Manage Inventory More Efficiently
This
powerful retail software package runs on personal computers and
helps you manage a wide range of store operations and customer
marketing tasks, including:
Automate inventory management : Track inventory automatically
across one store or multiple locations using any stock or sales
method. Get insight into your inventory by finding out which items
are the best and worst sellers. Use these classifications to assign
new sales or price levels quickly for specific segments of your
stock.
Reduce inventory costs and out-of-stocks : Maintain tighter
control over inventory with automatically generated purchase order
suggestions and stock levels, and the ability to transfer inventory
across stores. Track storage of offline inventory including
non-sellable or broken items.
Maintain multiple suppliers per item : Make sure you get
the most for your money. Visibility into supplier histories makes it
easy to select vendors who offer the best service and the lowest
prices.
Streamline Point of Sale
Get
easy-to-understand point-of-sale screens : Gain quick access to
complete product and customer information.
Process transactions quickly : Point-of-sale screens allow
your employees to process complex transactions efficiently. Cashiers
can also reprint receipts or recall previous transactions from any
point-of-sale register.
Offer better customer service : With access to complete
customer histories, it's easy to target preferences. Suggest
cross-sells and up-sells, advertise other products at the point of
sale, and use information to market other products more effectively.
Simplify Card Processes
Save
money : You can eliminate the need for separate credit card
terminals and associated phone lines with an easy-to-use credit and
debit card processing program. Get details.
Reduce data entry : By integrating card transaction
processing into business operations, you can reduce data entry and
experience easier reporting and reconciliation of transactions.
Provide fast service : You'll provide fast, efficient
service to customers; speed up check-out lines; and facilitate
reporting and reconciliation of transactions.
Provide Superior Customer Service
Personalize service and accommodate your customers. Quick access
to product and customer information helps your cashiers offer better
service. Track entire transaction histories, providing information
on customers' previous purchases, payments, and accounts. Call up
digital copies of receipts from past purchases and take partial
payments with ease.
Sell impulse items. With the multimedia NetDisplay, you can
showcase products on a second monitor at your point of sale.
NetDisplay is programmable and interactiveentering the customer's
name can trigger personal greetings and reminders about items they
buy on a regular basis.
Keep your sales team message consistent. Help ensure your
customers receive the same consistent product information and
messaging from your sales staff.
Improve Marketing
Create sophisticated sales and marketing campaigns easily.
Test-market pricing concepts, sales promotions, and new products.
Put up a better fight against competitors, including the bigger
retailers who aren't as customer-focused as you.
Target mailings to your customers' special interests. Grant
automatic discounts and differential pricing to special customers.
Customize your receipts. Add information about promotions
for new products and specials.
Integrate your technology with
Microsoft Office and Microsoft Great Plains
Take
advantage of the Microsoft Office applications you use daily.
Microsoft Business Solutions Retail Management System integrates
with familiar Microsoft Office System applications, so you can make
full use of existing software investments without adding training
costs.
Use
Microsoft Office Word and Excel. Use customer information and sales
histories from Microsoft Retail Management System to create mail
merges and targeted communications to help you attract and retain
customers. Make it easy to export data and reports from across your
retail operation. For example, export customer purchasing histories,
supplier histories, and sales reports into Excel for analysis or to
share with others.
Speed up everyday business communications. You can set up a
purchase order for a vendor in Microsoft Retail Management System
and send it directly to the supplier as an attachment in a Microsoft
Office Outlook e-mail message.
Integrated Point of Sale and Financial Management Retail Solution.
Microsoft Retail Management System integrates with Microsoft Great
Plains, giving retailers a single end-to-end solution ideal for
managing a multi-store network.
