Pronto Software Previews Next Generation Retail Solutions at Retail Expo Australasia

Logistics Insight Asia - Technology & Market Trends, 20/8/2008

Pronto Software, an Australian developer of enterprise software solutions, has announced the upcoming release of its industry-leading retail solution, PRONTO-Xi Retail Phase 6. This is the next major version of Pronto’s award winning ERP solution that is already supporting retail powerhouses such as Harvey Norman OFIS, Babies Galore, Kathmandu and Optus World.

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.

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.

PRONTO-Xi Retail Phase 6 will be available in the first quarter of 2009.

Pronto Software, www.pronto.com.au