DataWorks’ NeXT® Inventory Software Implemented at World-Renowned Pebble Beach Resorts

DataWorks, Inc., developers of NeXT® inventory control software, is pleased to announce that Pebble Beach Resorts recently upgraded their retail operations to include DataWorks’ NeXT. Pebble Beach Resorts has been utilizing DataWorks’ software to manage their purchasing, warehousing and inventory control operations since 1997.

Pebble Beach Resorts, located in Pebble Beach, California, is the premier luxury golf resort in the United States. As their retail operations have grown since their hosting of the U.S. Open in 2000, so have their technology needs, which prompted the upgrade to NeXT.

“We have over 20 retail outlets, all being supplied from a central receiving warehouse,” said Dominic Van Nes, Vice President of Information Services with Pebble Beach Resorts. “Transferring inventory correctly between the different locations and the warehouse, and keeping track of all the movement, is a primary focus.”

With DataWorks’ NeXT Inventory Software, Pebble Beach Resorts has found it easier to effectively manage inventory and purchasing by using NeXT tools such as Inventory Stock-Ledger reports, Open-to- Buy, and Suggested Re-Order applications. By integrating with the PAR Springer-Miller POS system, DataWorks has streamlined accounting and allowed for real-time store operations.

“DataWorks is known world-wide as the ‘Best-of-Breed’ retail inventory control system for resorts. We got here by working with ‘Best-of-Breed’ resorts. Pebble Beach is an unparalleled property with a world-class staff — an IT department of elite professionals and a retail team that ranks in the top 1% of all retailers for analysis and sophistication. The Pebble Beach team has made our 12-year relationship very special. Pebble Beach has pushed our design envelope to encompass better forecasting and replenishment methodologies. The entire DataWorks community has benefited from this very unique partnership,” says Mark Cecil, CEO of DataWorks.

Van Nes added, “DataWorks has been in the retail inventory software business for a long time, and they have figured out what a retail operation needs from their system. They are also quick to respond to changing market strategies, and enhancing their software to take advantage of those new strategies. You can’t ask for more in a software vendor.”

About Pebble Beach Company: Pebble Beach Company, headquartered in Pebble Beach, Calif., owns and operates the world-famous Pebble Beach Resorts, including The Lodge at Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay and Casa Palmero. The company also operates four renowned golf courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, The Links at Spanish Bay and Del Monte Golf Course. Its other famed properties include the scenic 17-Mile Drive and The Spa at Pebble Beach, and it annually hosts premier events such as the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro- Am, the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational and the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Site of the 2010 U.S. Open, Pebble Beach Golf Links has hosted four U.S. Opens, four U.S. Amateurs, one PGA Championship, and numerous other tournaments. (800) 654-9300 www.pebblebeach.com

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. 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-T o-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 or call 239-444-1053.

Posted: 2010.06.17

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DataWorks’ NeXT Inventory Software Featured at HITEC 2010

Posted: 2010.06.01

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DataWorks, Creators of NeXT® Inventory Software, Sponsor Imaginarium Dinosaur Exhibit

(Bonita Springs, FL – May 21, 2010) DataWorks, Inc., developers of Next® Inventory Software, was honored to be a partner/sponsor of the Dinosaurs & Ice Age Giants traveling exhibit at the Imaginarium Hands-On Museum and Aquarium in Fort Myers, Florida.
The eight nearly life sized robotic dinosaurs and a selection of ice age mammals were on display at the children’s museum, shown in conjunction with the 3-D film DINOSAURS: Giants of Patagonia from January 9 to May 9, 2010. It is the most popular and well-attended traveling exhibit at the Imaginarium to date, with over 45,000 visitors.
“This exhibit has exceeded our expectations and attendance projections,” said Matthew Johnson, Imaginarium director. “This traveling exhibit is a great example of a public/private partnership. Partnerships like this work to bring our community quality arts, culture, and education.”
“We were very excited to be a part of this exhibit,” said Mark Cecil, President of DataWorks, Inc. “The Imaginarium is providing valuable education to community children in such an interesting and involving manner. Kids are finding out that learning can be fun. Since we work with numerous museums and amusement parks, this partnership seemed ideal.”

About the Imaginarium: The Imaginarium Hands-On Museum and Aquarium provides visitors with over 60 interactive exhibits, including a theater, a traveling exhibit, live animals, and ongoing special programs, such as participating in a virtual sports simulator, hurricane wind tunnel, or TV studio as a weather forecaster. Located in Fort Myers, Florida, the children’s museum is open seven days a week.Visit www.imaginariumfortmyers.com or call 239-321-7420 for more information.

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. NeXT is sought out by clients for:

• Retail Back Office, Retail Planning Systems, Retail ERP Software, Retail Store Software
• Hospitality Back Office
• Retail Inventory Control, Inventory Management Barcode Software
• F&B Inventory Control
• MICROS Retail Interface
• Microsoft Retail Management Software
• Retail Purchasing, Retail Replenishment, Retail Forecasting, Retail Data Mining
• Hospitality Purchasing
• Open-T o-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, call 239-444-1053.

Posted: 2010.05.21

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DataWorks’ NeXT® Inventory Software Now Offers Software as a Service

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

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DataWorks’ NeXT® Inventory Management Software Features “Suggested Orders” Module

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

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DataWorks’ NeXT® Inventory Management Software installed in third quarter ’09 at Kapalua Resort in Maui

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

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