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R E T A I L P L U S + Version 4.0
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Retail Sales And Inventory Management System
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K. EGGER, ADELAIDE BOX 423, 36 ADELAIDE ST. EAST, TORONTO, CANADA M5C 2J8
TELEPHONE - (416)961-7810
Monday to Friday, 9-5 EST COMPUSERVE ID - 71223,641
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FEATURES OF RETAIL PLUS+
Computerized sales and inventory systems were once the exclusive preserve of
large retail organizations, but a growing number of smaller operations are now
turning to microcomputers to get the same kind of management functions. The
goal of these functions is to control costs while satisfying customer expect-
ations. The way to achieve it is through good inventory control, accurate
sales tracking and quick access to detailed information about every item in
the store.
Retail Plus+ is a tool that serves that goal. It is designed for those who
want to reduce their sales-to-inventory ratio and who want timely information
about each item they carry. It is also designed for those who spend too much
time making up purchase orders, counting stock, tracking sales manually or
figuring out what works and what doesn't. It is an organizer, a record-keeper,
an analyzer and a time saver. Retail Plus+ has the following features:
> Easy to use - has pull-down menus and pop-up windows.
> Built-in help system - press the F1 key at any time for assistance.
> Complete sales and inventory data for each item in each store location.
> Full-featured POS system with slip printer and cash drawer support.
> Weekly and monthly sales figures for each product.
> History of daily POS totals.
> Sales tracked by product and department.
> Auto-generated PO's with five methods of calculating order quantities.
> On-screen review and editing of purchase orders.
> Client database to keeps a purchase history & mailing list of your clients.
> 8 flexible sales and inventory reports.
> On screen viewing of reports.
> Print price tags, bin labels, shipping labels and Code 39 bar code labels.
> Catalogues output with product descriptions, stock numbers, and prices.
> Printer output transfers to your word processor for custom formatting.
> Sales data exports to database or spreadsheet programs for further analysis.
> Sales data transfers from a down-loading electronic cash register.
> Built-in backup and restore feature that makes backups easy.
> Any size of inventory is accepted - limited only by disk space.
> Stock at each location displayed for comparison.
> Stock transfers from one location to another.
> Optional password system with three levels of access.
> Inventory displayed by record view or table view.
> Full support for color monitors.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
> IBM-PC, PS/2, or compatibles.
> A hard disk drive with at least 2MB of free space.
> 640 KB of memory.
> A printer capable of compressed print (15 cpi), or a wide carriage printer
(132 columns). For printing bar code labels you will need an HP LaserJet or
work-alike printer.
> Optional - a POS printer for sales slips, an automatic cash drawer or an
electronic cash register that sends data to a PC. This version of Retail
Plus+ is set up to work with data files from TEC MA-1900 cash registers. If
you want to use it with another register system please contact us for more
information.
If you do not have a cash register that can send data to a PC there are two
other methods of entering sales into the system. See the Manual and P.O.S.
options under the Sales menu.
INSTALLING RETAIL PLUS+
Retail Plus+ is supplied as an archive file called "RETAILP4.ZIP". It contains
all the files you need. Follow these steps to get a functioning system onto
your hard drive:
1 - At the "C:>" prompt create a new directory on your hard drive and go to
that directory:
MD RETAIL <press enter>
CD\RETAIL <press enter>
2 - Using an archive un-packing utility such as UNZIP.EXE, unpack the contents
of RETAILP4.ZIP into the new directory:
UNZIP [drive:\directory\] RETAILP4 <press enter>
3 - Now check for a file called "CONFIG.SYS" in the root directory of the
startup drive. If it is there it should contain the following statements with
the minimum values shown:
FILES = 20
BUFFERS = 8
You can see the contents of the file just by typing:
TYPE CONFIG.SYS <press enter>
If these statements are absent you can use any text editor to insert them. If
the file does not exist, you can easily create one with the following steps:
1 - Go to the root directory:
CD\ <press enter>
2 - Create a file called CONFIG.SYS and put the two lines in it:
COPY CON CONFIG.SYS <press enter>
FILES = 20 <press enter>
BUFFERS = 8 <press enter>
3 - Close the file:
<press F6 then press enter>
Thats all!
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FILES SUPPLIED WITH RETAIL PLUS+
RETAIL40.EXE - The executable program (version 4.0).
RETAIL40.DOC - The main documentation.
HELP .DBF - Help system file 1.
HELP .DBT - Help system file 2.
SL1INV .DBF - Sample data file 1.
SL1INV .DBT - Sample data file 2.
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