Seasons turn the whole floor over. Sizes and colours multiply every style, the till has to move, and the shop out back tunes, strings and sharpens.
System Five is built around how a sporting goods retailer 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 46 capabilities this trade draws on directly, within 292 that apply to how it operates — a selection from the full documented set, not a ceiling.
Stock with a season or a lifespan — buy early, mark down late, account for what does not survive.
One product in many forms — colour, finish, size, wattage — without a part number nobody can find.
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.
A work order, a technician, labour and parts against a job — the half of the business that happens after the sale.
Gear that goes out and comes back — rated, booked, returned and charged.
Several items sold as one thing — a room package, a build, a bundle — while the stock behind it still moves correctly.
A unit with a serial number that has a life history — who bought it, what was done to it, what it is worth now.
Sales a regulator cares about — age prompts, tobacco and liquor reporting.
More than one site or department reading and writing the same records.
The unit comes back — under warranty, for credit, or to the supplier — and the money and the stock both have to land right.
A different price for the trade than for the public — levels, schedules, allowances and accounts that remember them.
Money before the goods move — a deposit, a layaway, a finance company, or the lender financing the units on your floor.
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Every capability behind this page is documented in the System Five capability index. Capabilities outside the standard set are optional.