ADC Announces Retalix HQ Interface

ADC announces the availability of a software interface from InterScale, ADC’s scales management software, to the Retalix Headquarters (HQ) system.  

With this just released interface, joint ADC and Retalix customers will experience an easier, seamless integration of ADC’s InterScale Scales Management software with Retalix’s 
HQ system, a centralized retail data management and distribution solution.

The ADC Retalix HQ interface allows users to schedule the intervals at which data is pulled 
from the HQ system, select data types and services areas (departments) to be imported. 

Additionally the interface can be configured to provide real-time data transfer triggered by a data change condition.  

Importable data types include Scale PLU, Ingredients Text, Nutrition, Item/SKU, UPC, Vendor, Vendor Item Cost, Vendor Item and Price.  

 “We have been working on developing and testing the new interface with a few of our clients, including Buehler’s, based in Wooster, OH.  We are pleased with the positive feedback reported by our clients” said Robert Appell, ADC’s COO.  “This interface allows retailers to seamlessly integrate master data maintained in HQ into ADC’s FIM solution.”

Doc's Food Stores Inc. Selects and Implements InterScale

Doc’s Food Stores Inc. of Bixby, Oklahoma has selected and implemented InterScale, ADC’s scales management system.

When looking for a scales management provider, centralization and standardization were important factors to Doc’s Food Stores Inc.  InterScale hosts future-dated item, price and label information from one ‘scale neutral’ system at Doc’s Food Stores Inc. headquarters, allowing them to centrally manage all of their in-store scales, regardless of brand and type.

“With InterScale, we are able to centrally control our store scales, including pricing and the ingredient text printed on scale labels,” said Jim Brown, President of Doc's Food Stores Inc.  “InterScale allows our store scales to communicate 

to a central system at our headquarters, providing us with visibility of what is happening with the scales in our stores.”

In addition to centralized control of their in-store scales, Doc’s Food Stores Inc. wanted to implement InterScale alongside BRdata’s Retail BOSS Host software, that hosts price changes to their Point Of Sale (POS) systems.

“InterScale is tightly integrated with the BRdata Retail BOSS Host system, which resulted in us eliminating 20 hours of in-store scale price maintenance labor per week,” continued Jim Brown.  “We are now able to allocate this labor elsewhere in our fresh departments, increasing our store associates productivity and customer service.”

“We are pleased to hear of the labor saving results that Food Stores Inc. has seen by implementing InterScale with BRdata Retail Boss Host, said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “We continuously strive to help our clients maximize their investment in ADC software.  One of the most important ways to do this is by working with our partners to develop seamless interfaces.”

InterScale is one of the systems in InterStore, ADC’s suite of Fresh Item Management (FIM) software, which helps to increase efficiencies in grocery-retail and food-service industries.  The other two systems in InterStore are the NutriGen Recipe Manager and the P-Cubed Production Manager, for production planning, markdowns, cutting and shrink management. 

Popularity of Foodservice at Convenience Stores Grows

Convenience store foodservice is an $11-billion industry.  A recent article from CNEws Foodservice provides more detail on this growing category within convenience stores, you can read more here http://bit.ly/Uddgus.  Keeping those fresh food items profitable is a challenge, but keeping foods fresh is a challenge. ADC can help http://bit.ly/W0hT1.

Industry Article

Check out this great  article on perishables management, which was published on Supermarket News last week: http://bit.ly/QWGmne.

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Look for ADC on Google+!

In effort to be even more connected with our clients and partners, we've created a Google+ account!  If you have a Google+ account, be sure to follow us at http://bit.ly/T3qtKG.  

We'll be updating it with our upcoming trade shows, company news and much more!

ReFresh 2012 Pictures

Here are some pictures from this year's ReFresh Fresh Item Management and User Conference.  Click here to see more.

Introductions and Conference Overview by Steve Loveridge, ADC's CEO

"Keys to a Successful FIM Implementation" by Jonathan Key of Brookshire Grocery Company

Roundtable Discussions

Roundtable Discussions

Group Photograph

Stay tuned for dates for ReFresh 2013!

2012 Is Winding Down

2012 has come and gone it seems. With the end of the year quickly approaching, we wanted to take this time to let everyone know where they can find us in 2013 (just a few months away)! Mark the dates and booth numbers for the following industry events and we hope to see you there.

 

Visit ADC in the ARTS Pavilion, Booth #2253, at the NRF Show from January 13-15, 2013 in New York City.

 

 

Visit ADC at EuroCIS in Dusseldorf, Germany from February 19-21, 2013.

 

 

 

Visit ADC in Stand 674 at the Retail Business Technology Expo from March 12-13, 2013 in Earls Court, London.

 

 

We will have more shows and booth numbers to announce soon, so stay tuned!