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- R E T A I L P L U S + Version 5.2
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- Retail Sales And Inventory Management System
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- TRUE NORTH COMPUTER SERVICES
- PO BOX 985, HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO
- CANADA P1H 2G2
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- TELEPHONE - (705)789-0928
- INTERNET - 71223.641@compuserve.com
- WORLD WIDE WEB - http//www.brainlink.com/~north/
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- FEATURES OF RETAIL PLUS
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- If you have been looking at sales and inventory software you have probably
- voiced some of the following concerns:
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- - Why is it so complicated?
- - Why is it so expensive?
- - Why does it take so long to create a simple invoice?
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- The goal of retail management software is to help you concentrate on your sales
- and your customers. Retail Plus serves that goal. It is designed for those who
- spend too much time making up purchase orders, counting stock, tracking sales,
- or preparing invoices. It is more than an inventory system with a point-of-sale
- screen. It is an organizer, an analyzer and a time saver. Retail Plus has the
- following features:
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- > Easy to use with pull down menus and pop-up windows.
- > Built in help system - press the F1 key at any time for assistance.
- > Complete sales and inventory data for each item in each location.
- > Full-featured POS system with slip printer and cash drawer support.
- > Multiple points of sale without a network.
- > Data imports and exports.
- > Weekly and monthly sales figures for each product.
- > History of daily sales and POS totals.
- > Sales tracked by product, department and client.
- > Accounts receivable/invoicing system, with overdue charges if needed.
- > Three fast & easy ways to find and print an invoice.
- > Auto-generated PO's with five methods of calculating order quantities.
- > On-screen review and editing of purchase orders.
- > Client database keeps a purchase history & mailing list of your customers.
- > Fast client lookups by name, company or phone number.
- > Set up 2 sales taxes and optional add-on charges.
- > Set up automatic discounts, tax rates or tax exemptions for any customer.
- > Set up a bonus points system to identify and reward your best customers.
- > Create, print and save price quotes that you can later process as sales.
- > Flexible sales and inventory reports with on-screen viewing.
- > Print price tags, bin labels, shipping labels and Code 39 bar code labels.
- > Print detailed invoices on fan fold paper stock or on your letterhead.
- > Create catalogue output with product description, stock numbers, and prices.
- > Printer output transfers to your word processor for custom formatting.
- > Sales data exports to database or spreadsheet programs for further analysis.
- > Handel any size of inventory - limited only by disk space.
- > Compare stock levels across multiple locations.
- > Transfer stock from one location to another.
- > Optional password system with three levels of access.
- > Inventory displayed by record view or table view.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- > Any MS-DOS microcomputer.
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- > A hard disk drive with at least 2MB of free space.
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- > 640 KB of memory.
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- > A printer capable of compressed print (15 cpi), or a wide carriage printer
- (132 columns). For printing bar code labels you will need an HP LaserJet or
- work-alike printer.
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- > Optional Accessories - a POS printer for sales slips or an automatic cash
- drawer.
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- QUICKSTART INSTALLATION OF RETAIL PLUS
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- Retail Plus version 5.2 is supplied as an archive file called "PLUS52.ZIP".
- It contains all the files you need. Follow these steps to get a functioning
- system onto your hard drive:
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- 1 - At the "C:>" prompt create a new directory on your hard drive and go to
- that directory:
- MD RETAIL <press enter>
- CD\RETAIL <press enter>
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- 2 - Using an archive un-packing utility such as UNZIP.EXE, unpack the contents
- of PLUS52.ZIP into the new directory:
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- UNZIP A:PLUS52 <press enter>
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- 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 at least minimum values shown (they can be greater but not smaller):
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- FILES = 30
- BUFFERS = 10
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- You can check the contents of CONFIG.SYS just by typing:
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- TYPE CONFIG.SYS <press enter>
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- If the files & buffers statements are absent you can use any text editor to
- insert them.
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- STARTING RETAIL PLUS
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- To start Retail Plus go to the directory where it is found and enter R52
- at the DOS prompt:
- CD\RETAIL <press enter>
- R52 <press enter>
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- Explanation: The installation process creates a file called R52.BAT that
- contains the following two lines:
- SET CLIPPER=F:30
- RETAIL52
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- Retail Plus should always be started up with this batch file, otherwise your
- system may not allow it to open enough files. If at some point in the program
- you press F1 for help, and instead of a help screen you get a DOS Error 4 (too
- many files open), then you know that you cannot open enough files. If this
- happens try typing SET at the DOS prompt. You should then see CLIPPER=F:30 on
- the screen along with the other DOS environment setups. If it is not there then
- the program was not started up using R52.BAT. If the file R52.BAT is missing
- you can create it with any text editor such as the DOS Edit command.
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- Retail Plus is initially configured to start without requiring a password. If
- it does prompt you for a password just type "TEST" and press ENTER. You can
- remove this password later and set up new ones if you need security. If this
- password does not give you access then someone has already set up the system
- for security.
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- FILES SUPPLIED WITH RETAIL PLUS
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- RETAIL52.EXE - The executable program (version 5.2).
- RETAIL52.DOC - The main documentation.
- R52 .BAT - The batch file used to start up the program
- HELP .DBF - Help system file 1.
- HELP .DBT - Help system file 2.
- SL1INV .DBF - Sample data file 1.
- SL1INV .DBT - Sample data file 2.
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