CEO Dashboard

Intuitive Point of Sale

Clear and graphical presentation

Multi-Store Stock look up

Easy discounting of items by price or percentage

Complete order fulfilment management

Simple payment entry

Integrated marketing module

Faster Stock Purchasing

Product Sales Performance

Webstore Examples

Core Retail Express Advantages

Point of Sale & Customer Service Issues

  Other Retail Systems Retail Express
Point of Sale Mode: Graphical, Easy to Use, Un-breakable, and 'learnable' in 5 minutes

Sales & Stock Level viewable in 'real-time' across all stores

View 'available' stock at warehouse, in real-time, particularly on weekends when warehouse orders are not committed

Creating POS Sales for 'Customer Special Orders'

Very Slow

Very Fast

Assessing 'available' stock based on incoming containers / purchase orders, less back-orders

Very Challenging

Very Easy
(Real-Time ETA's)

Providing accurate ETA information to customers

Very Challenging

Very Easy

Administrating Internal Transfer Orders (from warehouse or other stores)

Very Slow

Immediately & Automatically

Creating Lay-By's

Separate Transaction

Automatic

View sales transactions, debtors & order history across all stores, in real-time

Lay-by's visible across stores, in real-time

Sell and redeem gift vouchers across any stores, in real-time

Integrated CRM for Customer Service Management

Purchasing/ Re-Ordering & Forecasting Issues

 

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Retail Express

Forecasting & re-ordering stock accurately

Very Slow

Extremely Fast

Multi-store Purchasing, consolidated for each store, and batch emailed to all suppliers (in once process)

Detailed product performance visibility,  units on hand, stock on order, units sold, monthly run rates, forecasted 'days on hand', minimum stock levels, and sophisticated re-order levels that factor supplier lead time (for all stores in a single grid view)

Warehouse Logistics Issues

 

Other Retail Systems

Retail Express

Advanced Allocation – whereby Store Orders for Customers are allocated against inbound containers / purchase orders automatically

Picking & Dispatch – easy to use allocation system, with picking slips and delivery manifests

Auto-Emails to all Stores & Customers when stock arrives at warehouse, and is picked and dispatched

Order Items can be 'partially dispatched' from the same customer orders

Inbound purchase orders with updated ETA info is auto-pushed out to all stores (in real-time)

Internal Transfer Orders are automatically committed based on customized workflow

Integrated CRM for Logistics Processes

Reports & Business Intelligence

 

Other Retail Systems

Retail Express

Detailed Sales Transaction & Customer Data viewable across all stores, in one central 'grid' view, in real-time

Detailed End of Day Summary Reports, for all stores, viewable in one central head office report (in real-time)

Detailed stock levels and sales performance viewable for all stores in a central 'grid' view (in real-time)

Smart stock value versus sales ratio's, to measure inventory 'return on investment', viewable for all stores in a central view (in real-time)

Many practical, usable, and intelligent retail metrics reports, viewable for all stores in a central view (in real-time)

Sales Promotion Challenges

 

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Retail Express

Creating targeted and personal sales promotions to existing customers, based on prior purchase history, to bring more customers back into your store

Very Inadequate

Very Easy & Effective

Creating targeted and personal communications, with product catalogue offers, electronically sent to customers, with links to your integrated WebStore

Webstore Challenges

 

Other Retail Systems

Retail Express

Having an integrated WebStore, whereby inventory is connected in real-time to in-store stock levels

Integrated WebStore where sales transactions automatically appear in your main (store) sales reports in real-time (without having to re-key the sales into your general ledger)

Inbound inventory is receipted into store, & automatically appears on you're your WebStore

Integrated WebStore, whereby online orders get automated emails, and products flow automatically into warehouse allocation and dispatch reports

Integration with MYOB

 

Other Retail Systems

Retail Express

Simple integration with MYOB, whereby all sales, customers, payments,  purchase orders are imported (not summary journal entries) – allowing for MYOB Debtors & Statement reports

Remote Access to the Application

 

Other Retail Systems

Retail Express

Easily 'remote access' the software & perform any function, from any PC, anywhere in the world, without store computers being turned on, & without the need for (slow) remote desktop or VPN solutions

Enterprise Level Technology (SQL, .NET, AJAX)

Obsolete Model - Most Retail Software Systems


New Generation Model - Retail Express