Pronto Xi Retail Phase 6 drives efficiency and cost control for retailers
Developed from the ground-up, Pronto Xi Retail will help retailers maximise operational efficiencies and withstand margin pressures. It is a fully integrated, flexible and scalable solution ideally suited to growing businesses. Pronto Xi Retail delivers against key retail requirements including margin control, purchasing and inventory management, visibility and supply chain efficiency.
The new Retail suite is particularly franchise-friendly, comprising an in-built Franchise Inventory System which enables franchise businesses to share and maintain inventory data across multiple companies. It ensures data quality and centralised control, resulting in more accurate sales reporting on one platform.
Pronto Software’s Retail Product Manager Chad Gates believes that in a highly competitive market, retailers are seeking ways to optimise back-end processes and maximise efficiencies without compromising service standards.
“This latest retail application suite gives retailers the tools they need to control spending, maintain margins and therefore retain every dollar earned. It’s a comprehensive yet streamlined system that will help retailers get the right products on the shelves at the right price at the right time,” he said.
“We’re focused heavily on the needs of our customers, hence Pronto Xi Retail is designed to maximise efficiency and provide full visibility at purchasing and store levels. Overall it’s a smart system packed with innovation from the foundation level to the user experience and application suite,” Gates added.
The new Pronto Xi Retail features a range of retail innovations including:
- Open to buy: an invaluable forecasting tool providing a measure of available cash to spend on new inventory purchases.
- Point of sale redundancy: Leveraging the new Pronto Xi Message Bus, the enhanced Point of sale redundancy system, provides a robust and customer friendly method of trading when the Head Office server is unavailable. This world-class redundancy system keeps remote stores “in sync” with head office incrementally and continuously throughout the day, eliminating the need for overnight updates.
- Price protection: allows retailers to better manage margins by negotiating arrangements with suppliers for claiming cost price reduction for existing stock. Price protection automates and manages the process, providing visibility every step of the way.
Gates continued: “Pronto Software is known for providing easily upgradeable and flexible implementations. For example, customers have the option of deploying Pronto Xi Retail as a hosted on-demand/SAAS model or maintain a server on-site.
“Our longevity, credibility, expertise and reputation for delivering low risk implementations on time and on budget means we offer one of the very few truly integrated high performance solutions for retailers,” Gates concluded.
Pronto Xi Retail Phase 6 will be available in the first quarter of 2009.
For more information, visit the Pronto Software stand at Retail Expo Australasia, located at E16, Hall 1.
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Pronto Software wins CeBIT award for export excellence
Awarded for its success in international markets, Pronto Software successfully exports its flagship ERP solution, Pronto Xi, to 27 countries including the US, UK, Canada and PNG.
A growing focus for Pronto Software, the international market is a significant contributor to the company’s overall revenue. Pronto Software’s Managing Director David Jackman said the award acknowledged quality and innovative Australian software that is recognised internationally.
“Winning this award is a ringing endorsement for our innovative Australian-developed software that is extending Australia’s footprint in a global ICT market. Our ability to compete internationally is testament to the value and quality of Australian innovation,” he said.
As a recent measure of the company’s offshore success, earlier this year Pronto Software signed a RM 2 million deal with Malaysian health retailer Ogawa World. Pronto Software is also the market leader in PNG, servicing a range of government and private sector organisations. It is establishing a growing presence in Canada, following the appointment of reseller Business Solutions Alliance Inc, the catalyst for signing several major local customers.
Pronto Software’s flexible and highly scalable ERP solution, Pronto Xi delivers unparalleled visibility and control of the entire supply chain from manufacturing, distribution and service through to retail. Pronto Software also provides customers the option of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions by managing the maintenance and upkeep of the IT infrastructure and critical applications.
Pronto’s growing list of overseas clients include: Paintearth (Canada), Home Run Inn (US), Islander Group (US), Jessops (UK), Post PNG (PNG), Steamships Trading Limited (PNG), Quatius (HK), A.W.Faber- Castell (SEA), Gardenia Foods (SEA).
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Pronto Software to launch new Task Intelligence capability at CeBIT
Melbourne, 15 May 2008 – Pronto Software, an Australian developer of enterprise software solutions, will launch Task Intelligence, a next generation ERP feature that enables growing SME’s to manage critical tasks quickly and more efficiently, at ICT tradeshow CeBIT Australia.
An extension of Pronto Xi’s Alert Intelligence capability, Task Intelligence reduces the administrative overload for business managers by automating the follow-up of critical business tasks. It assigns To-Do items for a high priority action that needs to be performed within Pronto Xi, providing broad workflow support.
Managers can define how a user is notified when a task has been assigned to them, the time required to complete the task, the priority of the task (on a 10 point scale), how and when reminders should be sent and when a task has been escalated.
For example, a reminder to review or approve a Purchase Order (PO) within a set time such as six hours is triggered from Pronto Xi, with a hyperlink embedded in an email linking to the relevant PO. If it’s not approved within the set time frame, another nominated person (such as a supervisor) is also alerted. Tasks all stay open and visible until completed.
Task Intelligence also ensures compliance to service/contractual agreements, giving business owners peace of mind knowing critical business tasks are being completed and follow up.
Pronto Software’s Senior Marketing Manager, Paul Goepfert said, “Task Intelligence offers SME’s the power and benefit of workflow features without the cost and complexity. It sets the benchmark for simple, effective workflow tools for SME’s.”
Easy to deploy, it features a simple interface and single navigation model that makes setting up and completing the task quick and simple, with no programming skills required.
Other key features and benefits of Task Intelligence include:
- Hyperlinks embedded in an e-mail link directly back to screens in Pronto Xi so that users can act on these tasks quickly without having to navigate through the system.
- A task allocation email listing all outstanding tasks and providing drillbacks to the relevant screens in Pronto Xi can also be sent to the user.
- Can be used by anybody within a company without the need for IT/programming skills.
- Quick implementation and a low-cost alternative for SMEs.
Combined with Pronto Xi Alert Intelligence, Task Intelligence is a powerful tool for any IT infrastructure and greatly enhances a company’s ability to improve efficiency and effectiveness in business operations. For more information, visit the Pronto Software stand located at P40, Hall Four.
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