Software for retailers that can't stop selling.
Every store runs on fast queues, sharp prices and stock that's where it should be. CAD 2.0 runs the tills, Endgame runs buying and pricing at head office, and WMS runs the distribution centre, for general retailers and supermarkets alike, all built and supported by one South African team.
What you need, and how CAD does it.
Each row links to the moment it happens in the real product tour, or to the test that proves it.
| Requirement | How CAD does it | Runs in | See it |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the till | |||
| High-volume checkout | Every item shows its photo and price as it's scanned, and multiples are keyed before the scan. Open another lane with one key, and the queue screen calls the next customer on screen and out loud. | CAD 2.0 | Watch0:38Speed tested |
| Weighing scales | Scales connect straight to the Windows tills, and weighed items get the same promotion and loyalty pricing as everything else. | CAD 2.0 | |
| Loyalty and customers | Scan the loyalty card or type a cell number. The customer's name and points appear, and points are added on every sale. Customer tiers, birthdays and SMS messages are built in. | CAD 2.0 | Watch0:47 |
| Payments | Cash, integrated FNB card machines with cashback, account customers, gift vouchers and split tender. Airtime, data, electricity and bill payments through Blue Label. | CAD 2.0 | Watch1:52 |
| Customer screens and self-service | A customer screen at each till shows every item, the running total and your promotions. A self-service kiosk sells airtime, data and bill payments without a cashier. | CAD 2.0 | Watch1:40 |
| Cash-up | Pickups, drops and payouts are recorded through the shift, and each cashier's cash and card are balanced at cash-up. A cash-up won't close while offline sales are still queued. | CAD 2.0 | |
| Head office | |||
| Central items and prices | Items are created once at head office. Price changes go down to every store from a set date, and each store's sales and stock come back up for reporting. | Endgame | Watch2:43How it fits together |
| Promotions and multi-buys | Promotions, multi-buys, bundles and combos are drafted, checked for clashes and tried in a sandbox. They reach the tills only once finalised, and keep working when a till is offline. | EndgameCAD 2.0 | Watch3:07 |
| Supplier orders and buying terms | Purchase orders for a store, the distribution centre or drop-shipped, in units or packs. Supplier discounts, free stock, and tally and sally rewards are tracked against the products they cover. | Endgame | Watch0:53 |
| Competitor prices | Captured by hand, from a photo of an advert, or by an automated agent that watches their specials, and shown next to yours. | Endgame | Watch3:25 |
| Group reporting | Stock in every store, and sales, cost and gross profit by store, department, supplier or item, for any period or two side by side. Or ask the AI assistant in plain language. | EndgameCAD 2.0 | Watch1:57 |
| Stock and distribution | |||
| Receiving | Stores book in goods received in the store's Admin back office. At the distribution centre, WMS suggests where each line belongs and warns before a slot overfills. | CAD 2.0WMS | Watch5:10 |
| Distribution and branch transfers | Requisitions are picked along the shortest route through the warehouse, staged on each branch's pad and sent as inter-branch transfers. | WMS | Watch2:24 |
| Stock counts | Blind cycle counts in the warehouse, location by location, with a recount when the difference is too big. | WMS | Watch5:26 |
| Control and resilience | |||
| Trading through outages | Each till keeps its own copy of the catalogue. When the network drops, the cashier carries on, and every sale posts exactly once when it's back. Account sales, lay-bys and voucher redemption wait for the server, and the till says so. | CAD 2.0 | Watch4:16Outage tested |
| Controls and audit trail | Sign-in by PIN, card or fingerprint, with what each person can do set by their role. Discounts need a supervisor, every void is logged and returns start from the original slip. Head office keeps an audit log of who changed what, and WMS logs every action by name. | CAD 2.0EndgameWMS | Watch1:14 |
Supermarket pace, tested.
We cut the network, lock the database and run many tills at once, then check every sale against the database. The method and every result are published.
See the method and every result- failure and load scenarios passed, with no retries
- 113
- tills selling at once on one store database
- 100
- average scan response on a healthy till
- 14 ms
- sales missing or doubled after an outage, totals matched to the cent
- 0
What runs it.
Tour 5:07General retail & supermarketsCAD 2.0Frontline point of sale for busy supermarkets.ExploreThe till. Fast scanning with product photos, loyalty, split payments, a customer screen, self-service kiosks, queue displays and an AI assistant, and it keeps selling when the network drops.
Tour 4:12General retail & supermarketsEndgameThe head-office back office for multi-store retail.ExploreHead office. Buying, supplier deals, price changes, promotions, competitor prices and gross profit for every store.
Tour 6:34General retail & supermarketsWMSWarehouse management for teams moving off paper.ExploreThe distribution centre. Guided picking, put-away, top-ups and counts on the phone, with stock staged for each branch.
Tour 5:06Add-onCAD Marketing StudioProduct photos, clothing on models, posters and pamphlets, made from the products you already sell.ExploreAn optional add-on for marketing. Product photos from a phone, cleaned by AI, and posters and pamphlets in your brand with names and prices from stock.
Asked and answered.
Does CAD's POS keep working when the internet goes down?
Yes. CAD 2.0 keeps a local copy of the catalogue on every till. When the network drops, the cashier carries on selling, and the sales queue on the till and post automatically once the connection is back, each one exactly once. Some features need the server, such as account sales, lay-bys and voucher redemption; the till says so instead of half-saving them.
What hardware does CAD 2.0 run on?
Windows touchscreen tills with receipt printers, scales, cash drawers, fingerprint readers and card machines, and Android handhelds and tablets with built-in scanners and printers. Customer screens, self-service kiosks and queue screens run in any browser.
Can head office control prices and promotions for every store?
Yes. In Endgame, head office drafts price changes, promotions and Mix and Match offers, checks them for clashes and finalises them. Only finalised changes reach the tills. Every till and screen is updated centrally.
Does CAD 2.0 work with weighing scales?
Yes. Scales connect straight to the Windows touchscreen tills, and weighed items get the same promotion and loyalty pricing as everything else.
Does CAD include a loyalty programme?
Loyalty is built into CAD 2.0. The cashier scans the loyalty card or types the customer's cell number, and points are added on every sale.
What kinds of retailers use CAD 2.0?
General retailers and supermarkets. CAD 2.0, Endgame and WMS serve both, including hardware stores that trade as straight retail. Account customers buy with an order number within their credit limit, ready for the month-end statement, and quotes and lay-bys sit on the same key as parked sales. A hardware or building supply store that quotes, collects and delivers is better served by HomePOS 2.0.
Can our customers shop online for delivery?
CAD also makes M Commerce, a branded web store and apps with in-store picking and rider delivery. It is a separate product that stands on its own and suits any kind of retailer.
What should a retailer or supermarket look for in a POS system?
Tills that keep selling when the network drops, fast scanning and quick ways to open another lane, loyalty and integrated card payments at the till, central control of prices and promotions, controls on voids, discounts and returns, and a supplier that builds and supports the software itself. CAD 2.0 and Endgame are built around exactly those needs.
Is CAD a South African company?
Yes. CAD Retail Systems was founded in 1992 and is based in Durban. Its software runs in South Africa, Mozambique and Equatorial Guinea, and is ready for Ghana's E-VAT.