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Naples, FL, United States, 02/10/2010 – DataWorks has released their NeXT Inventory Software over the internet in a “pay as you go” subscription licensing model to make it simpler for the consumer to download and profit from their services.
SaaS — delivering software over the internet — is increasingly popular for its ability to simplify deployment and reduce customer acquisition costs. It also allows developers to support many customers with a single version of a product. SaaS is also often associated with a “pay as you go” subscription licensing model.
“We are very excited about the release of NeXT as ‘Software as a Service,” said Mark Cecil, President and CEO of DataWorks, Inc. “It’s a great way to provide our inventory management software to a wider audience because of the pricing structure and simplified sales and installation processes. For many businesses, buying software is an enormous capital expense, where the product has to be sold to many people and many departments. And in today’s economy, companies do not have the capital budgets they worked with 1 or 2 years ago, so with SaaS an Owner or General Manager can have the controls they need over their inventory without a large capital outlay.”
Cecil was recently overheard telling a client about NeXT. He said, “It’s big, it’s powerful and it’s ready for you — now.”
NeXT SaaS boasts the same technology as traditional NeXT software, but is easier to fit into a budget as a monthly fee rather than a larger one-time cost. The ease of access over the internet does not require software to be purchased, installed or maintained. New updates or upgrades are made available automatically, and security, back-up, and support services are also provided, allowing users to stop stressing about their software and concentrate on their core business.
“The trend to offer Software as a Service has been the new thought process for many companies this past year. However, we believe that offering our inventory management software as a service, is unique. Since we offer a specialized product, we have a perfect solution for many potential clients who could not figure out a way to upgrade or purchase new inventory software,” said Guy Ardizoni, VP of Sales. “The combination of increasingly abundant bandwidth, improved powerful processors, and inexpensive storage is widening the choices for designing, deploying and using software.”
DataWorks’ stated benefits for using NeXT SaaS are:
No Capital Outlay
• No server hardware to purchase
• No server OS or SQL server to license
• No need to get a separate capital budget approved; pass the monthly costs through an operating budget.
Reduced need for IT Talent
• No operating system to administer
• No SQL server to administer
• No services to check
• No backups to rotate.
Faster Implementation
• Eliminates travel
• Online training
• Faster go-lives
• Corporate standards and version compatibility are more easily ensured
• Upgrades are simpler and more cost-effective
• Easier mobility and scalability
• End users can access NeXT using their PC or Mac workstations.
About DataWorks
DataWorks (dataworksinc.com) has excelled in helping customers streamline their inventory operations since 1986. DataWorks’ inventory software, NeXT, offers purchasing, inventory, sales and bar-coding for retail and F&B management. Amusement parks, casinos, hospitals, museums, resorts, stadiums, and zoos are among the types of properties that currently use DataWorks’ flagship inventory software NeXT. The feature-rich inventory software has multi-company, language, and currency capabilities. NeXT can run on a local property or span the needs of an entire enterprise.
DataWorks is a leader in providing inventory management solutions for the hospitality and entertainment industries. NeXT is sought out by clients for:
• Retail Back Office
• Hospitality Back Office
• Retail Inventory Control
• F&B Inventory Control
• MICROS Retail Interface
• Retail Purchasing
• Hospitality Purchasing
• Open-To-Buy
• Suggested Orders.
DataWorks partners with all of the leading point-of-sale providers including: InfoGenesis, MICROS®, HSI, ResortSuite, SpaSoft, PAR Springer-Miller, Siriusware, Gateway Ticketing, and Volante.
For more information about DataWorks and NeXT, visit www.dataworksinc.com/pricing or call 239-444-1053.
Posted: 2010.02.10
DataWorks’ NeXT inventory management software has added more options and tools for its users. The company is pleased to announce the completion and rollout of the Suggested Orders module in Version 6 of NeXT.
For many years, DataWorks has been offering retail inventory management systems to all types of resorts and institutional properties worldwide, as well as supplying food and beverage ordering software with feature-rich inventory tracking solutions.
“DataWorks is very excited to release one of our most powerful components of NeXT, to date,” said Guy Ardizoni, VP of Sales. “Developed to ease buyers’ and operational managers’ workloads, the Suggested Purchase Order module harnesses NeXT’s strong analytical ability to create lightning-fast orders, ensuring an in-stock position for a property’s most in-demand items and thereby maximizing revenue.”
The Suggested Orders module:
- Supports seasonal trending for forecasting
- Supports safety stock
- Supports order frequency
- Supports lead-time analysis at vendor, vendor-subclass, and vendor-product levels
- Supports stock plans for subclass, product, SKU, and inventory levels
- Can filter for vendors, subclasses, facilities,or buyers
- Calculates stock status profile by SKU and product (overstock/under-stock/potential overstock)
- Calculates sales movement profile by SKU and product (fast or slow mover)
- Can model min/max plans dynamically, based on profiles
- Can auto-select best vendor for price, time-to-floor, or user-preference by product and SKU
- Supports currency comparison
- Supports pre-pack quantities
- Supports vendor minimums
- Supports order UOM conversions
- Can be automatically scheduled to run nightly
- Supports export to CSV, DBF, Excel, or XML. for separate analysis
“We find this an exciting time to be in the inventory software business,” said Mark Cecil, president of DataWorks. “As businesses are tightening their belts during this economic downturn and looking at their inventory with even more scrutinizing eyes, NeXT really comes into its own. Version 6 features are timely and relevant to any bottom-line whether you’re running a resort, casino, amusement park, hotel, or hospital. Customers have come to count on us to help them manage their inventory, and Suggested Orders will help them be even more efficient and productive managers.”
About DataWorks: DataWorks has excelled in helping customers streamline their inventory operations since 1986. DataWorks’ inventory software, NeXT, offers purchasing, inventory, sales and bar-coding for retail and F&B management. Amusement parks, casinos, hospitals, museums, resorts, stadiums, and zoos are among the types of properties that currently use DataWorks’ flagship inventory software NeXT. The feature-rich inventory software has multi-company, language, and currency capabilities. NeXT can run on a local property or span the needs of an entire enterprise.
DataWorks is a leader in providing inventory management solutions for the hospitality and entertainment industries.
DataWorks partners with all of the leading point-of-sale providers including: InfoGenesis, MICROS®, HSI, ResortSuite, SpaSoft, PAR Springer-Miller, Siriusware, Gateway Ticketing, and Volante.
For more information about DataWorks and NeXT, call 239-444-1053.
Posted: 2009.12.07
DataWorks’ NeXT made its debut at several prestigious properties in the third quarter of 2009. From implementing retail inventory management systems at several resorts to supplying food and beverage ordering software to Kapalua Resort in Maui, DataWorks offers feature-rich inventory solutions to all types of properties and establishments nationwide.
Kapalua Resort in Maui installed DataWorks’ complete NeXT software solution which includes:
- Retail Inventory Management
- Grocery Store Inventory Management
- Open-to-Buy
- Interface to Accounts Payable and General Ledger systems
- Interface to MICROS® 9700
DataWorks’ NeXT inventory management software interfaces to the MICROS™ 9700 POS which had already been installed at the resort. The DataWorks interface allows for seamless communication between back-of-house operations and frontline guest services. Menu items can be ordered and tracked with one touch of a button ensuring gifts and sundries are kept in stock and ready for sale.
“We are thrilled that Kapalua Resort selected NeXT to manage their inventories. Centralizing their inventories using our NeXT inventory control software allows for one-time data entry. At that point, NeXT does all the work updating the point-of-sale and the accounts payable system. This reduces data entry errors and man hours, ultimately increasing profits and providing accurate information,” said Mark Cecil, DataWorks President and CEO.
Kapalua Resort is able to utilize NeXT as a central point of inventory management where multiple departments can control inventory for their specific group while the finance department can obtain a global picture of the company’s inventory, sales and purchases.
About Kapalua Resort
Kapalua Resort is a 22,000 acre, master-planned community set amidst two nature preserves and pineapple fields on Maui’s northwest coast. The resort is renowned for its world-class golf courses, The Bay and The Plantation; 11 residential communities; premier accommodations at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua and The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, Kapalua Bay; The Kapalua Gold Villas, a condominium rental program; Kapalua Luxury Homes, a vacation home rental program; a tennis complex; three white sand beaches, including two of America’s Best Beaches; five-acre Kapalua Spa, and a variety of restaurants and shops. Nearby Kapalua Farms offers organic farm-to-fork produce and eggs to resort restaurants and the Maui community. Kapalua Resort hosts a signature event series each year: the PGA TOUR’s season-opening SBS Championship in January, Whale Quest Kapalua in February, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua’s Celebration of the Arts in April, and the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival in June. For more information, visit kapalua.com or call 1-877-KAPALUA.
About DataWorks:
DataWorks has excelled in helping customers streamline their inventory operations since 1986.
DataWorks’ inventory software, NeXT, offers purchasing, inventory, sales and bar-coding for retail and F&B management. Amusement parks, casinos, hospitals, museums, resorts, stadiums, and zoos are among the types of properties that currently use DataWorks’ flagship inventory software NeXT. The feature-rich inventory software has multi-company, language, and currency capabilities. NeXT can run on a local property or span the needs of an entire enterprise.
DataWorks is a leader in providing inventory management solutions for the hospitality and entertainment industries.
DataWorks partners with all of the leading point-of-sale providers including: InfoGenesis, MICROS®, HSI, ResortSuite, SpaSoft, PAR Springer-Miller, Siriusware, Gateway Ticketing and Volante.
For more information about DataWorks and NeXT, visit www.dataworksinc.com or call 239-444-1053.
Posted: 2009.11.09
DataWorks, Inc., an industry leader in retail and food & beverage inventory control software, is excited to announce it has recently installed its premier inventory control product, NeXT, at two prestigious resort locations.
“DataWorks’ NeXT made its debut at two prestigious properties in the third quarter of 2009. From implementing retail inventory management systems at the Aruba Marriott to supplying retail and spa operations software to Pala Casino in California — DataWorks is busy and committed to making sure when counting counts, clients can count on DataWorks,” said Mark Cecil, President and CEO.
NeXT inventory software interfaced to the Micros® 9700 POS at both properties, which allowed for seamless communication between back-of-house operations and frontline guest services. Menu items can be ordered and tracked with one touch of a button, ensuring gifts and sundries are kept in stock and ready for sale.
Pala Casino has been a DataWorks retail software customer for the past nine years. The decision to upgrade to DataWorks’ NeXT inventory software was made earlier this year and was chosen to track inventory for the award-winning Pala Spa located at the Pala Casino property. NeXT interfaced to their Micros 9700 POS.
The Aruba Marriott has been a DataWorks customer since 2003. Choosing to upgrade to NeXT enables the Aruba Marriott to use the multi-currency and multi-language features in NeXT. They are utilizing the interface application developed and written by DataWorks that seamlessly updates retail inventory items and retrieves sales from the Micros 9700 POS.
“We are really excited that Aruba Marriott has chosen to continue its relationship with DataWorks and will use NeXT to drive their retail profits. NeXT was designed for the global market and Aruba Marriott will be able to use NeXT to the fullest in this regard,” said Matthew Kellas, Director of Implementations and Training for DataWorks.
About Pala Casino Spa & Resort
Pala Casino Spa & Resort is located in northern San Diego County. The AAA 4-diamond Pala Casino Spa & Resort offers 507 luxury rooms, including 82 suites. The casino has 2,000 state-of-the-art slot and video machines, 87 Vegas-style table games, ten restaurants and four entertainment venues. For more information about Pala Casino Spa & Resort visit www.palacasino.com.
About Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino
A $50 million transformation makes the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino the ideal choice for the ultimate Aruba vacation experience. The exclusive Tradewinds Club; an upscale hotel-within-a-hotel concept occupies the entire eighth floor of Marriott’s Aruba hotel. Tradewinds is designed to indulge discerning vacationers with upgraded amenities, five daily dining presentations in the private lounge, a members-only beach area and full access to the Tradewinds Concierge Service. The resort’s fully renovated rooms are the most spacious (400sq ft) in Aruba. This Aruba hotel offers premium amenities including the world-renowned Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the Balinese-style Mandara Spa and the 24-hour excitement of the Stellaris Casino.
About DataWorks:
DataWorks has excelled in helping customers streamline their inventory operations since 1986.
DataWorks’ inventory software, NeXT, offers purchasing, inventory, sales and bar-coding for retail and F&B management. Amusement parks, casinos, hospitals, museums, resorts, stadiums, and zoos are among the types of properties that currently use DataWorks’ flagship inventory software NeXT. The feature-rich inventory software has multi-company, language, and currency capabilities. NeXT can run on a local property or span the needs of an entire enterprise.
DataWorks is a leader in providing inventory management solutions for the hospitality and entertainment industries.
DataWorks partners with all of the leading point-of-sale providers including: InfoGenesis, MICROS®, HSI, ResortSuite, SpaSoft, PAR Springer-Miller, Siriusware, Gateway Ticketing and Volante.
For more information about DataWorks and NeXT, visit www.dataworksinc.com or call 239-444-1053.
Posted: 2009.11.04
DataWorks conducted a webinar, on Friday, July 24th, presenting the major features and enhancements to Version 6 of NeXT®.
DataWorks’ CEO, Mark Cecil conducted the presentation.
Click here to watch the 63 minute presentation – You will need Windows Media Player to view the Version 6 Preview.
Posted: 2009.07.24
We are so excited about the upcoming release of NeXT v6 (code name, “Scaled Sardine”), that we wanted to publish the current feature and enhancements of the version.
Version 6 is about “new” and “improved” functionality, functionality, functionality.
Hey, did we mention functionality? Wait till you see all the features…
Posted: 2009.06.10
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