Customer CommitmentCustomer Commitment

Industry LeadershipIndustry Leadership

Outstanding customer support available 24/7Outstanding customer support available 24/7

A complete set of in-depth customer training toolsA complete set of in-depth customer training tools

Microsoft R&D investment is highest in industryMicrosoft R&D investment is highest in industry

Top retailers use MicrosoftTop retailers use Microsoft

Microsoft Retail Management SystemWhat it means to Hardware, Lumber, Rental, & Service

Broad ecosystem of knowledgeable and responsive partners Broad ecosystem of knowledgeable and responsive partners

Lowest Cost of OwnershipLowest Cost of Ownership

Microsoft RMS Point of Sale Single or Multi Store

Hardware, Lawn & Garden Lumber, Rental & Service

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Microsoft RMS Value Proposition

Affordable: Affordable: • Microsoft Microsoft FinancingFinancing available available• Supported by Microsoft and independently priced Supported by Microsoft and independently priced Microsoft Partners Microsoft Partners worldwideworldwide• EliminatesEliminates single supplier single supplier helpdesk helpdesk with with uncontrollableuncontrollable fees feesStable: Stable: • The The latest technology latest technology from the most from the most stablestable software company...Microsoft software company...Microsoft• Supported by Supported by MicrosoftMicrosoft and and Microsoft RMS PartnersMicrosoft RMS Partners in in every stateevery stateIncrease Sales: Increase Sales: • Integrated Integrated Farm Plan Farm Plan processing to offer customers processing to offer customers John Deere Credit John Deere Credit fundingfunding• Customer Rewards Customer Rewards program to program to drivedrive customers to your store customers to your store• Integrated product Integrated product picture catalogpicture catalog, store prices, store variables, and store on hand, store prices, store variables, and store on hand• Integrated Integrated Web Store Web Store will will automaticallyautomatically list and sell the list and sell the warehouse warehouse and store and store

stockstockReduce Inventory and Costs: Reduce Inventory and Costs: • Simultaneous Simultaneous history based forecast history based forecast and reorder for and reorder for 1 or thousands 1 or thousands of itemsof items• Microsoft Gift/Credit/Debit processingMicrosoft Gift/Credit/Debit processing means means no 3no 3rdrd partyparty PC Charge PC Charge and and

support feessupport feesDecrease Labor: Decrease Labor: • DirectDirect connect connect to any to any supplier supplier or or COOP COOP with with simultaneous simultaneous same item same item cost cost

trackingtracking• Electronic Electronic inventory inventory maintenance, maintenance, forecastingforecasting, ordering, and , ordering, and receivingreceiving• AR AR management, statements with management, statements with receiptsreceipts, and , and auto E-mail receipts auto E-mail receipts and and

statements statements • In-store In-store automatic labeling automatic labeling prints labels to printer forprints labels to printer for price changes price changes 

Microsoft RMSAffordable – Microsoft Family of Products

•Runs on Runs on all Microsoft all Microsoft supported PC OS:supported PC OS: 2000, XP, 2000, XP, Vista, Vista, Windows 7Windows 7•Integrates with Integrates with Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office and and Web applications Web applications •Easy to Use!Easy to Use!

Microsoft RMSStable – Current POS Technology

• Microsoft RMS Microsoft RMS is a modern Point of Sale application running on is a modern Point of Sale application running on Microsoft SQLMicrosoft SQL• Old Old Access Access or or character character basedbased programs programs areare poor poor investmentsinvestments• Avoid POS Avoid POS that that does not respond does not respond to to MicrosoftMicrosoft controls. Make controls. Make sure sure you can:you can:

o Click “X” to Click “X” to closeclose all programs and all programs and windowswindowso Mouse Mouse “double click” “double click” toto select select an item from a an item from a browserbrowsero ShrinkShrink windows or windows or growgrow to full screen by to full screen by clicking and dragging the edgeclicking and dragging the edgeo ScrollScroll through through listslists of items, customers, vendors, or other records of items, customers, vendors, or other recordso Run on Run on AnyAny Microsoft OS: Windows Microsoft OS: Windows Vista, Vista, WindowsWindows 7 7, Windows , Windows XPXP, or , or 20002000

• Dated Dated POS software drifts POS software drifts furtherfurther behindbehind without without revenuerevenue resulting in: resulting in:o ProblemsProblems maintaining existing maintaining existing featuresfeatures or or addingadding new features new featureso Higher support fees Higher support fees and and reduced innovation reduced innovation until eventual until eventual End of LifeEnd of Life

• Support Support for Microsoft RMS for Microsoft RMS costs costs significantlysignificantly less less than other POS systems: than other POS systems: o Microsoft RMS is Microsoft RMS is modernmodern and is and is fully customizable fully customizable with current skillswith current skillso Microsoft RMS is Microsoft RMS is supportedsupported by by Microsoft PartnersMicrosoft Partners in in every stateevery stateo Microsoft RMS is Microsoft RMS is portable portable for use with any for use with any COOPCOOP, any , any suppliersuppliero Microsoft RMS Plug-Ins exist Microsoft RMS Plug-Ins exist for any retail product or vertical market for any retail product or vertical market o Google “Microsoft RMS Add On” Google “Microsoft RMS Add On” to find out more about Pto find out more about Plug-Inslug-Ins available available

Microsoft RMSIncrease Sales – Accurate Pricing

•Easily and automatically maintain store prices Easily and automatically maintain store prices •View / Set View / Set retail equal retail equal MSRPMSRP or set margin to be held when cost or set margin to be held when cost changeschanges•Filter to Filter to quicklyquickly find and set find and set thousands of items thousands of items for future for future automated pricingautomated pricing

Microsoft RMSIncrease Sales – Customer Service

•Scrollable, searchable Scrollable, searchable computer based catalogcomputer based catalog opens opens directly to store directly to store databasedatabase•See SKU, description, store price, variable price, on hand, and warehouse See SKU, description, store price, variable price, on hand, and warehouse quantityquantity•Filter catalog views Filter catalog views by dept, category, mfg. part number, description, and by dept, category, mfg. part number, description, and moremore•Pictures Pictures enlargeenlarge when the mouse is when the mouse is positionedpositioned over the over the imageimage

Microsoft RMSIncrease Sales – Offer Financing from Farm Plan

•Farm Plan Farm Plan financing financing isis offered by over offered by over 7,000 7,000 merchants merchants •Merchants Merchants have the ability to have the ability to sell products sell products and offer and offer fundingfunding by Farm by Farm PlanPlan•Automatic Authorization, Cancel, Capture, Purchase, Credit, and PaymentAutomatic Authorization, Cancel, Capture, Purchase, Credit, and Payment•Remove Remove the Accounts Receivable the Accounts Receivable burdenburden

Microsoft RMSIncrease Sales – Rental

•Rent, reserve, Rent, reserve, andand sell sell from the same from the same POS screenPOS screen •Collect Collect depositsdeposits, partial rental , partial rental paymentspayments, or , or fees fees at any at any timetime•TrackTrack serialized serialized rental items rental items •Tag along Tag along items or items or promptprompt cashier to cashier to up-sellup-sell•ReserveReserve with automatic with automatic conflict checkingconflict checking

Microsoft RMSIncrease Sales – Turnkey Branded Web Store

•Implement as a Implement as a linklink from your from your existing website existing website or as a or as a brand brand new sitenew site•PicturesPictures, descriptions, prices, , descriptions, prices, variable pricesvariable prices, promotions, and , promotions, and much moremuch more•AutomaticallyAutomatically uploads uploads entire supplier catalog entire supplier catalog and and any any otherother store store itemsitems•Web shoppers choose from Web shoppers choose from shipship,, delivery delivery,, oror pickup pickup at storeat store

Microsoft RMSReduce Inventory – Forecast and Auto-Replenish

•Forecast from any past date range, any supplier, and delivery lead time•Automatic reorder point and restock calculation for 1 or thousands of items•Save seasonal templates, monthly templates, or any date range templates •Automatic Microsoft RMS PO to lowest cost supplier(s) for required items

Microsoft RMSReduce Inventory – Wireless Sales & Management

Microsoft Windows MobileMicrosoft Windows Mobile handheld handheld PC/scanner for:PC/scanner for:

•Mobile SalesMobile Sales •Mobile Inventory Counts Mobile Inventory Counts •Mobile Purchase Orders Mobile Purchase Orders •Mobile Receiving Mobile Receiving •Mobile Label PrintingMobile Label Printing •Mobile Item Management Mobile Item Management •Mobile Transfers Mobile Transfers •Mobile Work OrdersMobile Work Orders •Mobile QuotesMobile Quotes •Mobile LayawaysMobile Layaways•Mobile Gift RegistryMobile Gift Registry

Microsoft RMSDecrease Labor – EDI Communications

•RMS RMS EDI Updaters EDI Updaters connect connect Microsoft RMS Microsoft RMS to to any supplierany supplier•Item Updates, Item Updates, ImagesImages, Price, Variable Price, , Price, Variable Price, Promotions, Promotions, Warehouse Warehouse Qty, Qty, UPCUPC•Purchase Orders, Purchase Orders, AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements, Invoices, , Invoices, Policy APolicy A, Rewards, Rewards•History LoadsHistory Loads, All Item Loads, and so much more, All Item Loads, and so much more•Any SupplierAny Supplier……Any FileAny File

Microsoft RMSDecrease Labor – Easily Manage Lumber

•Automatic Automatic unit cost calculation unit cost calculation from supplier from supplier MBFMBF (thousand (thousand board feet) board feet) •Automatic Automatic mark up mark up by user %by user %•Round upRound up retail to end in an amount i.e., $.09 retail to end in an amount i.e., $.09 •Real-time Real-time inventory in inventory in EA (each) EA (each) and and BF (board feet) BF (board feet) •MaintainMaintain lumber length and cross sectional area lumber length and cross sectional area (thickness x (thickness x width)width)•SellSell in units of in units of EA EA or or LF (linear feet)LF (linear feet)

Microsoft RMSDecrease Labor – Automatic Price Change Labels

•Monitors Monitors all items for all items for price changes price changes from primary from primary supplier supplier oror users users•Tracks Tracks changes for changes for reviewreview, select, deselect, and , select, deselect, and print print •Print Print automatically automatically withwith no no user user interventionintervention

Microsoft RMSDecrease Costs – No 3rd Party PC Charge and Fees

•Credit cards are processed directly through PCI Compliant Microsoft RMS •No 3rd party PC Charge and no PC Charge annual support fees •No losses when separate POS and Credit Card software don’t work together•No forced version upgrades and fees to maintain compatibility and PCI initiatives

Microsoft RMSDecrease Costs – Simplified Customer Billing

•OptionallyOptionally includeinclude receipts receipts with with signaturessignatures for each transaction for each transaction•Automatic E-mail Automatic E-mail of of receiptsreceipts and and statementsstatements•Print statements with receipts at Print statements with receipts at any time any time for for any date rangeany date range for for any any customer(s)customer(s)•Multi-store Multi-store ownersowners manage manage all statements and payments all statements and payments from one from one locationlocation

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