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OS/2 IS THE NEW TREND AT SAKS 5TH AVENUE
December 29, 1993
An OS/2-powered solution manages inventory in Saks Fifth Avenue stores
throughout the U.S.
Thanks to Applied Tactical Systems, a company that specializes in
automated solutions for industries, Saks Fifth Avenue has successfully
leaped into the world of high technology. Store representatives use
wireless, radio-frequency, hand-held scanners to gather data from
clothing racks and send it to a remote PC running on OS/2 2.1. OS/2
processes the data, stores it, and sends it to an IBM 3090 mainframe
which records the contents of each store in the country.
Daily routines such as counting stock, moving inventory, and
re-ticketing for price mark-downs, are now done electronically. Large
inventory counts that once took weeks to calculate are now done in
seconds. As a result, things are running much more efficiently than
ever, especially for the Loss-Prevention departments, whose operations
depend on accurate inventory counts.
And the benefits aren't limited to Saks employees. Customers looking
for an item which is unavailable in one store, for example, may ask a
sales person to search for it among other stores. In a matter of
seconds, the sales person can retrieve and order the item for the
customer. By processing inventory the OS/2 way, sales people have
a lot more time to spend with customers.
Applied Tactical Systems decided to build their solution on OS/2 2.1
because of its multitasking ability, which permits them to manage
inventory, track activities, and send data to a host computer at the
same time. The OS/2 communications capabilities provide Saks with a
very robust network that can handle large volumes of high-speed
inventory transactions real-time and without error.
The system at Saks is so successful that additional OS/2-based solutions
are in the works. Applied Tactical Systems is in the process of
developing OS/2 solutions for mobile point-of-sale terminals, portable
label printing, and other automated functions for the retail giant.
If you would like OS/2 to rev up your inventory system, or would like
more information about this Applied Tactical Systems & OS/2 solution,
contact George Nikityn of Applied Tactical Systems, 201-808-1750.
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