BitMed vs. LS Retail Comparison Chart

Developed by LS Retail, LS Central is POS and retail management software for furniture and homeware chains operating showrooms, stores and online sales channels. Handle stock items and special orders for custom furniture, including choices of fabric, color, size or finish. View pricing, lead times and delivery status, and track orders from reservation to delivery. Source customer orders from stores, warehouses or vendors, with collection or home delivery. Manage purchasing and replenishment, with open-to-buy tools to control buying budgets. Connect stores and eCommerce for product availability, customer orders and cross-channel returns, depending on the connector and configuration. Add Bookings for LS Central to schedule design consultations or workshops from the POS. Manage sales commissions and set prices and promotions by store or group.

Kitchen Display System for LS Central routes POS orders to the stations responsible for preparing them. Configure each screen's information and layout, organize dishes by course and priority, and distinguish dine-in, drive-thru, takeaway and delivery orders. Show allergies, modifiers and special requests with the order. Use configured preparation times to coordinate when items appear at kitchen stations, helping dishes with different cooking times be ready together. Staff can recall orders and mark work complete, while servers check order status from the POS. Route orders to kitchen printers where preferred. WebKDS also supports custom operations connecting to other kitchen systems, including robotics. Part of the LS Central platform developed by LS Retail, it supports restaurants, cafes, bakeries, delis and hotel food outlets.

LS Central for pharmacies, developed by LS Retail, connects POS and retail operations with stock control across pharmacy locations, including inventory transfers, replenishment and expiry handling. View stock across locations, transfer products between stores and automate replenishment by item, product group or location. Search products by attributes such as ATC group, strength, classification and daily dose. Track medication expiry dates and recalls. With the pharmacy module and applicable localization, manage dispensing alongside over-the-counter and other retail sales, including prescriptions and retail items in one POS transaction. Supported dispensing robots connect through the WWKS2 protocol. Add Bookings for LS Central for health services. Dispensing functionality and regulatory connections depend on the country-specific solution and localization.

LS Central is the global POS and operations platform developed by LS Retail for mid-market and enterprise businesses running multiple locations, countries or sales channels. It supports retail, restaurant, hotel, pharmacy and forecourt operations. Staff can process sales, returns, gift cards and loyalty benefits at the POS. Manage products, prices and promotions centrally, with different rules by store or group. Choose staffed POS, mobile POS, self-checkout, self-ordering kiosks or ScanPayGo. An optional offline POS deployment supports local sales during internet outages and synchronizes transactions after reconnection; online services and card payments depend on the setup. LS Central extends Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and connects to other enterprise ERPs through CentralConnect, delivered and supported by LS Retail. Add modules as requirements change.

Developed by LS Retail, LS Central is a retail management system for mid-market and enterprise retailers operating across stores and online sales channels. Control purchasing, inventory, replenishment, allocation, transfers, pricing, promotions and loyalty across locations. Manage assortments by store or store group, including groups organized by brand or region. Connect POS transactions with inventory and financial management through Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Businesses retaining SAP S/4HANA, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations can connect through CentralConnect, managed, delivered and supported by LS Retail. Add eCommerce connections, staff management, analytics, restaurant operations or service bookings as needed.

LS Central is retail POS software for specialty stores, department stores and multi-location chains. Associates can scan products, look up stock across locations, apply mix-and-match offers, redeem loyalty benefits, and process gift cards, returns and customer orders. Manage variants such as size and color, with prices and promotions controlled centrally and varied by store or group. Offer staffed checkout, mobile POS, self-checkout and ScanPayGo within the same platform. An optional offline POS deployment supports local sales during internet outages; functions requiring connectivity and card payment availability depend on the setup. Developed by LS Retail, LS Central supports fashion, furniture, electronics, sporting goods and multiple other retail formats as well as mixed retail and hospitality formats.