Bookstore & stationery

A bookshop or stationer runs as a shop in Kila, scanning barcodes at the till, with the shop's home page and set-up list as they are.

A bookshop or stationer sells books, exercise books, pens and office supplies, with a rush at the start of each school term. Kila runs it as a shop, with no extra rules.

What is special

Nothing is added or taken away: the till, the home page and the set-up list are the shop’s. Books and stationery are scanned by their barcode at the till: Find a product. A school’s or an office’s list can be priced as a quotation, or taken as an order to collect later: Make a quotation and Take an order.

There is no demo bookshop yet. Soko Fresh Mini-Mart shows a till that scans barcoded goods, with quotations and orders.

How Kila sets it up

The main screen is Till (scan and sell).

Rules it follows:

None. Kila's standard rules apply.

Its words:

Kila's standard words: customer, product, sale, receipt and branch.

Its set-up steps

Business details and KRA PIN
First branch, opening hours and till
Products with prices and VAT
Opening stock
Suppliers
Reorder levels
Staff and roles
M-Pesa till or paybill
KRA eTIMS and item codes
Scanner, receipt printer and drawer
Returns policy and till rules
First sale

Its home page

Sales today against the same day last week
Tills open and their takings
Top sellers today
Low or out of stock
Gross margin and Margin watch
Payments waiting for confirmation
Approvals and reviews waiting
Products without a KRA item code
Licences, permits and returns due
Services due and reminders

Roles it starts with

Till supervisor: Runs the tills on the floor: reviews shifts and counts, approves discounts and voids within limits. No prices, settings or purchasing.
Merchandiser: Keeps products, prices and shelf labels up to date; suggests prices below the minimum margin. No money or tills.

Where to go next

Shops: everything a shop does in Kila, from the till to the reports.