Pains and Gains Data - Introducing Gormim

Some of the newer mobile (and even older computer-based) point of sale solutions don't offer a lot of detailed reporting options leaving some users with limited information. A new company, Gormim, has come up with a way to provide more detailed information to help identify different sets of data in an easy to view dashboard format.

I had a chance to meet with Gormim and there are several things that are noteworthy:

1. This is a solution that can be added to multiple different types of POS solutions 
2. Gormim actually goes beyond basic information like daily sales and average sale amount to show you, in an easy to view format, "pains" and "gains" information. This pains and gains information helps the store leadership quickly specific areas of strengths and weaknesses within the store without having to run multiple reports.
3. Gormim has both a free version and a more advanced version with a low monthly fee

Gormim is also interested in talking to multi-location retail stores to see what sort of data their current point of sale system isn't providing.

You can learn more about Gormim by visiting http://www.gormim.com/

Are you  in the US and in need of no cost retail point of sale advice?  I'm happy to help and can be reached on my cell at 208-340-5632 (I am on Mountain Time) or via email at kevinantosh@gmail.com. There is also a contact form to the right that can be used to reach me.

Note on RSPA and Tuesday Tip

As many of you know, RSPA is taking place this week. I'm holding off on posting any retail technology news until I can make sure that all the facts are correct. I will be especially watching any news from Microsoft related to the new version of Microsoft RMS Store Operations point of sale software.

Now on to my Tuesday Tip.

One of the common report requests is to get a snapshot of store activity. Another common report request is to see sales by hour which helps schedule staff. A great way to get both a snapshot summary as well as hourly sales is to use the "Graphs" function in Microsoft RMS Store Operations or the "Dashboard" function in NCR CounterPoint.

From the point of sale screen in RMS Store Operations you can select "Shift" and "F6" to bring up the graphs:



You can see the various options for date ranges and type of data to display.

NCR CounterPoint users can go to "Sales History" and then "Dashboard" to see similar data:



 Again, you can see the various options for data and date ranges.  Note that you must be current on your NCR CounterPoint software maintenance (known as "CSS") in order to be able to see and use the dashboard.

Are you in the US and in need of no cost retail point of sale advice? I'm happy to help and can be reached on my cell at 208-340-5632 (mountain time) or via email at kevinantosh@gmail.com.