HW Mobile 6.0 is now available for download on iTune
HansaWorld Mobile version can be used by all ERP system Enterprise users who need to be mobile and access business information while on the move. Currently there are two different roles available - sales invoicing at point of sales and management reporting, both of which interact with a central Enterprise implementation.
HansaWorld Mobile POS allows users to enter Point of Sales invoices from their iPhone or iPod Touch. Enter cash customers on invoices or select any of the customers from the central system. The central Enterprise ERP system determines the price list that is used for the customer selected, taxes that need to be applied, whether the invoice must be settled in cash or will be on account, the language the invoice is issued in and which forms will be used to print the invoice. Selected items being purchased, which brings in details such as selling price, item's description and taxes and then enter the quantity required.
HansaWorld Mobile Reporting allows users to run in real-time any of Enterprise's more than 400 standard reports based on data held at a customer's Enterprise implementation. Reports open on the iPhone, can be scrolled in any direction and respond to Apple's gesture features for zooming in and out.
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HARD facts on SOFTware - A fresh look at CRM
It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales related activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support. The overall goals are to find, attract, and win new customers, nurture and retain those the company already has, entice former customers back into the fold, and reduce the costs of marketing and customer service. Read More...
HansaWorld is a finalist of the 2010 European IT Excellence Awards.
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HARD facts on SOFTware - A fresh look at process mapping
We are actually in the
middle of looking at features of Point of Sales
software, having covered the online sales point last
week. However, this week I want to discuss something
entirely different, although related to software.
Process maps! Why bother? This is for big corporates
with 200 staff doing the same boring function over and
over again you might think. Think
again.
HARD facts on SOFTware: A fresh look at online shops
The internet and
specifically the world wide web continues its march
into every household relentlessly.
With this in mind it does make sense to think about
putting ones product offering on the web and allow
customers to shop whenever they want. Very often the
banks are the leaders in this field, with a host of
banking services now being offered over the web and on
mobile devices.
Setting up a web presence however is normally costly in
terms of building the site, but also to put in place
the service infrastructure to deal with the additional
demand received via the web.
HARD facts on SOFTware - A fresh look forward
Brought to you by Immo Böhm
from Afresh Consult.
www.afreshconsult.com
info@afreshconsult.com
I hope you had a good holiday and a good rest, and that
your energy levels are up again for the new year! It is
going to be an exciting year for Africa. Not only
because of the world cup in South Africa, but also
because I believe this is going to be Africa’s decade.
I discussed two books in my last column last year.
Books that really made a difference to how I view life
and work.
The third book that struck me is from Vijay Mahajan:
“Africa Rising”. Mahajan has traditionally researched
fast growing markets in Asia, and during his recent
studies on Africa he says he found much of the same
signs in the economy that were visible during the
economic rise of America, the Asian Tiger states and
China. Africa is the last big market to tap, and
although its not always easy to do business in Africa,
the time is definitely right to start planning for it.
There are over 900 million consumers in Africa. It is
true that many of these are not part of the formal
economy - yet! It is also true that many of these
consumers are now moving into the formal economy, into
what Mahajan calls “Africa Two”. These are all
consumers that do have some cash to spend, mostly on
basic commodities and basic telecommunication needs.
And with a growing African diaspora, there is a lot of
investment into Africa, much more than one would think.
Also, Africa is richer than one tends to think. Africa
is richer than India on the basis of gross national
income (GNI) per capita, and a dozen African countries
have a higher GNI per capita than China. It is also
true that in Africa you are not dealing with a single
market, but rather with many of them, which complicates
things. However, many African nations are opening up
their markets and making it easier to invest and
conduct business. Business in turn builds democracy and
stability, and hence I believe Africa is going to be a
huge opportunity. Well, actually it already is!
Many of our customers are planning to expand into our
neighboring markets this year. With HansaWorld working
so well over WAN, this is easy for them to do. Many
have already done so. Our company has expanded to
Botswana and Zimbabwe last year, and we did some major
deals in Kenya. So I can vouch for the findings of Mr.
Mahajan. Have a look at “Africa Rising”. You will start
to see a lot of opportunities opening up in Africa.
This also became evident when I visited Kenya recently,
and the Uhuru Highway was packed with trucks fully
laden with construction material and construction
equipment, bound for Uganda. Some of the economies in
Africa are the fastest growing in the world, and most
have escaped the world economic crisis due to the
protected nature of their economies.
“Well, what does all this have to do with software?”
you might ask. A lot! If your company is now running on
a run of the mill accounting package and a couple of
spreadsheets, then you are in danger of not being able
to face the onslaught of new competition. With Africa
being the last big market, expect a rush of businesses
moving into Africa, and this includes your market as
well. If those business have better systems and
processes in place, then they will be more competitive.
Your knowledge of the local market will only protect
you to an extent. And why not invest in systems and
processes that not only keep competition at bay, but
also allows you to compete in the markets that are now
opening up?
I see this as a huge opportunity that is not to be
missed.
Until next time, and remember……keep it (A)FRESH!
About
the writer: Immo Böhm
Immo has extensive
experience in business management systems
implementation. His experience spans the retail,
logistics, hospitality and agriculture industries. He
holds a BSc Degree from the University of Stellenbosch
and an MBA from the University of Luton in the
UK.
HARD facts on SOFTware - A fresh look at Point of Sale - Peripherals
Very likely you are already
in a holiday mood and in a rush to get the Christmas
shopping done. This reminds me of one of my favorite
Christmas quotes that I found on the web:
Oh, for the
good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping
when they ran out of money. ~Author Unknown.
And how true it is. Modern Point of Sale systems make
it easy to overspend, fueled by Credit Cards with
Budget Facility, Store Cards, Loyalty schemes and Cash
Reward schemes, and the popular invention of paying
installments, and only starting to pay in April of next
year. Does the consumer not realize that they are
paying interest until April? There is no such thing as
a free lunch. But lets not dwell on this now, we can
look at these sales tactics later.
Today we will explore peripheral devices used in Point
of Sale operations. Typical peripherals include receipt
printers, barcode scanners, cash drawers and customer
pole displays. Sophisticated systems will connect to
more complex peripherals such as scales, fuel pumps,
Digitot digital liquor tot metering systems or any kind
of billing system.
HARD facts on SOFTware - Point of Sale - Camera Surveillance
We are in the middle of
discussing Point of Sale systems. Just yesterday
evening we had a discussion about this here at the
HansaWorld partner conference at Didimala Lodge in
South Africa.
The central theme that every HansaWorld partner here
mentions with all the Point of Sale systems they
support is security. As I mentioned last time, a POS
sales point is an easy target for fraud and theft. This
is simply so because this is the point where stock
leaves the shop anyway, where cash is handled anyway,
and it is thus difficult to
control.
HARD facts on SOFTware: A fresh look at Point of Sales
Right, over the last few
articles we covered Sales Orders processing in more
detail. This time we will explore the other big avenue
of sales - Point of Sales.
A very easy definition of a Point of Sales system is a
system that is used to transact a sale while the
customer is standing in front of the sales person. This
scenario you typically find in retail stores,
supermarkets, bars and restaurants. You also find such
systems in Hospitals, Hotel Receptions, Airline Ticket
Counters etc.