October 13, 14 & 15 – Canton Ohio

We are excited about our upcoming conference and expect a good turn out.  If you haven’t signed up yet, please let Steve know so we can save you a seat.

The following agenda is tentative and subject to change but should give you an idea of the subjects and material we will cover.

Monday October 13^th, 2014

8:00am – 12:00pm	Analytics	In this session, retail consultant Steve Pruitt will walk you through retail analytics to show you how you can improve sales, increase margin, and best use your capital. Learn how to sort through your data with clear examples using information from your unique business.
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch	Meet other retailers around a sponsored lunch.
1:30pm – 5:00pm	Coming Attractions	Smyth Retail will outline our current development plans. Focus is on significant enhancements to the Customer Marketing module and helping retailers increase sales and customer retention through increased customer contacts and interactions. Mobile computing and EMV plans will be discussed.
6:30pm	Dinner	Enjoy an evening out with fellow retailers at this sponsored event.

 

Tuesday October 14^th, 2014

8:00am – 9:45am	Inventory Control	We will review recent enhancements and walk through basic operations, from PO entry through physical inventory, to educate and listen to issues, ideas and suggestions.
9:45am – 10:15am	Break	Stretch, call home and mingle with us and other retailers.
10:15am – 12:00pm	Mdse Invoice Matching & A/P	We will review recent enhancements and current functionality to help improve payables controls and vendor management.
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch	Meet other retailers around a sponsored lunch.
1:30pm – 2:15pm	Customer Marketing & A/R	We will discuss basic customer profile information as well as discuss the Accounts Receivable module.
2:15pm -2:45pm	Break	Stretch, call home and mingle with us and other retailers.
2:45pm – 5:00pm	Data Mining & Analytics	We will walk through how Data Mining queries work as well as discuss recent enhancements as well as the new development initiative to expand Data Mining capabilities. We welcome you to share your success stories with the group – examples are welcome.

 

Wednesday October 15^th, 2014

8:00am – 9:45am	POS & Store Management	We will review recent enhancements and walk through basic store operations and POS maintenance and reporting.
9:45am – 10:15am	Break	Stretch, call home and mingle with us and other retailers.
10:15am – 12:00pm	Sales Orders	We will review ways retailers are using sales orders to manage and track special orders, trunk shows, layaways, hold or suspend/retrieve transactions, approvals, and even alterations and shipping.
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch	Meet other retailers around a sponsored lunch.
1:30pm – 2:15pm	Banking Functions & G/L	We will review the Bank Deposit and Reconciliation functions. A quick review of the General Ledger and financial system will be included.
2:15pm -2:30pm	Quick Break	Stretch, call home and mingle with us and other retailers.
2:30pm – 3:00pm	Recap	We will recap the important takeaways from the meeting and ask our clients to rank requested enhancements to help us prioritize future enhancements.
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Advanced eCommerce	This optional session is designed to review in detail the eCommerce integration for existing clients. This session is available by appointment – just let us know.

Location:

Holiday Inn Canton (Beldon Village)
4520 Everhard Rd NW
Canton, OH 44718

(330) 494-2770

There is a negotiated event rate of $129/night.

Airports:

The Akron/Canton Airport (CAK) is only a 10 minute ride to the hotel and the hotel offers shuttle services.   Be sure to checkout Southwest rates at Canton. The Cleveland Airport (CLE) is just an hour away and might offer some non-stop routes not available at CAK.

Scheduled hours:

• Monday, October 13 – 8:00am – 5pm
• Tuesday, October 14 – 8:00am – 5pm
• Wednesday, October 15 – 8:00am – 3pm

Conference Cost:

• $495 for the first attendee
• $395 for each additional attendee from the same company
• This will be invoiced by SRS after the conference