Promax must provide support for multiple site operations in all modules. What is your preferred support model?
The Promax PX solution can be set up for use across multiple sites. A variety of users have a single DB servicing the needs of their Australian and NZ business units. The solution has user jurisdiction that limits access
Promax must be easily configured to facilitate ease of use. Should be able to tailor screen and report layouts. The screens should not be ‘character mode’ based but should have a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
The Promax PX has incorporated a number of elements to improve the ease of use;
• The Promax PX solution has a strong graphical user interface. The user can modify the promotional plan through commonly used Windows techniques such as drag and drop, copy and paste, etc.
• The layout of the key screens can be adjusted to meet the specific needs of the user and the business. For instance, the user can view the promotional plan grouped by product, activity type etc.
Describe how Promax can export & import to/ from the Microsoft Office suite.
The Promax PX solution is based on a Microsoft SQL+ DB and therefore allows data to be easily extracted through Microsoft Office tools like Excel and functionality exists to allow the easy download of reports and data within Promax to be saved in Excel or other MS tools.
To ensure data consistency we do not recommend that information be imported from Microsoft office tools.
As the solution is based on a Microsoft SQL DB there is minimal or no lag in embracing MS office upgrades.
Why Promote?
Promotions have been a regular part of the Grocery retailing scene for many years now – maybe 30 or more years. When I was first involved in Grocery, nearly fifteen years ago, this question typically was dismissed as obvious. The theory that was put forward at that time was that a promotion was run so that the rate of sale after the promotion would be higher than that before – in other words one was led to believe that the objective was to gain a permanent increase in the rate of sale. Now that scan data is readily available (sales through the cash register) we realise that this is not something that can be guaranteed, indeed the vast majority of products appear to continue with precisely the same sales pattern as existed prior to the promotion. If it is in a growth cycle, that probably continues, if it is in decline, that also continues. Why then do we promote?