ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF POINT OF SALES AND ACCOUNTING APPLICATION FOR RESTAURANT SMES
The purpose of this study was to analyze all the information required to support the operations of two restaurants in Depok, West Java (Soto Ngawi and Nasi Pecel mba Ira) especially in the sales system, inventory records and accounting records. The results of the analysis then used to build Point of Sales (POS) and accounting applications for operational support and reduce the level of error that often occurs because of the manual transaction records. The research methodology used in designing this application begins with the collection and analysis of requirements (interviews, document examination) conceptual database design, logical database design, physical database design, DBMS selection, application development and implementation. Application development is funded by the government through a program of Science and Technology for Society/Ipteks bagi Masyarakat (IbM) by the DP2M Directorate General of Higher Education (Dikti) The result of this research is a Point of Sales (POS) and accounting application specifically for restaurants. The results of the application development have been evaluated with regard to integrity, security, concurrency and recovery.Conclusions from this research is by using this Point of Sales (POS) and accounting system, which is specifically developed for restaurant, the transaction at Nasi Soto Ngawi and Nasi Pecel mba Ira run easier, more effective and more efficient in recording in terms of time. Keywords: systems analysis, applications design, Point of Sales (POS) accounting