R E T A I L P L U S + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Retail Sales And Inventory Management System ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ K. EGGER, ADELAIDE P.O. BOX 423, 36 ADELAIDE ST. EAST, TORONTO, CANADA M5C 2J5 (416)862-3430 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION RETAIL PLUS+ is a retail management package that makes good inventory control and accurate sales tracking a breeze. It is designed to reduce your sales-to- inventory ratio and provide quick information about every item you carry. It is also designed to reduce the time you spend making up purchase orders, counting stock and tracking sales manually. It is an organizer, a record keeper, an analyzer and a time-saver. It includes a complete point-of-sale module with client database and bar code printing. For ease of use RETAIL PLUS+ has pull-down menus, pop-up windows and an extensive help system. FEATURES -> Uses pull-down menus and pop-up windows to maximize ease-of-use. -> Includes a built-in help system. You can press the F1 key at any time. -> Maintains complete sales and inventory data for each item in each store. -> Includes a full-featured Point-Of-Sale system. -> Prints P.O.S. sales slips or complete invoice statements. -> Keeps weekly and monthly sales figures for each product. -> Tracks sales by product and product class. -> Auto generates stock purchase orders. -> Includes on-screen review and editing of purchase orders. -> Offers choice of five methods to calculate purchase order quantities. -> Includes a customer database that builds a mailing list of your customers. -> Creates 8 different sales and inventory reports. -> Sorts output by product name, stock number or product class. -> Prints price tags, bin labels and Code 39 barcode labels. -> Creates catalogues with product descriptions, stock numbers, and prices. -> Sends any printer output to your word processor for custom formatting. -> Has on screen viewing of reports (or any file of the type .DOC or .TXT) -> Exports data to a database or spreadsheet program for further analysis. -> Reads sales data from down-loading electronic cash registers. -> Includes a built-in backup and restore feature that makes backups easy. -> Manages any amount of data - limited only by disk space. -> Compares the amount of stock at each location. -> Transfers stock from one location to another. -> Includes an optional password system with three levels of access. -> Displays inventory data by record view or table view. -> Provides full support for color monitors. Registered users will also receive DMAIL 5.1, our professional mailing list manager for customer tracking and preparing promotional mailings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -> IBM-PC, PS/2, or compatibles. -> A hard disk drive with at least 1MB of free space. -> 640 KB of memory. -> A printer capable of compressed print (15 cpi), or a wide carriage printer (132 columns). For printing barcode labels you will need an HP Laserjet or work-alike printer. -> Optional - an electronic cash register that sends data to a PC. This version of Retail Plus+ is set up to work with TEC brand 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTALLING RETAIL PLUS+ Retail Plus+ is supplied as an archive file called "RETAIL-P.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 CD\RETAIL 2 - Using an archive un-packing utility such as PKUNZIP, unpack the contents of RETAIL-P.ZIP into the new directory: PKUNZIP [drive:\directory\] RETAIL-P 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 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\ 2 - Create a file called CONFIG.SYS and put the two lines in it: COPY CON CONFIG.SYS FILES = 20 BUFFERS = 8 3 - Close the file: Thats all! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILES SUPPLIED WITH RETAIL PLUS+ RETAIL30.EXE - The executable program (version 3.0). RETAIL30.DOC - The main documentation file. HELP .DBF - Help system file 1. HELP .DBT - Help system file 2. SL1INV .DBF - Sample data file 1. SL1INV .DBT - Sample data file 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RETAIL PLUS+ SOFTWARE ORDER FORM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- K. EGGER, ADELAIDE P.O. BOX 423, 36 ADELAIDE ST. EAST, TORONTO CANADA M5C 2J5 (416)862-3430 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you order Retail Plus+ you will receive a new version of the software (without the reminder notices), unlimited telephone support, and a typeset manual. You will also receive DMAIL, our professional mailing list manager. The basic registration fee entitles you to use Retail Plus+ for two store locations. Each additional location requires another registration fee. Sold To:_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ PHONE __________________________ QTY ITEM PRICE TOTAL ___ Retail Plus+ basic registration (first two locations) and DMAIL professional mailing list manager. 125.00 _______ ___ Retail Plus+ registration(s) for additional location(s) 125.00 _______ ___ Retail Plus+ bound manual with screen graphics. (Order this only if you need to see more elaborate documentation before making a descision to buy.) 10.00 _______ Check One: [ ] Shipping & handling - First Class Mail 7.00 _______ [ ] Shipping & handling - Federal Express 36.00 _______ TOTAL (Cheque or money order) -------> _______ Check One: [ ] 5.25 inch diskettes [ ] 3.5 inch diskettes IF YOU ARE USING A DOWNLOADING CASH REGISTER Retail Plus+ is set up to work with TEC cash registers. If you would like to use it with another electronic cash system please send us the name and model of the system and an example of the data file it sends to your computer. We will contact you once we have reviewed this material.