All good things must come to an end, including great Point of Sale software. All of you valued Retail Professional clients are encouraged to to think seriously about converting to our Windward System Five
Garden Center POS software, so we can continue to offer you cutting edge solutions to your business management challenges. Here are just some of the reasons to make the switch today:
Point-of-Sale
• Windward GCS permits the sale, tracking
and redemption of gift cards
and certificates.
• Deliveries can be scheduled at the time of sale with detailed notes for
the delivery
person.
• Bulk products, rock and pavers can be sold in 5 different units of measure
with automatic
conversion.
• Estimates, work-orders and invoices can be emailed or faxed to customers
directly
from the software.
• Special orders and back orders can be created at the time of sale.
• Previously created estimates, work orders and invoices can be recalled
and edited
quickly & easily.
• A picture of a plant or any inventory item can be easily displayed at
the time
of sale.
• Floral and landscape department quotes & orders can be converted
to sales
with a button click.
• A user-definable, touch-screen selling interface can include buttons
for products & product
groups.
• A scale interface is included to facilitate selling by weight (e.g. fruit & vegetables).
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Inventory & Purchasing
• Up to 99 price levels can be assigned for
each inventory item.
• Product pricing is easily updated with selective imports from digital,
supplier
price lists.
• Up to 98 quantity-breaks can be assigned for each inventory item.
• The software can suggest product orders based on historical sales over
a user-defined
date range.
• The software can suggest product orders based on min & max levels
set for
user-defined seasons.
• Purchase orders can be emailed or faxed to suppliers directly from the
software.
• Special orders and back orders can be added to purchase orders with a
click of a button.
• Plant characteristics, data and pictures can be imported from digital
supplier catalogues.
• Product added to work orders and layaways reduces the quantity available
for
sale.
• Static, dynamic and tag-along kits are available to meet all your kitting
requirements.
• First-In-First-Out (FIFO) is used for inventory costing.
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Customers
• A broad variety of rewards programs can be set up with the powerful Promotions feature.
• Customers can be assigned special price levels with exceptions by product category.
• Customer statements can be emailed or faxed directly from Windward GCS.
• Customers are quickly identified by the last 4 digits of phone number, first name, zip code, etc.
• Customers are immediately identified by scanning or swiping a customer loyalty card.
• Contract pricing with automatic expiry dates can be provided for specific customers.
• The built-in scheduler can assist with customer follow-up and track contact information.
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Miscellaneous
• The Pervasive.SQL database engine used by
Windward GCS is much more powerful and flexible
than the Access 97 engine used by the RPSC version of GCS.
• Forms, signs, labels and reports are easily designed without having to
learn
programming.
• Sale events and other promotions can start and end automatically without
user
intervention.
• Portable data collectors can be used for customer order taking, plus
inventory
counting & receiving.
• A Wireless Pocket PC Option permits customer order taking, price checking
and
inventory counting.
• A Departments Option is available to provide data processing & communications
for multiple locations.
• Debit card processing is available through Mercury Payment Systems (www.mercurypay.com).
• Currency conversion simplifies accounting for foreign purchases.
• A job-costing module is included to track the profitability of landscaping
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Call
Mel Saari at 1-800-640-1127 ext: 8742 to start your upgrade to Windward System Five Garden Center Point of Sale.
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