This document discusses features of Microsoft RMS Point of Sale software that can help retailers prepare for the busy holiday shopping season. It highlights capabilities like return tracking, rapid item lookup, customer rewards programs, and displaying promotional messages to customers that can help increase sales and reduce costs. The software is also described as affordable, stable, and supported by Microsoft and its partners worldwide.

1. Microsoft RMS Point of Sale
Single or Multi Store
Point of Sale
Be Prepared For The Holiday
Shopping Season

2. Microsoft Retail Management System
What it means to Retailers
Lowest Cost of Ownership
Industry Leadership
Customer Commitment
Outstanding customer support available 24/7
A complete set of in-depth customer training tools
Microsoft R&D investment is highest in industry
Broad ecosystem of knowledgeable and responsive partners
Top retailers use Microsoft

3. Microsoft RMS
Value Proposition
Affordable:
• Financing available
• Supported by Microsoft and independently priced Microsoft Partners worldwide
• Eliminates single supplier helpdesk with uncontrollable fees
Stable:
• The latest technology from the most stable software company...Microsoft
• Supported by Microsoft and Microsoft RMS Partners in every state
Increase Sales:
• Customer Rewards program to drive customers to your store
• Offer a great checkout experience and engage customers with custom messages
Reduce Inventory and Costs:
• Keep your team in-the-know, customer history, item images, and on-hand quantities
• Offer an easy return process and keep your returns organized with the Return Tracker
Decrease Labor:
• Cut down on time at the register with rapid location using Item and Picture Drill Down
• AR management, statements with receipts, and auto E-mail receipts and statements

4. Microsoft RMS
Affordable – Microsoft Family of Products
•Runs on all Microsoft supported PC OS: Vista, Windows 7 or 8
•Integrates with Microsoft Office and Web applications
•Easy to Use!

5. Microsoft RMS
Stable – Current POS Technology
• Microsoft RMS is a modern Point of Sale application running on Microsoft SQL
• Old Access or character based programs are poor investments
• Avoid POS that does not respond to Microsoft controls. Make sure you can:
o Click “X” to close all programs and windows
o Mouse “double click” to select an item from a browser
o Shrink windows or grow to full screen by clicking and dragging the edge
o Scroll through lists of items, customers, vendors, or other records
o Run on Any Microsoft OS: Windows Vista, Windows 7 or 8
• Dated POS software drifts further behind without revenue resulting in:
o Problems maintaining existing features or adding new features
o Higher support fees and reduced innovation until eventual End of Life
• Support for Microsoft RMS costs significantly less than other POS systems:
o Microsoft RMS is modern and is fully customizable with current skills
o Microsoft RMS is supported by Microsoft Partners in every state
o Microsoft RMS is portable for use with any COOP, any supplier
o Microsoft RMS Plug-Ins exist for any retail product or vertical market
o Google “Microsoft RMS Add On” to find out more about Plug-Ins available

6. Microsoft RMS
Be Prepared This Holiday Shopping Season With:
• Green Customer Service – Reduce paper costs for you and provide easy-to-reference
receipts/statements for your customers
• Ingenico Controls – Make payments quick and easy
• Return Tracker – Organize returns when they are at their highest
• Item and Picture Drill Down – Reduce checkout line time with rapid item location
• Item Quantity Prompt – Reduce mistakes by prompting for quantity per item
• Customer Rewards – Set up holiday sales and encourage customers to return
• HTML Status Bar – Keep everyone informed by displaying enhanced data at
point of sale

7. Microsoft RMS
Decrease Costs – Simplified Customer Billing
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E-Mail
•Optionally include receipts with signatures for each transaction
•Automatic E-mail of receipts and statements
•Print statements with receipts at any time for any date range for any customer(s)
•Multi-store owners manage all statements and payments from one location

8. Microsoft RMS
Increase Sales - Payments Made Easy
•During this holiday season, make things easier for you and your customers
•Display custom images and store promotions to engage customers
•Displays running total for customers to see
•Prompts customers to slide and for signature

9. Microsoft RMS
Keep Returns Organized
•Return Tracker prevents items from being return to a receipt more than original
quantity.
•Prevents items from being returned that were never sold
•Keeps returns organized during and after the holiday shopping season

10. Microsoft RMS
Rapid Location at Point of Sale
•Item and Picture Drill Down allows cashiers to easily find items using a mouse or
touchscreen
•Optionally word search for items
•Quickly add pictures to any buttons at any level

11. Microsoft RMS
Don’t Miss A Thing – Decrease Costly Errors
•Make sure cashiers aren’t missing product during the hustle and bustle
•Item Quantity Prompt prompts cashier for quantity per item
•Eliminates selling a default quantity of one when typical item sale is more than one

12. Microsoft RMS
Increase Sales – Promote Happy Return Customers
•Set up holiday sale items and promote additional sales with rewards
•Track purchase points for customer purchases
•Set up rewards for specific items
•Cashier can enter voucher or scan a printed voucher
•Voucher balance is tracked and prints on the receipt

13. Microsoft RMS
Stay Informed During the Busy Season
• See important information in the HTML Status Bar
• Displays at top of POS screen
• Shows enhanced data keeping everyone on the same page
• Displays item pictures, on-hand quantities, margin, customer rewards, account
balance, birthday, license number, last sale date, and much more