The Till People software is quite simply the most fully featured software available for retailers today - at the price nothing can match its rich feature set.

The Till People provides you with fantastic sales operations and detailed back office software to help you control your business.

The Till People is a modular package which allows you to choose just the modules you need to build the system that is perfect for your business:

The heart of your The Till People system is basic core modules that enable the system to function.

Core bundle of modules includes:

• ** System control (includes one site and one user)
• ** Point of Sale
• ** Stock control
• ** Price records
• ** Supplier file
• ** Returns management
• ** Sales price maintenance
• ** Report centre

Optional modules are divided into following groups:

• Stock management
• Merchandising
• Sales operations
• Customer relationships
• Service sales
• Supplier management
• Reporting
• Integration

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Montana modules - stock management
Stock matrix (fashion items)	Allows up to five sets of variations of a stock item within a single SKU eg Size/Colour/Cut would be 3 sets of variations – also allows different VAT treatments, sales prices, purchase prices, supplier codes, bar codes, outers mixes per variation.
Serial number tracking	Allows one or more serial numbers to be tracked per item either on purchase and sale or just on the sales side.
Part Exchange/Second-hand items	Allows the purchase of second hand item and the sale of such items including maintaining the 2nd hand stock book of buyers and sellers – now includes refurbishment of second hand items.
Assemblies/Bill of materials	Full assembly of completed stock items on either a “build for stock” or on a “build to order” basis, including multiple phases, use of components, own labour and sub contract labour (free issue), serialised components, assemble and disassemble.

 

Montana modules - merchandising
Advanced sales price lists - single currency	Allows different price lists for different groups of customers for different stock items for different sites/divisions/catalogues – can also be time limited.
Advanced sales price lists - multi currency extension	Allows price lists to be set up in different currencies.
Special offers and promotions	Allows a whole range of special offers, multi buys and promotions to be set up - including free item promotions and time limited offers - can be linked to a campaign for success monitoring.

Montana modules - sales operations
Special orders (customer collect)	Allows customer special orders to be taken, deposits to be received, back to back orders to be placed on supplier, goods allocated to customer on receipt (or direct delivered to customer by supplier) and customer collection from site.
Mail order / sales order processing	Allows full processing of sales orders including back to back processing, order management, picking and dispatch.
Product configurator (customer options for build to order)	To be used in conjunction with Assemblies module (see above) this module allows the customer to specify components and finishes to give a customer configured build to order.
Multi currency settlements	Allows alternative currencies to be used for payment for goods sold in another currency (NB this is not a multi currency price list see above).
Scales link (weighing module)	Allows the use of weighing scales to be integrated with point of sale operations.
Concessions	Allows in store concessions to be set up and monitored allowing concession stock to be sold at any point of sale and royalties/fees to be automatically calculated.
Special VAT schemes	Allows special government VAT schemes to be complied with eg second hand goods margin scheme, disabled goods schemes, retail export schemes etc including appropriate reports for HMCE and declarations/statements required at PoS.

Montana modules - customer relationships
Customer file	Stores details of customers, transactions, interests, buying habits, returns history etc - invaluable in building the value of your business.
Sales ledger	Allows a fully functional sales ledger to be operated - including customer terms templates, flexible payment profiles, statements, allocations, unallocations, bounced cheques, aged debt reporting and much more.
Special offers and promotions	Allows a whole range of special offers, multi buys and promotions to be set up - including free item promotions and time limited offers - can be linked to a campaign for success monitoring.

Montana modules - service sales
Repairs	Allows goods to be taken in for repair, allocation of materials and labour including sub contract issue and repair and billing to customer allows for simple scheduling.
Rentals	Allows the rental of one or more items to customers either on a long term or short term basis - including deposit calculations, rental agreements, standing order management.
Hospitality	Used for restaurant and bar interfaces includes table management - best for in-store cafes and restaurants.

Montana modules - supplier management
Purchase order processing - single currency	Purchase order processing and purchase invoice/credit entry – allows full true valuation of stock and true profit reports to be generated.
Purchase order processing - multi currency extension	Multi currency version of Purchase order processing – Summer 2007.
Replenishment	Automated calculation of re-order levels according to mins/maxs/ideals or expected sales levels taking into account items on order, branch requirements, special orders, supplier lead times etc.
Supplier catalogues	Allows the storage of non-stocked items for sale by special order.

Montana modules - reporting
Montana messenger (auto e-mails etc)	Automatic e-mails and text messages based on any event occurring within the database – no need for human intervention can be used for everything from exception management to marketing…
Montana market analyser	Brilliant analysis tool that lets you slice and dice your retail data to drill down to the real results of your business - without being a programmer... call for details

Montana modules - integration modules to use other systems with Montana
Import/export utility	Allows the import or export of any record or transaction into or out of the Montana database to or from a variety of “text file” formats.
Accounts link module	Allows the entry of nominal ledger codes into Montana and the generation of ledger entries via the production of batch files for import into the accounting system – can be limited by the extent of the functionality in your accounting system.
Chip and PIN - Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) link	Integrates credit card processing software into Montana so that you do not need to use separate PDQ/streamline machines – NB there is also a per user charge.
Web replication link module (E-commerce) per web site	Links Montana to either Actinic, Intershop or Montana Store e-commerce web shops allowing new stock prices and promotions to be automatically uploaded into Montana and new orders to be automatically downloaded into Warehouse distribution.
Post code look-up link module	Integrates post code look up software (AFD or QAS) into Montana.
Hand held users	Allows the use of hand held data capture units for tasks such as stock taking, goods receiving, branch transfers and queue busting (per user).

Some modules require the use of third party software for which there may be an additional charge.

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“The Montana EPOS screen could not be easier to use – staff find it a breeze leading to fast customer service and high accuracy”…

“We no longer lose sales through missed product re-orders – Montana’s reordering modules are really efficient and flexible” …

“Our customers benefit from a more efficient service.  Staff spend more time serving customers and less time filling out paperwork.  It took us a little while but we now have a more modern and efficient business whilst still retaining our traditional service values.” …

“Live data between sites has revolutionised our reporting and inter branch ordering processes – where Microsoft RMS couldn’t cope Montana excels”…Anton Littler, Operations manager, Alan Howard Limited, Manchester

“Installation of our system was so easy - we now have all our branches connected"…

“We had our first annual January sale soon after installing The Till People and the queues were the shortest ever”…

“Since we installed Montana the average time for booking goods has dropped from 2 hours to less than 20 minutes” …

“We looked at several packages before deciding on Montana – it was the value and functionality combined with their ability to integrate with our wholesale system that made our minds up”…

“We were very cautious about the e-commerce market – Montana’s integrated solution meant that we could get involved without spending a ridiculous amount of money, we are now beginning to refine our solution”…

“Before we implemented Montana our special orders admin was in chaos - our staff never had time to phone all the customers to advise that their goods had been received - now we have a solution that handles all our special orders and our growing network of branches”…

“We have a mixture of branches, trade counters at each branch, credit account customers and non account customers and The Till People handles it all with ease” – Anton Littler, IT and Operations manager , Alan Howard Limited, Manchester