Microsoft Retail Management System Headquarters

Track detailed information on quantity in stock, reorder points, and restock levels for each item at each store.

Invoke automatic inventory replenishment at the home office, and for any set of stores.

Set up a master inventory database and download it to any group of stores. Information on item types, departments, categories, suppliers, substitutes, aliases, parent relationships, and more can be replicated to stores for consistent stock identification.

Program sales tax individually by store per local regulations.

Promote inventory balancing by managing stock transfers among stores. An inventory transfer log tracks stock movement.

Designate selected stores as warehouses where inventory can be received and redistributed.

Perform inter-store quantity checks so you can determine the inventory levels at all stores. Whenever stores upload their information, the quantities in Headquarters automatically change.

Generate POs for selected items by quantity sold during a certain period or for items that fall below restocking levels.

Perform inter-store inventory transfers from the warehouse store.

Put selected items on sale at specific stores or across the enterprise.

Set up special pricing for items, categories, or departments, then broadcast as desired.

Program price changes to take effect immediately or during a specified time period.

Keeping detailed information on invoice number, IDs of items sold, as-sold prices, tax collected, customer, cashier and sales rep IDs, and applicable serial number or matrix type.

Maintaining detailed sales and profit analyses, sales commission, and tax reports are easily generated.

Compiling comprehensive data collection, which supports data warehousing and OLAP.

Track demographics, preferences, purchase or problem history, account balance, and credit information.

Chain-wide buying habits, shopping frequency, and purchase amounts are readily available at the head office.

Headquarters' customer data supports thorough and accurate database marketing and relationship selling to targeted customers. This data can be exported to sophisticated CRM and ERP applications.

Upload attendance records for computing hours and labor cost at the head office.

Centrally compute sales commissions based upon sales transactions and commission structures found in associates' profiles.

Generates consolidated reports to show sales breakdowns, identify slow-moving items and check sales for any day—by store location, items, departments, categories, customer, or taxes.

Allow reports to be previewed on screen, printed or exported to other Microsoft Windows-based software packages.

Take advantage of 31 security levels that protect screens and fields and report writing—every sensitive corner of your system and confidential data.