Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System -
Key Benefits
Designed for growing retailers
Improves productivity and business performance
Affordable out of the box, with functionality to help provide a
quick return on your investment
Grows with your business
Designed for growing retailers
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Set up and use easily. Retail Management System can be
set up quickly, tailored to meet specific retail needs, and provides
access to expert support and assistance from certified Microsoft
Business Solutions partners. Built-in wizards and an intuitive user
interface help managers and associates to learn point-of-sale
procedures in minutes.
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Track and manage inventory efficiently. Retail Management
System eliminates the need to conduct inefficient, manual stock
counts, saving time and reducing employee overhead. You can track
and manage items across your business using any inventory method,
including services, layaways, work orders, and back orders.
Compatible inventory types include standard, serialized, kit,
assembly, matrix, lot matrix, voucher, non-inventory, and weighed.
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Streamline point-of-sale processes. With Retail
Management System, associates can work with a customizable
point-of-sale screen that lets them check prices, availability, and
stock location instantly. They'll be able to access complete
customer information; handle multiple tenders and partial payments
at checkout; and quickly create and process returns, backorders,
sales quotes, work orders and layaways. Automated processes make it
easy to balance multiple tenders efficiently and accurately, helping
employees save valuable time.
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Integrate and operate with your existing systems. Retail
Management System is compatible with Microsoft Windows® 98 and later
operating systems, and supports popular point of sale peripherals
including printers, magnetic strip readers, bar code readers, and
more.
Improves productivity and business performance
- Increase knowledge of operations. Gain full visibility
into store operations with daily sales graphs and journals that can
be viewed and printed from any register. With Retail Management
System, you can preview, search, and print journals by register,
batch, and receipt number, as well as close out data accurately.
Data can also be shared across multiple store locations to give you
different views of your business.
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Make fast, informed decisions. Access and analyze data
across your entire business using powerful reporting and
communications functionality. Drawing from detailed, current
information, you can identify sales trends in every department,
category, and season; evaluate operations and financials; track the
return on investment of advertising and sales campaigns; set and
monitor business policies across stores; and much more.
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Offer superior customer service. Retail Management System
equips your staff to respond quickly to customer needs, making it
easier for you to turn a single purchase into a lasting and
profitable customer relationship. Associates can expedite checkouts
quickly, target customer preferences to offer up-sells and
cross-sells, and implement automatic discounts for frequent
shoppers. Customers receive the efficient, personalized service that
builds their loyalty and boosts your revenues.
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Improve inventory and supplier management. Replenish
top-selling items efficiently and negotiate consistently lower
purchasing costs by tracking item movement and vendor histories. You
can also extend purchasing and fulfillment processes to the Web
through e-fulfillment services.
Affordable out of the box, with functionality to help provide a
quick return on your investment
- Maximize cash-in per customer. Use Retail Management
System to make the most of every transaction: target customer
preferences to suggest up-sells and cross-sells, and advertise other
products at point of sale with onscreen graphical displays. Expand
your customer reach and increase revenues with multi-channel
marketing, catalog sales, and phone orders.
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Minimize labor costs. Easy to learn and use, Retail
Management System helps ensure managers and associates get up to
speed quickly. Comprehensive functionality and shared data systems
reduce the need to re-enter information, freeing your staff to focus
on managing and selling more effectively. And with full visibility
into business information, you'll know when to staff up or cut back,
and which associates bring in the highest revenues.
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Reduce inventory costs and out-of-stocks. Maintain tight
control over inventory with automatically generated purchase orders
and stock levels. Centralized purchasing and in-store transfers
enable you to replenish items efficiently and cost-effectively.
Visibility into supplier histories makes it easy to select vendors
who offer the best service and the lowest prices.
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Simplify card processing and reduce transaction costs.
Retail Management System helps provide quick access to
authorizations and makes it easier to capture electronic signatures.
Electronic Data Capture can accelerate card transactions by up to
600 percent. And, utilizing POSitive Technologies sister company
POSitive Payment Solutions, Retail Management System also offers
integrated card processing that includes substantial discounts on
services and eliminates the need for additional card terminals.
There are no charges for application or setup. Read more about
POSitive Payment Solutions.
Grows with your business
- Expand easily. Ready to open a new store? With Retail
Management System, you can protect your investment and keep the same
software and systems as your business grows into multiple stores and
retail channels. As you add customers and products to your system,
flexible Microsoft SQL Server™ technologies let you store and manage
virtually unlimited amounts of information.
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Integrate with other solutions. Retail Management System
integrates easily with a number of popular business applications,
including Microsoft Business Solutions Financials, Microsoft Small
Business Manager, third-party applications, and others. You also can
integrate Retail Management System with PDA, mobile, and wireless
solutions.
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Invest in your business, not in IT support. Retail
Management System does not require an extensive IT staff to set up
and maintain, and adapts easily to meet specific retail needs. As
your business changes and grows, your Microsoft Business Solutions
partners can provide support and assistance with customizing,
integrating, and scaling your solution.
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Count on Microsoft. With Retail Management System, you
can begin a long-lasting relationship backed by one of the world's
leading technology providers. Microsoft Business Solutions is a
family of connected applications and services for small and
mid-sized businesses, with years of experience delivering business
applications and services known worldwide for top quality.
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