Retailer - Overview

Apparel 21 includes a fully integrated retail solution, and is one of the few systems to incorporate merchandise planning, retail back office and retail POS functionality in a single integrated solution. This results in powerful new levels of visiblity and effeciency for running your business with much better use and analysis of data possible than running 2 or 3 separate systems.

Retail Back Office
  • On-line, real-time integration with Apparel 21 POS
  • Bulk price management with visibility of stock on hand, sell through and previous price changes
  • Automatic real-time interface to general ledger
  • Flexible pricing structures (by store, store grade, territory etc.) with hierarchical pricing by exception across groups. Prices can be set at style, colour or SKU level and be date driven
  • Powerful reporting including customisable data summary function for easy extraction of data
  • Automated replenishment of stores based on ideal stock levels or rate of sale
  • Loyalty program and mailing list management including user defined customer attributes
  • Head office control of store security and set up parameters
  • Full integration with bank reconciliation module
Retail Point of Sale
 
  • Touch screen, keyboard or mouse driven interface
  • Multi-till stores
  • Multi-language support
  • Barcoding of all dockets for easier recall and return
  • Multi-tender and account sales
  • Ontegrated EFTPOS
  • Lay-bys including automatic administration and cancellation fees if required
  • Gift voucher and credit note issuing and validation
  • Sales person security control and time recording
  • Unlimited transaction holding/parking with recall on any till
  • Automatic version update procedure controlled from head office
  • Barcode driven (including PDT) stock take support with location tracking if required
  • Real-time/live multi-store and main warehouse stock enquiry with sizes across
  • Petty cash tracking
  • In-store reporting on screen or to docket printer
  • Customisable levels of discounts, each with a unique reason code and security control, discounts can be applied at line or transaction level
  • VIP loyalty scheme with automatic discount if required
  • Customisable docket messages by transaction type
 
Retail Planning
  • OTB planning across customisable product categories
    • Transposable (ie. not hierarchical) category structure
    • Full top down and bottom up planning across categories and weeks/months
    • OTB plan factors in markdowns, discounts, stock shrinkage and stock cover
    • Seed plan via a load history function
    • Real-time automated inclusion of actual sales figures for comparison with plan
    • Save unlimited snap shots of the plan for later analysis against actuals
    • Single continuous rolling date structure, no fixed time periods for each plan
  • Range plan functionality to develop product offerings by date and category
    • Build up range gradually with known data without having to enter all information up front
    • Convert planned products to actual styles once all data known
  • Purchase and distribution planning module to combine OTB plan and range plan
    • Template driven for faster data entry
    • Includes ability to specify pack definitions for easier cross docking
    • Deliver to main warehouse or direct to store
    • Preplan store distributions with automatic creation of store transfers
    • Generate purchase or production orders automatically