The retail business has undergone a big turnaround in the last couple of years. With more and more new products in the market and increasing customer awareness alongside with severe competition, it has become inevitable that retail business enterprises need to keep pace with changing scenario to ensure survival and growth.

Even though shopping is a need, today it is a new experience. Availability of Product Range on time, Promotion of Products, Customer care and satisfaction along with good customer relations form part of the new retail business concept. Service at the counters is critical to enable quick and accurate billing so that customer wait time at the counters is minimal.

To make sure that the fast moving product ranges are available and non/slow moving product ranges are not stocked excess, the Central Ware House must be equipped to manage the Supply chain effectively. Transfer of Goods from the Central Warehouse to the Retail Stores on time is very critical and must be done effectively to ensure that there are no stock outs in the retail stores resulting in potential loss of sales and customer dissatisfaction.

Making correct decisions and making them at the right time has become the key to survival and growth. Information Systems has a very effective and important role to play to meet the challenges and requirements of the new retail business at all levels right from making bills at the counters upto providing valuable information for decision making on time. Only with a proper Information System in place, which includes the right Hardware and the Supporting Software System, retail business can be successfully managed today.

Module Wise Special Features

General

• Integrated and Compact Software Solution
• User Friendly with online help
• Easy to adapt and use
• Operates on Simple System Configuration (Pentium Systems)
• Operates on MS Dos/ Windows 95/98/NT
• No additional Software required for operations
• Interface to Standard Peripherals – Printer, Bar Code Printer, Scanner, Cash Drawer
• Standalone/Network versions

Security

• Users of 4 different levels and a Super User
• User Wise Rights for access to different functions
• Authorisation Levels/Rights for billing functions

Application Setup

• Category/Sub Category/Brands
• Items and Properties
• Multiple Rates of Taxes for Items
• Discounts
• Customer Maintenance
• Supplier/Vendor Maintenance

Purchase

• Purchase Order generation and Print
• Convert PO to Goods Received Note
• Bar Code Printing from GRN
• Purchase Order change/cancellation
• GRN entry and Printing
• Direct Purchases without Orders
• Purchase Returns
• Convert GRN to Transfer Out

Sales/Billing

• Selection of Items by Scanning (Bar Codes)
• Selection by Name/Code/Description
• Multiple Payment Modes
• Loyal Customer Tracking and Profile Maintenance
• Item Level and Bill Level Discounts
• Refunds
• Refunds included in Bill
• Reprint Bills
• Lay off Billing
• Cashier/Shift Operations
• Interface to Cash Drawer
• Interface to Customer Display
• User defined messages in Bill
• Customised Bill Format
• Printing of Savings in Bill
• Rate change with authorisation
• Price change Statement on Cashier Logoff
• Cashier Logoff Statement for settlement

Sales Analysis

• Day Wise/Month Wise Sales
• Cashier/Counter Wise Sales
• Category/Sub Category/Brand/Item wise Sales
• Category/Sub Category/Brand/Item wise GP and GP %
• Traffic Flow Analysis
• Basket Size Analysis
• Fast Moving/Slow Moving/Non Moving Items
• Top 100/Bottom 100 Item Sales by Quantity or Value
• Refund Statements
• Consolidation of Sales of Stores

Inventory Management & Stocks

• Basket Size Analysis
• Fast Moving/Slow Moving/Non Moving Items
• Top 100/Bottom 100 Item Sales by Quantity or Value
• Refund Statements
• Consolidation of Sales of Stores
• Transfer In/Transfer Out
• Reorder Level/MBQ/Minimum Stocks
• Indent Generation
• Item Costing by FIFO/LIFO/Wt.Average
• Product Ledger
• Items below Minimum Stock
• Stock Out Items
• Physical Stock Entry/Verification/Shrinkage
• Consolidation of Stocks and Item Requirements of Stores

Financial Accounting

• Accounts/Groups
• Voucher Entry for Transactions
• Voucher Printing
• Cash/Bank Books
• Sales/Purchase Registers
• Bill By Bill Tracking
• Statement of Accounts
• Payables/Receivables
• Ageing Analysis
• Cost Centres
• Cash Flow/Fund Flow
• Bank Reconciliation
• Trial Balance
• Profit and Loss
• Balance Sheet