Multi-Channel Business Systems
Micros-RETAIL in 2009
In our continuing series of highlighting the positive aspects of 2009, I had a recent conversation with Chris Sarne, Regional Vice President of Sales for Micros-RETAIL and he shared the following insights to their successes in 2009.
Chris had the following insights regarding Micros-RETAIL for this past holiday season. Many of Micros-RETAIL’s clients had great success [...]
Escalate Retail’s 2009 Highlights
In our continuing series of highlighting the positive aspects of 2009 I had a recent conversation with Brian Johnson, Vice President and General Manager for Escalate Retail and he shared the following insights to their successes in 2009.
With Escalate Retail’s release of Ecometry Commerce Suite version 10.0.4 last December, customers now have PCI certified PA-DSS [...]
Natural Solutions’ 2009 Summary
As there has been so much negativity in the press about the economy and business failures in 2009, F. Curtis Barry & Company would like to focus on some of the positive aspects of last year. This is the first in a series of blogs that will highlight clients and vendors in the multi-channel retail [...]
Does Your Order Management System Need To Be Replaced?
Coming out of 2009 there seems to be some positive momentum from this past holiday season with a 2.9% increase over 2008; some of our clients experienced results above their 2009 plan. Because of the tough economic times over the last couple of years; most companies have not invested heavily in the infrastructure of their [...]
Warehouse Management System Confusion
In the past it was relatively easy to tell the difference between the tiers of warehouse management software capabilities. The larger more expensive products offered significantly more functionality and scalability than the other smaller versions. That appears to be changing as we speak. As we help clients look for a warehouse management systems for their [...]
Taking the Easy Path Leads to a Long Journey in Selecting Systems
Have you ever come to a fork in the road where one is the easy route and another is a longer, more strenuous climb? Many of us face that decision regularly and I’ve seen this happen in systems selection projects for e-commerce, order management, warehouse management and enterprise resource planning systems. If you [...]
Stone Edge Technologies How To Videos
I happened to be on Stone Edge Technologies website to view the announcement of the latest release of Stone Edge’s Order Manager (SEOM) version 5.900 – a leading order management software provider for small emerging businesses. And while on the site, I came across a series of how to videos in the Help & Support [...]
Achieving Higher Order Fill Rates Through Integrated Channel Order Fulfillment
Inventory, one of the single – if not the single largest asset on your balance sheet, utilizing that inventory efficiently is the utmost priority in most multichannel businesses. So you might be asking, so what does inventory have to do with order management software. Lets take a look at some great examples of utilizing your [...]
MICROS-Retail: Product Developments, New Version Features and Recent Customer Implementations
I recently had an in-depth conversation with Chris Sarne the VP of Sales at MICROS-Retail – an industry leading order management software provider – about future releases, developments, offerings, implementations, etc. In a nutshell, here’s how the conversation went:
MICROS-Retail is continuing to further enhance their retail integration from Xstore Point of Sale System to the [...]
Part 1: Avoiding the Common Software Selection Pitfalls
I am sure almost everyone reading this has installed a software application that just didn’t go smoothly, or worse, never did go live and cost the company a serious amount of resources and money. We are brought in many times to try and provide insight during the selection process and/or to assist both the client [...]

