The fusion of merchandise inventory, development and presentation, sales channel integration, logistics and fulfillment workflows with both retailer specific and supply chain centric industry requirements in a web and desktop enabled system surrounding a powerful and expandable database foundation.

The integration of the multi-faceted merchandising enterprise into a cohesive and all encompassing system for the demanding requirements of a modern day product oriented enterprise that focuses on the integration of the bricks and mortar established platforms and the virtual online sales environments that have become the new standard.

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ART OF COMMERCE.Technical

Art of Commerce™ employs the latest in current technology in the creation of its Enterprise Product Suite. The database is 100% Relational and Client/Server based upon Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL and IBM Database. The database was designed with performance indexing and referential integrity fully employed. An open platform that allows any enterprise to purchase the product and interface it with internal or other third party products without fear of locking in the database investment. The applications are Windows applications designed for the Microsoft Windows platform. The applications were developed in Visual Basic, Visual Basic.Net and Active Server Page technology (ASP, ASP.NET) with XML in applicable areas. A completely open and current environment for your business investment.

Art of Commerce™ Industry Support

Industry specific support or wireless devices and functions for inventory operations such as counting and receiving are supported via customized web interface for hand held devices. Standard labels and ticket production is managed at the core level of the system with user customizable formats for equipment such as Monarch, TEC and Zebra printing equipment.

Art of Commerce™ Customizable Printing

All forms and reports with the exception of specific retail receipt and label/ticket printing are capable of enhancement at the business level through the use of Business Objects (Crystal) reporting layouts and direct interfaces to the database. The system comes with a report processing mechanism for scheduling and remote delivery of document production that drives basic reporting functions.

ART OF COMMERCE™ Business Desktop

Professional Sales Desk, Purchasing and Transfer, Merchandise Management in a desktop format

Full cycle, end-to-end inventory supply and fulfillment chain management

ART OF COMMERCE™ Business Web Portal

Business to Business E-Commerce in an Internet Presence

Business Customer and Professional Sales Interface for trade and like sales management

ART OF COMMERCE™ Consumer Web Portal

Business to Consumer E-Commerce in an Internet Presence

Consumer Direct Sales Interface for your Internet Store

ART OF COMMERCE™ Replenishment Desktop

Automated Inventory Replenishment and Logistics Movement

Automated generation of inventory purchase and transfer based on planned and actual inventory models

ART OF COMMERCE™ EDI

EDI Electronic Data Interchange format for Inventory Sales and Acquisition

Purchase Order, Purchase Order Change, Advanced Ship Notice, Delivery Acknowledgement

ART OF COMMERCE™ Chain Store Receiving

Automated and Centralized Maintenance Remote Store Receiving System

Communication and Update of Inventories in an on-line near real time remote location format for centralized management of chain stores and distribution centers

ART OF COMMERCE™ In-Store Processing and Retail Register

Retail Point of Sales application in a desktop format with in-store processing server

Retail Sales and Inventory Processing at the store level

ART OF COMMERCE™ Operational Center Desktop

Storage Warehouse and Distribution management in an Desktop format

Inventory, Order and Storage Management, Logistics Fulfillment processing

ART OF COMMERCE™ Hand Held Web Interface

Storage Warehouse and Distribution management in an Web Enabled format for wireless devices

Inventory, Order and Storage Management, Logistics Fulfillment processing

Distributed Web and Desktop Computing

Art of Commerce™ web applications are developed using an active scripting front end and server based COM (Component Object Model) for back end database access providing a scalable and distributed approach to your Internet Presence so that as your performance requirements increase there are no additional development requirements other than equipment and connection issues at play. The system was originally developed using Microsoft Interdev and Visual Basic COM development in a Microsoft IIS and MTS environment using an N-tier development platform that scales with your equipment and resource capabilities. This was further enhanced to support ASP and ASP.NET (Active Server Page Technology) and continued the support of separating the web front-end presentation with back end database access and transaction reliability and performance sustainability. Art of Commerce ™ web applications are open ended and provided with open source and open documentation so that you can enhance the store site as you wish while still keeping the interface to system intact. Art of Commerce™ has created the basic template that you can enhance to suit your needs while Art of Commerce™ manages the business.

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