Industry Solutions that Bridge the Gap

Industry Solutions that Bridge the Gap

Who are we … To Increase BV, The Netherlands » Non-Reselling ISV, 55+ employees, »AX involvement goes back to 1998 »Over 30 years of work in the RCM field » Developing ISV components since 1999 » Extensive vertical and component solutions for both Microsoft Dynamics AX & NAV » 30+ RCM partners world wide » Representation in North America, The Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, and India »To Increase is part of Columbus IT Partner, Microsoft Dynamics Industry Solutions ISV of the Year in 2007

Retail Flows Integrated Processes needs Integrated Systems User Friendliness with Microsoft’s Familiar Screens

Category Management

Supply Chain

Store Operations

Retail Chain Manager POS Integration FW Store Management Assortments Promotions Supply Chain Service & Repairs Microsoft Dynamics AX Core Functionality Store Users Microsoft Dynamics AX Store Operations SharePoint UI Retail Management System Microsoft Dynamics POS Workflow Management Store Management and Integration

from HQ asking for yesterday’s sales figures Wrong items not yet returned System duplication Agreements on paper only Copies of repair orders Manual price control New prices, not yet updated on items Next month’s campaigns waiting for approval Customers asking about missing items Retain and Attract Skilled Staff

Store Manager View

Merchandise HierarchyProductsProducts StoresStores AssortmentAssortment ItemsItems StoresStores ABCABC ClassClass ProductFamilyProductFamily ItemItem SKUSKU StoresStores ConceptsConcepts RegionsRegions GroupingsAssortments

Product Hierarchy Dynamic grouping of products / stores and customers Unlimited levels Widely used for reporting Assortment and promotion definition Store benchmarking

Store benchmarking and business alerts Store classification Business alerts Deviation reporting Workflow Approval processes Imbedded BI tools Category Manager