Why Automate with Intralight?

NACS Study on Benefits of Automation

The National Association of Convenience Stores conducted an extensive study (1), which found that, on average, automating a manual operation will:

Increase Gross Profit Margins ------------> 2%

Reduce Shrink on Store Sales ----------> 50%

Reduce Idle Store Inventory -------------> 10%

1 - Source: NACS 2000 Guide to POS Scanning, pp. 15-17, "Cost/Benefit Analysis of Scanning"

The following results have been achieved by at least one Intralight user:

Increased Gross Profit Margins ----------> 3+%

Reduced Shrink----------------------------> From 4% to 1 - 1.5%

Reduced Shrink on Store Sales --------> 75%

Reduced Idle Store Inventory -----------> 60 - 70%

LOWEST UP-FRONT PRICE FOR HIGHEST QUALITY OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

· Increased available cash from real-time and paperless inventory, cash and labor controls

· Solutions developed from 50+ years of industry ownership and management experience

· Savvy technicians who have written and supported millions of lines of code and data

· Internal retail, wholesale, freight and plant operations for testing and enhancement

· High-end technical infrastructure for data quality, support, backup and monitoring

· Technology standards from 15 years of high-tech experience and development

· Optimized inventory sales, margins, assortment, velocity, replenishment

· Perpetual backups with available monthly distribution of CDs to users

· 10 years of successful and secure database management services

· Unlimited and customizable access levels and simultaneous users

· Remote application updates distributed by email or web-site

· In-house efficiency practices, including low overhead

· 128 bit data encryption, authentication and firewall

· XML/other integration with third-party systems

· Real-time central database access 24x7x365

· Lowest Risk: month-to-month contract

· No servers or costly software needed

· Agility to move with technology curve

· Included setup, training and support

· User pool shared enhancements

· Flat fee extended training

· Native data warehousing

Now is the Time to Automate

With retail becoming more and more complex, margins fluctuating and increased competition on every corner, paper-businesses will most likely not survive. Those who automate and become paperless, hold the greater advantage to survive and thrive. Intralight puts surviving and thriving in your control by providing you with high-end solutions and service at the lowest price. Automating is a major step; doing it with a company like Intralight makes it so much easier.