Two businesses under one roof: a till for the public, and a contractor desk with its own prices, quoted jobs and a yard loading trucks.
System Five is built around how a hardware or lumber store actually runs — the operating mechanisms below, each backed by documented capabilities. System Five on Cloud is the standard delivery; on-premise deployment is available by request.
System Five includes 115 capabilities this trade draws on directly, within 277 that apply to how it operates — a selection from the full documented set, not a ceiling.
A different price for the trade than for the public — levels, schedules, allowances and accounts that remember them.
Getting a queue through — touch screen, scanning, line busting, parked sales.
Selling what you do not stock — ordered in against the customer's name and tracked until it lands.
Getting the goods to the customer — booked from the sale, loaded, routed and proved delivered.
Stock with a season or a lifespan — buy early, mark down late, account for what does not survive.
A long sale — quoted, revised, released in stages, invoiced against a project.
More than one site or department reading and writing the same records.
Ordering and pricing straight from the people who make it — catalogues, price files and order feeds.
Several items sold as one thing — a room package, a build, a bundle — while the stock behind it still moves correctly.
Gear that goes out and comes back — rated, booked, returned and charged.
A work order, a technician, labour and parts against a job — the half of the business that happens after the sale.
The unit comes back — under warranty, for credit, or to the supplier — and the money and the stock both have to land right.
Money before the goods move — a deposit, a layaway, a finance company, or the lender financing the units on your floor.
One product in many forms — colour, finish, size, wattage — without a part number nobody can find.
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Every capability behind this page is documented in the System Five capability index. Capabilities outside the standard set are optional.