SANDMAR
RM6000
OVERVIEW
RM6000 provides
a comprehensive range of software solutions for businesses engaged
in:
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Selling goods and services
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Managing and moving Inventory
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Merchandising of goods and services
These activities
may all be concentrated within a single business location, or spread
across a number of remote business operations, including warehouses,
retail outlets and offices, and / or be based on the Internet.
The RM6000
software range integrates the activities of:
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Selling
goods and services from retail outlets, wholesale cash &
carry outlets, mail order sales, trade counters, telephone sales,
to delivered goods with cash on delivery or on account.
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Selling
products via the World Wide Web.
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Inventory
management within single or multiple retail outlets and single
or multiple conventional, or bonded warehouses.
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Merchandising
of goods including product range planning, budgeting, revenue
forecasting and purchasing.
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Importing
goods from international suppliers with cost price adjustment.
Modules are
available which can integrate together, or stand alone. All modules
can be configured to meet specific business requirements. The modules
include:
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Sales Manager with POSXpress3 Point of Sale and WEBXpress
selling on the Internet
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Merchandising Manager for Product Replenishment
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Inventory Manager for full Inventory Control
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DataBase Manager for managing system data
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Finance Manager for performance monitoring and establishing
business rules
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Report Manager for standard and ad-hoc reporting
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System Manager for operational administration
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Network Manager for communications within a multi location
environment
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Advanced Shipment Costing System for importing goods from
International Suppliers
Software
Technology
The Sandmar
RM6000
software range has been created using the latest proven software
techniques available, including: Object Orientated programming,
Windows Operating Systems, Visual programming techniques and Client
/ Server Relational Database technology. These combine to provide
an open software system solution complying with the international
standards of operation.
Background
In 1988 Sandmar
developed the retail software range Retail Manager III utilising
the MS DOS operating system. RM6000
builds upon that design and the many years of product enhancement
to provide a modern Windows based system, created within an ISO9001
quality environment. RM6000
has been shipping since 1997 and was one of the first Retail Management
System to be completely Windows based.
General
System Features
Multi-lingual
capability.
The software is available in several international languages. Each
user of the system can operate in their preferred language, or at
any time they can switch between the available languages.
User
defined business rules.
Where business rules such as taxation, or cost price calculation
are likely to vary on a regular basis, then the user can configure
the software to operate in a unique way for their business.
End
user business language.
Upon initialising the system, the software can be automatically
configured using Sandmar ‘Wizards’ to operate using specific
business terminology. E.G. Ladies Fashion, Men’s Fashion, Shoes,
Auto parts, Jewellery, Toys, Supermarkets, etc.
Security.
A flexible security system ensures that access to all areas of the
system is strictly controlled.
Currency.
The system can accommodate any currency type and will operate in
multiple currencies throughout the system. All transactions are
archived with four currencies.
Training
Mode.
All areas of the system can operate safely in training mode, therefore
not effecting any live database files.
Operating
System Environments.
The system is designed to take advantage of the Microsoft Windows
environments. Licenses are available for Microsoft Windows NT, 2000,
XP. Local area networks supported are Novell & Microsoft Windows
NT / 2000 Server.
Computer
Equipment.
The software operates with all PC based equipment configured to
utilise the operating system environments described above. Some
PC based point of sale equipment requires special software drivers
to make use of peripherals such as receipt printer, customer displays
etc. Sandmar software will operate with most available POS equipment
including, ICL, IBM, NCR, ABS, Epson, Casio, TEC and Alphameric.
The point of sale software is written to OPOS standards and these
are utilised wherever possible. Please contact Sandmar directly
for a current list of models supported.
Database
Technology.
RM6000 uses the Sybase SQL Anywhere relational database technology.
This internationally available, proven technology ensures that the
RM6000 is secure at all times. Within a multi-location system Sybase
will ensure full synchronisation of the dispersed databases.
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