Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Trade Shows that RITE Will be Attending

Headed to a retail trade show over the next couple of weeks? Here are the shows that RITE will be at:

MBDA convention - April 27-29 in Pennsylvania

MMBA conference -  - April 28-May 1 in Minnesota

WBU Vendor Mart -  June 27-28 - in Rhode Island

If you would like to arrange a time to meet at any of the above events, please contact RITE at sales@rite.us or 888-267-7483.

Travel and in person meetings in the states of CO, NV, WY, UT, OR, WA and AZ has been completed for the first part of 2018. Travel to TX, MN, WI and other states (including those already visited) is coming up May - Oct of 2018. Onsite visits must be scheduled in advance.

Gun and Archery Store Point of Sale Program

Thanks to some help from H and H Shooting and Bullet Barn Guns, I'm happy to show you a retail gun and archery store specific version of the Cloud Retailer point of sale software. With prices starting at only $50/month*, Cloud Retailer is an awesome and affordable full featured retail point of sale program.  Note that Cloud Retailer is highly configurable based around the specific processes that you have in place at your store.




For more information on Cloud Retailer, please contact RITE at sales@rite.us or 888-267-7483.

A more general Cloud Retailer demo video can be found here.

Want to take advantage of Cloud Retailer as a low cost direct replacement for the Microsoft Dynamics RMS point of sale software? Compare the programs here.

Brief look at the customer loyalty and membership settings in Cloud Retailer can be found here.

*does not include any up front costs for installation, licenses, training, data conversion, and hardware if needed.

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Retail Management Hero v 3.51: List of Updates

A list of the various updates to the Retail Management Hero point of sale software over the last several months:

RMH 3.5.4 (February 2018) Release
Includes version 3.5.3 new features as well as a roll-up of resolved issues and fixes

New Features include:
Retail Management Hero (RMH) 3.5.4 is a maintenance release that carries over all features from its predecessors . The following improvements are available in RMH 3.5.4 .

Notes :
  •  To upgrade to RMH 3.5.4 from RM H 3. 5 .0 or earlier , you must first uninstall the old version and install the new one.
  •  Offline to online synchronization of payment data is currently not supported .
Previously released new features in 3.5.3  were:
Retail Management Hero (RMH) 3.5.3 is a maintenance release that carries over all features from its predecessors. The following improvements are available in RMH 3.5.3.
  • Change Item Prices when receiving a PO (Store Manager)
  • Sort Purchase Order Details exactly like it’s done in Purchase Order Requisition (Store Manager)
  • Add an Item Movement Report to the Purchase Order details (Store Manager)
  • Updated Spanish language menus (POS and Store Manager)
  • Deleting a line drops the cursor (or active line) to the next item in order (Store Manager)
Note:
To upgrade to RMH 3.5.3 from RMH 3.5.0 or earlier, you must first uninstall the old version and install the new one.

Offline to online synchronization of payment data is currently not supported

Previously released new features in 3.5.2  were:
Retail Management Hero (RMH) 3.5.2 is a maintenance release that carries over all features from its predecessor, RMH 3.5.0 Beta. While RMH 3.5.2 provides mostly improvements and critical fixes, it is considered the GA version of the RMH 3.5.x series. The following improvements are available in RMH 3.5.2.
  • Validating all fields on the item form (Store Manager)
Note: To upgrade to RMH 3.5.2 from RMH 3.5.0 or earlier, you must first uninstall the old version and install the new one.

RMH 3.5.2 (January 2018) Release
Includes version 3.5.1 new features as well as a roll-up of resolved issues and fixes

New Features include:
Retail Management Hero (RMH) 3.5.2 is a maintenance release that carries over all features from its predecessor, RMH 3.5.0 Beta. While RMH 3.5.2 provides mostly improvements and critical fixes, it is considered the GA version of the RMH 3.5.x series. The following improvements are available in RMH 3.5.2.
  • Validating all fields on the item form (Store Manager)
Note: To upgrade to RMH 3.5.2 from RMH 3.5.0 or earlier, you must first uninstall the old version and install the new one.

Previously released new features in 3.5.1  were:
Improvement in the Max Amount or Percentage Discount (POS, Store Manager)
Enable/disable editing the Item Description (POS)
Improvements in the Cash Drawer functionality (POS)
Channels added to the Net Display (POS)
Extended Description field added to the Action menu (POS)
Include '*' in the quantity/weight entry on-screen num-pads (POS)
Add Description to Reason Code list (Loyalty)
Fractional Item Quantities for Assembly items (POS, Store Manager)
Please refer to the release notes PDF contained inside the zip installer (info folder)


NOTE: To view the latest RMH documentation, visit https://www.rmhpos.com/resources/. Latest addition to the RMH documentation is the RMH POS How-To Guide, which walks new cashiers through all the basic features and functions of the RMH POS program.


Previously released new features in 3.5.0 Beta were:
TaskPads (POS, Store Manager)
Active Reports (Store Manager)
Enhanced custom reports to include filtering (Store Manager)
Additional fields to the Detailed Sales Reports (Store Manager)
Cash Drawer: Support for two independent cash drawers (POS)
Column tooltips in customer lookup and item lookup (POS)
Automatic refresh at the POS after changes are made at the Store Manager (POS)
Tax brackets (POS)
Prompt to Show PO/Transfer – Receipt document after Commit (Store Manager)
Recall Layaway (list/grid) – Include columns for Ref and Comment (POS
Please refer to the release notes PDF contained inside the zip installer (info folder)


NOTE: To view the latest RMH documentation, visit https://www.rmhpos.com/resources/. Latest addition to the RMH documentation is the RMH POS How-To Guide, which walks new cashiers through all the basic features and functions of the RMH POS program.

****Please Contact A Retail Management Hero Partner for Help in Upgrading to the Latest Version of the Retail Management Hero Point of Sale Software****

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Active Microsoft Dynamics RMS / HQ Forum

I wanted to provide a quick link to one of the few remaining active Microsoft Dynamics RMS / HQ user forums:

https://community.dynamics.com/rms/

If anyone else has other forums that RMS / HQ users should know about, please let me know by commenting or contacting me at 208-340-5632 or kevinantosh@gmail.com

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Monthly Welcome to Some New Customers!

Time for another shout out to retailers who recently signed on with me:
  • Greenfield Custom Meat, Idaho: Card Defender for Retail Management Hero (RMH)
  • Redmond Farms/Real Foods, Utah: RMS Hardware
  • Universal Police Supplies, Arizona: Card Defender for Retail Management Hero
  • A and E Market, California: Card Defender for Microsoft Dynamics RMS