Revel Systems iPad Point of Sale has the most features of any tablet based POS system on the market.  After reviewing the Revel POS demonstrations and videos online we estimate that they are a full 18 months ahead of the other table based point of sale systems on the market.  The fact that Revel Systems has been recognized by Apple and Intuit as a strategic partner means that they are positioned as the leader in tablet based point of sale marketplace.

Demo Videos:

Retail Point of Sale Demo Video:

Revel Systems Quick Service Point of Sale Demo Video:

Revel Systems Table Service Point of Sale Demo Video:

Our team at POS System Review recognizes that there will be consolidation within the tablet based point of sale industry and we believe that Revel is currently positioned as the market leader.

History:

Revel Systems is an award-winning iPad Point of Sale Solution that is headquartered in San Francisco. Revel Systems point of sale was founded byLisa Falzone and Chris Ciabarra.

Revel Systems point of sale was founded in 2010 the Revel team has raised over 130 million in venture capital, and has partnerships with Intuit, and Apple.

POS Network Architecture:

• Hybrid network architecture achieved through a combination of a LAN and real time data syncing to the cloud
• Data is transferred from the iPads to the cloud-server over a secure, private, and hidden wireless network
• Revel is PCI compliant and uses a P2PE encryption.
• Offline Mode/Always On: allows system to operate without internet connectivity. Take credit card payments even without internet. The only difference with Revel’s offline mode versus online mode is that you will not know if a credit card has declined until you get your internet connection back.

Point of Sale Management Console Feature List:

Point of Sale Reporting:

• Point of Sale reporting data is fully exportable into JSON, CSV, Excel, PDF formats
• Revel reports may be filtered by date range down to the minute, their reports can also be filtered by employee, pos station & revenue centers.

Point of sale reports provided:

• Sales Summary
• Operations Report
• Hourly Sales Report
• Product Mix
• Order History Report
• Payment Summary
• Action Log
• Cash Office
• Commission
• Discounts and Voids
• Employee Profit
• Establishment Payments
• Gift Cards
• Gift Transactions
• House Accounts (HA)
• Ingredient Inventory Log
• Ingredient Inventory Summary
• Invoices
• Labor
• Payouts / Payins
• Product Component
• Product Inventory Log
• Product Inventory Summary
• Receiptless Returns
• Rewards Cards
• Serial Number
• Service Fee
• Speed of Service
• Tax
• Tills

Point of Sale Enterprise Management

Revel Point of Sale is one of the few tablet based systems out there with full enterprise level management.  This is why large brands like Cinnabon have selected Revel Systems POS as their point of sale of choice. Revel Systems Point of Sale you have full centralized remote menu control. You also have the ability to push menu updates across multiple establishments, groups of establishments, or all establishments.

POS Product Features

• Manage menus remotely
• Create product combos combos
• Build custom menus
• Set product classes

• Discounts may be created per product group/product/class
• Variable pricing (Buy 2 hot dogs, get 1 at 50% off)
• Create different tax groups for different products (hot dog is taxed but water is tax-free)

Menu customization:

• Custom menus can be set by:
  • Time period
  • POS Station
  • Stand number/location
• Set custom menus/discounts that apply to certain stands, products and times (i.e. Pregame/Early Bird menu in South End Zone)
• Add new products on the fly
• Set products as in stock/out of stock (86 feature)
• System automatically switches to and from custom menu based preset time parameters
• Product description:
  • Easily input nutrition information, allergies, ingredients for reference, etc.

Point of Sale Menu Combos and Modifier Customization:

• Create dynamic combo’s and upsell combos
• Modifier options:
  • Split modifiers (first half/second half)
  • Set modifier quantity
  • Color-coded modifiers
  • Set minimum/maximum modifiers
  • Multiple modifier groups (bun, toppings, meat, veggies, etc.)
  • Enable or disable modifier discounts
  • Allow for modifier ‘substitutions’

 

Inventory

• Ingredient/Recipe Level Inventory
• Real-time inventory tracking
• Real-time low stock alerts
• Calculated Waste Loss – Revel Point of Sale calculates waste loss variance and percentages automatically, helping your business diminish shrinkage or loss.
• Warehouse establishment inventory control
• Vendor tracking – tying products/ingredients to vendors with reorder quantity and price
• Purchase Order generation
• Transfer inventory across locations and revenue centers
• Matrix Inventory (parent & child products) for retail/merchandise items

Employees

• Create customized roles with permissions for point of sale and point of sale management console use
• Provide restricted management console access to managers or franchisees
• Assign wages to employees to fully track payroll and schedule Labor Cost % accurately with wage forecasting tool.  Revel also supports a Paychex / ADP export function.
• Email schedules to employees directly from management console

Schedules

• Set Timesheet rules – Overtime rates, workweek start time, time allowed for clock-in before shift, etc.
• Labor saving features like Auto Clock out are also available

• Schedule Creation
  • Create employee schedule
  • Email shifts per employee
  • Wage Forecasting
  • Copy shifts from week to week
  • Track employee time worked
  • Set auto-clock out times
  • Limit clock-in before shift start
  • Limit POS access prior to clock-in

• Time Worked
  • View which employees are clocked in in real time
• Payroll
  • Choose to view declared tips in payroll

CRM

• Unlimited data hosting to number of customers and tracking customer orders
• Customizable Customer groups
• Customer Order Reports.  This can be very valuable to marketers who are interested in segmenting their email marketing lists by product.

Settings:

The settings that you have applied to your Revel Poiint of Sale will depend on the specific type of business you are running.  Here are just a few of the settings you can choose from.

Receipt Options:

• Email receipt
• Print receipt
• No receipt
• Reprint receipt
• Print tip line on receipt
• Print suggested tips

Payment Options:

• Cash
• Credit
• Debit
• EBT
• Check
• Custom
• Apple Pay
• PayPal
• House Accounts
• Open tabs
• Invoicing
• Link card to order
• Preauthorization

Tips:

• Auto-gratuity
• Track declared tips
• Prompt for tip on Customer Facing Display
• Print tip line/tip suggestions on receipts

Discounts:

• Program discounts only for certain time periods
• Program discounts only for certain products or product groups
• Preset discounts and discount reasons
• Scan discount barcode
• Manually enter discount code
• Percentage discounts
• Dollar amount discounts
• Order discounts
• Item discounts
• Manual discounts
• Discounts may be taxed or untaxed

Hardware:

Revel Systems point of sale requires specific hardware a full list can be found on the Revel Systems website:

Hardware

Payment Processing:

Revel Systems iPad point of sale is an open platform that allows you to integrate with any payment processor.  Many POS systems make money on the processing.  Revel point of sale is completely neutral when it comes to payment processing this allows you the flexibility to choose the payment processor you would prefer.

Customer Service & Support:

Revel has varying levels of support depending on the need.  They even have a VIP account manager service, that allows you to have a dedicated support manager for your POS system.

Pricing & Contract:

Revel Systems iPad Point of Sale pricing varies depending on the business and vertical. POS pricing typically starts at 119/month for the first terminal.

Web Resources:

Revel Systems Website – http://www.revelsystems..com/

Crunch Base Profile – https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/revel-systems

Verticals Serviced

• Retail POS
• Restaurant POS
• Coffee Shop POS
• Quick Service POS
• Bar POS
• Food Truck POS
• Boutique POS
• Bakery POS
• Cafe POS
• Liquor Store POS
• Vape Shop POS
• Enterprise POS

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