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Floor planning is a special type of financing offered by lenders.  Retail floor planning allows dealers the flexibility to offer the right product mix for customers to choose from.  For example, dealerships for automobiles, recreational vehicles, and boats, as well as home goods retailers will turn to floor plan loans to purchase inventory.

Many businesses struggle with decisions around the best business system to manage their expanding operations.

Unfortunately, proper planning of an integrated business management software system often takes a back seat to short-term revenue acceleration goals. As a result, it's often the case that businesses opt to install various independent applications at different...

Inventory is typically one of the largest assets that your business owns. If you keep a large amount of inventory it is important to have an appropriate strategy to keep track of it. This becomes more complex when your business sells new and/or used units, has units for internal use, and services customer-owned units. Implementing an inventory management system that is...

Sometimes your customer's journey requires them to return a product due to failure.  As a retailer you have your customers' loyalty top of mind, but also have to balance the potential loss in profit that comes along with such a transaction.  On top of that, your suppliers are protective of their own bottom line. So, how can you win the RMA game?

Barcodes are everywhere. They're on the products we buy and sell, and even on our packages in the mail. The barcode has even become somewhat of a cultural icon, appearing in movies, television shows, and literature. But what are barcodes? How do they work? And how are they used in different industries?

Barcodes were first developed in the late 1940s as a way to speed up...

Running a business can be challenging, but with the right tools, you can make it a lot easier.  Windward System Fiveis here to help you streamline your invoicing, contracts, and accounts receivable processes, so you can focus on what really matters – your customers.

Your service department isnota cost of doing business. It should be a major profit center for your Outdoor Living Shop.

Consumers today have to balance preventative maintenance vs the frequency of repairs vs replacement.  Your brick-and-mortar store may not be seeing the traffic that it used to, so your Services Category has to be the breadwinner.

The lighting industry has always been dynamic, but the pace of change over the past few years has pushed many retailers and showrooms to reassess how they operate. Expanding product lines, more demanding customers, and the rise of hybrid in‑store/online shopping have created new pressures on businesses that were once able to rely on manual processes or basic POS tools.

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