"Accord has been instrumental in helping us
to successfully drive our whole business forward. By allowing us to co-operate
closely with retail stores, exchanging data and management information, we
have been able to reduce both warehouse and store stock levels whilst improving
margins and service levels." Appleby Westward
Appleby Westward is part of the BWG Group and the
SPAR wholesaler for SW England
Accord provides a complete solution for Symbol
group wholesalers supplying an estate of company owned and independent retail
stores.
It allows you to manage and control all of your activities from warehouse
back door to retail point of sale, including Buying, Stock Management, Warehousing,
Logistics, Point of Sale and Financial Accounts.
Symbol Group wholesaling is a partnership between the Wholesaler and Retailer.
Stock whether at store or warehouse represents the tying up of capital. It
is, therefore, essential that any system, as one of its main issues, should
address not only the movement of product between the warehouse and the retailer,
but also from the retailer to the customer.
The introduction of the in store Accord - Retailer
modules, linking seamlessly with the Accord wholesale
system at the distribution depot, ensures the retailer achieves increased
profitability and service levels from the provision of up to date meaningful
management information. This includes sophisticated range planning, pricing
and margin control. The wholesaler benefits from the availability of shared
data. Purchasing and stock can be planned to ensure product is readily available
to meet the needs of the retailer, without tying up capital in unnecessarily
high stock levels.
Matching stock to demand and maintaining consistently high levels of service
at both retail and wholesale, achieves the optimum, in ensuring a smooth and
profitable operation.
Here are some of the features we have built into Accord
to help you better manage both your wholesale and retail activities:
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Detailed product data tailored to the food and drink
market
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Full bar code support
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Detailed store data including store size, indicators
for news, video, dairy sections, etc
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Comprehensive pricing facilities, including wholesale
and retail pricing policies
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EPoS File Maintenance, allowing you to download
date controlled product, price and promotion information to store back office
systems to update the point of sale scanning system
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Sales Order Management - with facilities to take orders through Tele-Ordering and electronically from store back office systems. Web ordering allows stores to log on to your system over the Internet and order goods online at their convenience
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AIMS - Accord Internet
Messaging Service. AIMS offers you a faster, cheaper
and more reliable alternative for exchanging EPoS and other data with your
stores
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Purchase Order Management with advanced demand forecasting
to assist planning and stock control and help you to negotiate the best
deals with your suppliers
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Warehouse Management and Stock Control to help you reduce stock levels, rationalise stock ranges, maximise utilisation of warehouse space and the efficiency of warehouse operations
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Fully resilient, euro compatible retail EPoS. Includes
all the features necessary for the modern point of sale including multi
currency, deals, multiple tenders, full weighted item support, video rental
support and webcam/CCTV security
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Accord - Retailer Back
Office system for automated replenishment, stock and pricing control. Features
include News Management, Food to Go, Forecourt interface, cash control,
Ordering, Shelf Edge Label production
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Voice Recognition and RF technologies. These provide
a real-time link to your computer system and help you to improve accuracy
and productivity over a range of activities, including goods received, stock
taking and picking confirmation
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Conventional and Internet EDI
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Fully integrated, multicurrency Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Nominal Ledger/Management Accounts
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Reporting options throughout so that you can monitor,
control and plan activities
