NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Alphameric(TM), Inc. (www.alphamericusa.com), a worldwide provider of retail merchandising solutions, today announced the launch of its Media Inventory Management System at the National Retail Federation tradeshow in New York City. MIMS is an inventory management system designed specifically to meet the needs of a growing number of retailers that sell and merchandise new and used media products including books, magazines, videos, DVDs, and music CDs.
Designed to increase the efficiency and accuracy of inventory management and customer service applications, MIMS is Internet-enabled allowing users to order products on-demand and access the most current information to support customer inquiries. The easy-to-use browser-based system, which incorporates EDI interfaces to increase efficiency and reduce costs, integrates seamlessly with online databases. The full-featured MIMS system helps retailers improve their businesses by shortening response times to customer product inquiries, improving stock control, analyzing sales trends, generating sales histories, and creating custom reports.
"With a growing number of retailers specializing in the simultaneous merchandising of both new and used media, a robust inventory management solution that is designed to address their unique and complex needs is required," explained Jillian Girard, Alphameric Vice President of Marketing. "The function and flexibility of this system is unsurpassed allowing retailers to manage a variety of media products. MIMS even allows retailers to manage time-based inventory such as magazines."
MIMS enables retailers to automate ordering, capture sales data, conduct real-time customer product inquiries, manage product orders, link to music databases, process deliveries, and generate sales histories. By allowing users to track which products are selling, access detailed information about specific products, create customized sales reports, and simplify accounting through multiple currency support, MIMS simplifies operations and introduces new efficiencies into today's progressive retailers.
Alphameric conducts introductory sessions for senior management and configures MIMS to meet the specific needs of each retailer. In addition to the ability to provide all hardware needed to support MIMS, Alphameric provides support for all aspects of the installation and provides a full range of training options.
About Alphameric, Inc.
Alphameric Incorporated, with headquarters in Calabasas, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphameric plc. For more than 25 years Alphameric has provided software and systems throughout North America, UK and Europe. The company's agile solutions for POS, merchandising, enterprise management and business intelligence continue to increase customers' efficiencies and revenues in today's fast moving retail environment.
For additional information about Alphameric products and solutions, call 877-484-3344 or visit www.alphamericusa.com.