FloristWare POS System

FloristWare is an order-taking and point-of-sale (POS) system for retail florists.

Systems of this type are intended to aid retail florists with all aspects of their business. Features designed to speed order-taking and help with accounting, performance reporting, marketing, etc. are standard in products of this nature.

History

FloristWare was developed over a four year period starting in 2001. Development included ongoing focus groups with florists across North America. The intention was to have the people that would use the software play a pivotal role in shaping how it looked, worked and performed.

FloristWare was released to beta testers in September 2005 and went into wide release in January 2006. The current version of FloristWare is 2.7, which was released in May 20068. Version 3.0 is scheduled for release in late summer/early fall 2008.

Other Information

FloristWare is considered an "independent" POS system in that is independent of wire services such as FTD or Teleflora. These companies and others like them offer their own proprietary POS systems for florists. It also uses a "Question & Answer" interface. Each step asks the user one question, which in turn determines the next step until the desired task has been completed. This interface makes it easy for the inexperienced computer users commonly found in flower shops to use the system with little or no training.

Related Links

FloristWare Website [http://www.floristware.com]

Society of American Florists [http://www.safnow.com]

Flowers Canada [http://www.flowerscanada.org/]