EDI – the secret to supply chain control
Retail systems specialists Futura explain why EDI is the next big thing for mid-tier retailers. Successful retail operations depend on strong supply chain control. This is especially important for lifestyle and fashion retailers, where the agility to respond rapidly to seasonal demands and changing styles is critical. But with more channels and more products, an increasingly switched on consumer and a truly global supply base, it gets more and more complex. Manual systems simply can’t keep up which is why we believe electronic data interchange (EDI)…
RBTE 2014 – Visit Futura and see our new EPOS solution
Retail Business technology Expo 2014, RBTE, takes place on the 11th and 12th March at Londons Earls Court and at Futura we are busily getting ready to showcase our exciting new 4th generation, enterprise level EPOS solution. Futura4POS has been written from the ground up and designed for large lifestyle and fashion retailers, as well as brands looking to expand and trade internationally. With an advanced systems architecture and 2-byte character set, supporting the widest range of languages, Futura4POS is a fully scalable, real time…
Next generation EPOS from Futura
Futura are proud to announce the launch of their new 4th generation, EPOS solution designed for high street retailers fashion and giftware brands that are looking to expand and trade internationally. The solution is hardware and database independent, and able to run on both Windows and Linux, a key benefit to tier 1 enterprise businesses. Futura 4POS also takes a ‘best in breed’ approach to Head Office systems, providing retailers with complete flexibility as to whether they implement Futura4POS alongside Futura’s award winning head office…
3 Ways to Improve Customer Satisfaction
Best retail habits For over 20 years, we have worked with innovative lifestyle retailers and we have identified the three retail habits the most successful retailers adopt to: improve accuracy and increase customer satisfaction With Futura you’ve got a rich, fully functional management system to help you, so NOW is the time to exploit it and get that competitive edge! Habit No 1 – Learn more about your customers Do you know why your customers love your products and what drives loyalty to your…
Group Training Sessions for 2014
On the Futura website today has been released the group training session dates for 2014. Over the years many of our customers have benefited from group training seminars run at our training facilities in Tidmarsh, Reading. These sessions are open to all our customers and provide a highly cost effective option to train new staff or refresh existing staff knowledge. At a cost of only £110-00 + VAT per delegate per day, including light refreshments and lunch, this is unbeatable value. To ensure the quality of…