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THE DISPENSARY SOFTWARE BUYER'S GUIDE

NEW YORK / FIELD NOTES

Choose with
the evidence.

Your point of sale is part of every workday. Compare it through the decisions your team has to make, and the records you'll need afterward.

06 QUESTIONS01 REAL WORKFLOWYOUR NEXT DEMO, WITH A PURPOSE

MAKE THE COMPARISON MEANINGFUL

The feature list
is the beginning.

Checkout, inventory and compliance are established categories in dispensary software. The useful question is how a system behaves when records disagree, a count is missing, or a decision needs approval.

Use these questions with SmokeAlarm and every platform on your shortlist. Ask to see the workflow, then decide what fits.

YOUR COMPARISON FRAMEWORK

Six questions.
A clearer choice.

Open each question for our approach and a practical demonstration to ask of any vendor.

01A number you can traceCan I see the source and timestamp behind an inventory difference?

THE SMOKEALARM APPROACH

Stored source records, package history and case evidence give the difference context.

Explore the details

ASK EVERY VENDOR TO SHOW YOU

Open a discrepancy. Follow it back to the source records.

02An independent countIs a physical count kept separate from the system's expected quantity?

THE SMOKEALARM APPROACH

Independent counts and verification are part of the correction workflow.

Explore the details

ASK EVERY VENDOR TO SHOW YOU

Show a package before counting, then show how two counts are recorded.

03An accountable decisionWho can propose, approve and execute a correction?

THE SMOKEALARM APPROACH

Named approvals and a retained audit trail keep consequential actions attributable.

Explore the details

ASK EVERY VENDOR TO SHOW YOU

Show the approval boundary and what an unauthorized user sees.

04A result you can confirmHow do we know the correction actually reached the source?

THE SMOKEALARM APPROACH

An authorized Metrc package correction is read back. Missing or failed confirmation stays visible.

Explore the details

ASK EVERY VENDOR TO SHOW YOU

Show the read-back result, including what happens when confirmation fails.

05A connection you understandDoes the connection use an API or export import, and is it available for our store, subject to approved rollout or planned?

THE SMOKEALARM APPROACH

Metrc starts with manual reads. POS export imports are the path to rely on today; connection status is explicit.

Explore the details

ASK EVERY VENDOR TO SHOW YOU

Use your actual POS and ask which steps need an export, a key or a person.

06People behind the productWho is building this, and how well does it fit our market?

THE SMOKEALARM APPROACH

A New York-built platform from a minority- and service-disabled veteran-owned company with Rochester roots.

Explore the details

ASK EVERY VENDOR TO SHOW YOU

Meet the team. Discuss your workflow and confirm the scope of your implementation.

TAKE THIS INTO YOUR NEXT DEMO

One package.
Three records.
Now what?

Ask each platform to walk through the same example. The best fit should make the next step understandable to the people doing the work.

Walk through it with us
A package needs reviewIllustrative scenario · not store data
METRC SNAPSHOT12Stored quantity
POS EXPORT10Imported quantity
PHYSICAL COUNT—Still needed
A difference is visible. The cause is not yet confirmed.
  1. 01Show the source records and their timestamps.
  2. 02Record and independently verify the physical count.
  3. 03Review the cause and the approval required.
  4. 04Explain what closes the case, and what stays in its history.

CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, FROM DAY ONE

Know what
you're getting.

Confirm the specific capabilities and connection method for your store before you choose a platform.

Read the full connection status
SmokeAlarm POSConfirm availability

Explore the register experience.

Explore register, cart, shift and receipt workflows with illustrative records. Customer rollout requires confirmed availability. Live selling requires the store's go-live checklist, including confirmed tax rates and Metrc sales authorization and payload mapping.

MetrcRequires setup

Reads first. Controlled corrections.

Metrc access requires integrator access and the licensee's own authorized key. Each connected store starts with manual sync. Daily reads are enabled per store. The narrow package-quantity correction path is off by default, requires authorization and approval, and is read back afterward.

POS export importAvailable

Start with an export.

Dutchie, Flowhub and BLAZE inventory can be imported from export files. Dutchie and Flowhub read-only API connectors are built but have not been exercised against a live store account. Export import is the path to rely on today.

CANNABIS CONTROL

An interactive AI example.

The public Cannabis Control experience illustrates proposed AI workflows. It uses sample records; it does not access your account or carry out changes. Final availability depends on implemented capabilities and source access.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK

Explore your shortlist.

Read each provider's own materials, then bring the same questions to every demonstration. Product capabilities and availability change.

DutchieProvider website ↗FlowhubProvider website ↗TreezProvider website ↗

YOUR STORE. YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.

Put us to
the test.

Bring the workflow that slows your team down. We'll walk through the records, the decisions and the next step together.

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