Candela Version Comparison
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LumenSoft Candela RMS personal edition:
This version of Candela provides single-store retailers or wholesalers with an easy-to-use, cost effective and complete software product that helps them perform all retail operations including sales, inventory management, purchase, stock takes, and customer management. Strong and comprehensive reporting provides decision support in all critical operations of the business. This application saves time and money by automating store operations at an affordable price. The solution can be integrated with LumenSoft General Ledger (LS-GL) to make an integrated retailing and financial management solution.
LumenSoft Candela RMS professional edition:
This version of Candela is a cost effective retail management POS solution for small and mid-market retailers or wholesalers operating multiple stores or chains of stores. Candela Back-office is placed at the central location and all outlets and warehouses terminals are connected to this back-office using the Internet. It can be considered a scaled down enterprise edition with limited features of stock optimization. Due to its reduced cost it fits into budgets of small businesses and start ups. It offers functionality such as multi-dimensional inventory management, stock movement across different stores and warehouses, customized reporting, purchase management including PO and GRN, and loyalty club. The solution can be integrated with LumenSoft General Ledger (LS-GL) to make an integrated retailing and financial management solution.
LumenSoft Candela RMS enterprise edition:
This version of Candela is an enhanced POS solution for small and mid-market retailers operating multiple stores and chains of stores.Candela Back-office is placed at the central location and all outlets and warehouses terminals are connected to this back-office using the Internet.It includes all functionality of professional edition and in addition it has got rich functionality to control and optimize stocks across the chain of stores. It offers functionality such as multi-dimensional inventory management, intelligent stock movement across different stores and warehouses, automated adjustment of re-order levels based on sales history, centralized messaging system. It can be customized and configured for specific business requirements, and is flexible enough to adapt to dynamic and challenging business requirements of retail chains. The solution can be integrated with LumenSoft General Ledger (LS-GL) to make an integrated retailing and financial management solution.
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For single stores or multiple independently operated stores |
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Efficiently manage and track inventory within store, set three reorder levels for all items |
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Automatically generate purchase orders based on reorder points and restock levels |
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Import items, all attributes of items, and supplier information from Microsoft Office Excel |
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Manage multiple item dimensions - for example, color and size |
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View sales, purchase, inventory, movement and audit information in dynamic reports |
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Select and print barcodes for inventory items from available barcode templates, print barcode based on GRN, use pre-printed barcodes |
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Perform Stock takes or physical audits using barcode scanners or hand held data collectors |
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Integrate sales, customer receivable, vendor payables information with LS-GL Financial Software |
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Perform daily or shift wise cash closing for the complete shop or for each individual POS. |
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Configure POS screens to meet specific business requirements |
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Hold and retrieve the invoices to serve more than one customer simultaneously at the POS |
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Split the payments at POS between cash and credit card |
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Track the salesmen performance and give them incentives based on their sales |
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Manage accounts receivables and accounts payables for credit sales to customers and purchases from suppliers |
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Assign Role specific security to system users. Give user rights for different system screens and action buttons (new, update, delete, print, etc.) |
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Improve cashier and other users accountability by tracking tasks performed by them |
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Integrate the retail system with accounting system (LS-GL) to perform integrated financial management |
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Manage loyalty club or member club in the system. Set different discounts, analyze member sales, generate letters and labels, and print membership cards |
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| Memorize reports settings and create user defined reports |
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Manage sales, inventory, and customer information across multiple stores |
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Manage pricing and promotions from the head office, set prices for future dates |
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Transfer stock between warehouses and retail shops. Also move the stock between retail outlets |
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Block the items for selected shops so that these are not included in stock transfer orders during stock movement |
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Roll up the sales and stock information of all shops and warehouses to have a consolidated view at the head office |
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Automatically distribute the stock amongst different retail outlets based on the reorder levels, current stocks, and shop priorities |
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Manage points earning and redemption system for customer purchases through loyalty cards |
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Enter received stock quantities or items different than the dispatched stocks. Resolve the differences through head office and auto-adjust inventories at the dispatch shops |
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Auto adjust re-order levels for every item (SKU) and assortments based on the sales pattern for the selected period |
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Lookup for product availability at other shops and warehouses by the shop sales staff |
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Centralized messaging system between the head office and different shops and warehouses. |
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Franchisee management and assigning the shops as franchised shops. Management of revenue, discounts sharing, and receivables |
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| Automated and Pre-scheduled data transfer facility between shops and head office |
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| Automated report scheduling and automated emails of reports to selected users on periodic basis |
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| Availability of selected product lines at selected shops |
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