Maginus has been selected by Microsoft as one of a small group of launch partners for its new Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail solution. The new solution adds a complete set of retail management applications to complement Microsoft’s Dynamics AX product line. This, in addition to the Multi Channel capabilities of the Maginus offering, makes a compelling solution for retailers who want to maximise revenues across sales channels including stores, catalogue & mail order, ecommerce, kiosks etc. Microsoft has made a huge ongoing commitment to the Retail market that stretches way into the future. Retailers selecting Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail will benefit from the security that Microsoft brings in terms of its financial stability and commitment to the market, as well as its huge technical and investment resources.
Key Benefits:
- Improve customer service: Improving customer service ultimately increases conversion rates and average basket value which is essential for retailers during recessionary times.
- Tap into new channels: With Dynamics AX for Retail retailers can tap into new online channels such as eBay, Amazon, Facebook and Twitter to market and sell their goods.
- Reduce capital tied up in stock: Reliable, sophisticated demand forecasting and efficient inventory management keeps costs down whilst improving stock availability and improving customer service.
- Expand multichannel engagement: By introducing Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail as part of a multi channel solution you can offer your customers click & collect, order in-store for home delivery, and return goods either to the store or online etc.
Features:
Microsoft Dynamics® AX for Retail is an integrated retail solution designed for Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009. This solution controls the fundamental aspects of a retail business from the head office to the stores, and links the point-of-sale (POS) registers and Microsoft Dynamics AX. Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail includes:
- Microsoft Dynamics® AX for Retail Headquarters
- Microsoft Dynamics® AX for Retail Store Connect
- Microsoft Dynamics® AX for Retail Transaction Service
- Microsoft Dynamics® AX for Retail POS
Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail gives you:
- A superior user interface that reduces training time with a familiar, intuitive interface
- Role-based, task centric access to information
- Secure, PCI compliant payment processing
- POS that connects to a wide range of hardware: including printers, magnetic swipe readers (MSRs), PIN pads, scanners, cash drawers, scales and line displays with support for industry standards such as OLE for Retail POS (OPOS) and Microsoft POS for .NET
- Manager View - which is a convenient and central location for securely managing inventory and store information; including creating reports and purchase orders, receiving inventory, and managing customer and employee information.
- Statistical overview of sales by store, section and shelf
- Powerful item hierarchy to control reporting and distribution to stores
- Extensive promotions and pricing functionality including multi buy and mix and match
- Support for Variants which allow retail items that have different sizes, colors or styles to be handled easily.
- Control the buying of variant items by using Size, color and style curve to decide the weight of each variant of items with variants and use this information for most effective replenishment.
- Use buyer’s push to distribute items from a warehouse to the stores.
- Manage the relationships with your tenants of concessions by defining contracts and costs
- Industry standard support: Supports integration with web services, XML, FTP and HTTP standards.
Ian Corcoran, Dynamics Product Director in the UK, said, “Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail will provide our partners with an industry specific platform like no other in the marketplace. This will enable them to create even deeper vertical functionality for retailers, more easily and at less cost. It will also increase the opportunity for Microsoft partners to deliver customer-specific configuration and retail-specific functionality that retailers are looking for in order to increase their competitive advantage.”
