print them on the receipt, and make sure the dish lists every allergen its ingredients carry Ready, with limits (5) Field rules
Show more of the item's own details on the receipt Ready, with limits (1) Field rules
Show or relabel the discount price or the total including tax on the till Ready, with limits (5) Field rules
Show our own fields on the till, call them by our words, hide the ones we never use Ready, with limits (1) Field rules
Show the member's tier and status when the cashier asks Ready, with limits (2) Till key
Show what the food should have cost by the recipes against what it really cost after waste and the stock count, as a percentage of sales Ready, with limits (2) Desk action
Take card or mobile-money payments through our own provider Ready, with limits (1) Payment connector
The tax authority's result, QR code and seal on each sale and receipt Ready, with limits (1) Fiscal reader
A tax number on one customer only Ready, with limits (5) Save rules
The till asks every new customer for their ID number and date of birth Ready, with limits (5) Field rules
A warning when an item is scanned (another batch has less shelf life), with the cashier tapping to carry on Ready, with limits (5) Capture on an event
When a new item is first saved, the user confirms that batch and expiry are on and the item is linked to its parent Ready, with limits (5) Save rules
Which sizes and colours of each style sell out and which sit, in each store, against the stock still there Ready, with limits (4) Desk action

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