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Vagisil · 05-17-2009, 01:26 PM

Can any of you recommend me a good inventory control software for an offline retailing business? My friend is overwhelmed by the choice if someone can cut through the crap with a real life experience that would be awesome!

Vagisil · 05-17-2009, 02:19 PM

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After Shock Media · 05-17-2009, 02:59 PM

Hate to say this but you really need to supply more information besides offline.
For instance the inventory control / POS software we used to use for our comic/game shop would not be the best choice for a pizza place nor a candy store. Very often certain business types have more specialized software.

PamiebDVD · 05-17-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Vagisil

Can any of you recommend me a good inventory control software for an offline retailing business? My friend is overwhelmed by the choice if someone can cut through the crap with a real life experience that would be awesome!

Hit me up on e-mail or ICQ...I have something that could work for you, if it's a physical goods inventory. But, like ASM said, it won't work for every situation.

Vagisil · 05-17-2009, 03:52 PM

Sorry guys. It's for a retail kiosk that sells beauty products at a mall. They don't do an POS credit card stuff at the moment and only have 1 kiosk but plan to expand so they'll need to interconnect down the road.

Basically he just wants to keep track of his inventory, sales, and see profit/loss reports etc. Pretty basic and of course as economical as possible.

Vagisil · 05-17-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Hate to say this but you really need to supply more information besides offline.
For instance the inventory control / POS software we used to use for our comic/game shop would not be the best choice for a pizza place nor a candy store. Very often certain business types have more specialized software.

I'd say pretty similar to comic books.. POS retail, tangible goods only.

HookUPcom · 05-17-2009, 06:12 PM

If he's planning to expand, and add an online store, he might want to take a look at http://Netsuite.com

They sell per user seat and combine CRM (like salesforce.com), ERP (like quickbooks) and a commerce engine online store (that's ok). the 360 degree view is good. but it might be a bit much for him. not sure.
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eroticsexxx · 05-17-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Vagisil

Can any of you recommend me a good inventory control software for an offline retailing business? My friend is overwhelmed by the choice if someone can cut through the crap with a real life experience that would be awesome!

Have this running for a client across multiple stores on a Windows 2003 server platform and a mssql database:

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusine....aspx#Overview

For a relatively easy solution, Quickbooks Point of sale is a good deal. Set that up in my retail store:

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product...e-software.jsp

Both are adequate for smaller enterprises and are easily setup with little maintenance.

Way3 · 05-18-2009, 01:31 AM

Have him take a look at QuickBooks!

SilentSound · 05-18-2009, 01:32 AM

If it's one store I'd recommend QuickBooks POS. Open more stores and boom, welcome to the world of enterprise software, I'm sure we all have different beliefs - whether it's Microsoft, online ERP/CRM systems, SAP Business One, Oracle, QAD EA...etc

Vagisil · 05-19-2009, 06:51 AM

I guess I should elaborate that he wants the cheapest, yet still effective and scalable solution. He's not looking to spend $799+ more like $200 or less.

Thank you for all the responses, keep them coming.

Way3 · 05-19-2009, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Vagisil

I guess I should elaborate that he wants the cheapest, yet still effective and scalable solution. He's not looking to spend $799+ more like $200 or less.

Thank you for all the responses, keep them coming.

Have him look at QuickBooks Pro. It is less than $200 and provides all the features you have mentioned!

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Vagisil Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: stank poona Posts: 399	I guess I should elaborate that he wants the cheapest, yet still effective and scalable solution. He's not looking to spend $799+ more like $200 or less. Thank you for all the responses, keep them coming. __________________ I fix your discharge.....