Point of Sales Software - The Retail Solution


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The Retail Solution 10.0

New Inventory Features

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Item stock number and vendor stock number can now be up to 20 characters. Screen

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User-definable search window. For example: Display all toys for girls age 5+ that are priced under $25, on sale, and have quantity on hand that is greater than zero. Screen 1  Screen 2

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User-definable inventory search results. Choose which fields are displayed when an item search returns multiple items. Screen 1  Screen 2

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Warehouse quantity, serial number & lot tracking. Each inventory item can now have both a quantity on the floor and a quantity at the warehouse. Inventory can easily be manually transferred between floor and warehouse or automatically transferred as needed. Optional serial number and lot reference tracking are available for both floor and warehouse items. Each lot reference tracks the date received, PO number and optional expiration date. Screen 1  Screen 2  Screen 3

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3D inventory matrix. The matrix generator now has three user-definable dimensions (Example: SIZE, COLOR & WIDTH) and fully supports the new 20-character stock numbers. Screen 

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New select, dynamic, static and tracked inventory kits. A Select kit is a list of related items from which the user can select at point-of-sale. A Dynamic kit has a preset list of components which are deducted from inventory at the time of the sale. The kit can be edited and substitute items entered at point-of-sale. A Static kit is an inventory item made up of a group of other inventory items. When the kit item is assembled, quantity-on-hand for the kit item is increased, and quantity-on-hand for each component item is decreased. A tracked kit is a Static kit with serial/lot number tracking for the kit and/or its components. Screen 1  Screen 2  Screen 3

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Scheduled price changes. Use Global Update to quickly enter hundreds of inventory price changes to take place on a specified date.

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Up to 5 inventory pictures can be stored per item and displayed at point-of-sale at the Stock Status window. Copy and click to add pictures in Global Update. Screen 

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Option to specify frequent buyer points per inventory item. Frequent buyer points can be computed using TRS Rules or a fixed number of points can be assigned to an inventory item.

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Vendor information now includes E-mail and web addresses.
Option to view all defined vendors for an inventory item.
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View all outstanding orders and current order status for an item at Inventory Control.

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Option to select a default vendor when importing data.
Integrated E-mail Purchase Order support.
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Purchase order numbers can now be up to 10 character long. You can now also select the printer when the PO is printed.

New PowerStation Features

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Mandatory credit card changes. Credit card information is now encrypted and other changes have been made to comply with the new Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.

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New POS plus/minus key feature. After entering or scanning an item, press the plus/minus keys to quickly change the quantity sold.

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When using integrated credit card processing, the drawer only opens after the credit card is approved.

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Enhanced Power Buttons and Power Menus. Display a website, comments and more.

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POS Station setting restore points. If you make a change you are not happy with, easily restore the previous settings. Screen
Optional reminder prompt if ticket(s) are still on hold when you close the drawer.

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Option to prevent non-management employees from selling an item.
Option to prevent use of Quick Sales.

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Option to allow employees to void a sale in progress, but not a completed sale.

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Option to add notes to a special order.
TRS Rules option to automatically add an item, discount, or comment to the end of a sale.

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Option to display an analog clock at POS. Screen

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A/R Smart Print Option. Automatically print a receipt on non-A/R sales and an invoice on A/R sales. This feature also allows you to automatically print an extra invoice on A/R sales only.

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Convert a ticket to a work order.

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Option to allow employees to void a sale in progress, but not a completed sale.

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Updated UPS World Ship integration.

New Procedures

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EOD Text messages. Sales totals and other user selectable information can now automatically be sent to your cell phone or text messaging device at the end of each day. Screen

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Faster backups! We have combined the hundreds of daily files into one file, making backups much faster. You can now also backup to a CD-R during your End-of-Day procedure.

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Option to run End-of-Day multiple times per day. View and reprint EOD reports by time as well as date.

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Option to reprint selected past daily reports for a given day. For example, Just the Drawer Balance Report. Screen

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EOM Backup file names now include the month and year. Example: JAN06.TRS

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Optional reminder prompt if ticket(s) are still on hold when you close the drawer.

New Employee Features

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Option to show all users logged in to Time Clock. View each employee’s current house function, total number of breaks, lunch status and total hours worked. The screen is automatically updated every minute. Screen

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Option to prevent employees from viewing past tickets.

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Time Clock button displays an employee’s total time worked.

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Enhanced employee scheduling features.

New Report Writer Features

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Paid out information is a new report source.

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Report Writer running count line number column.

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Option to enter a number of sets to be printed when printing labels.

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Option to export price labels directly from the price label list screen to an Excel or ASCII file.

New Miscellaneous Feature

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Customizable screen labels. Many of the popular field names can now be easily changed. Example: Contact name, stock number, description, QTY floor, QTY warehouse, address, Other Lookup, commission cost, zip code etc. Screen

New Service Management Module (Included with upgrade)

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Work Orders. Start a job, enter detailed notes, take an optional deposit, assign it to an employee, print a user-definable work order, do the work and then complete the sale. Status history is tracked throughout the process.

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Customer tracked items. Store user-definable information about a customer’s item. For example, next service date, warranty dates, replacement and repair information, notes and more. Customer tracked items are also available to the Report Writer. Screen

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Service tags with multiple part serial number tracking. Directly interfaces with customer tracked items. You can also look up a work order using any service tag reference. Screen 1  Screen 2

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Work order notes can automatically be transferred to customer notes when the work order has been completed. You now can easily view a detailed log of all services performed for a specific customer.

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Track items serviced and parts/labor used on an order.

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Interface with Microsoft MapPoint to create a delivery route.

New eBay Management Module (Included with upgrade)

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Increase sales by easily placing your current inventory items on eBay. Screen

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Support for the eBay Sandbox. Allows you to practice before posting live actions.

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Easily create your own listing descriptions in a word processor-type environment. Descriptions are saved for future eBay auctions or Webstore. Screen

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Select one or more of the up to five inventory pictures on file to be included with the listing or save picture fees by easily adding hosted pictures to the listing description.

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Saves time by remembering the last eBay category and package shipping information for each of your inventory departments.

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With just a few mouse clicks, get the current bid status for all your auctions: Number of bids, high bidder, selling price and more. Screen

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Tracks the web location of each item and allows you to easily view it on eBay.

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New customer information including name, address, phone and E-mail address from the wining bidder is automatically added to The Retail Solution.

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Send an E-mail directly from The Retail Solution to current high or winning bidder. Screen

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Complete an eBay sale with shipping directly from The PowerStation point of sale. Supports combining multiple items purchased by the same person. Screen 1  Screen 2 

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Create your own user-definable eBay reports using The Report Writer.

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