JDA Store Portal empowers your managers and associates with real-time access from anywhere in the store to information and business functions within your host-based merchandising application, such as the JDA Portfolio Merchandise Management, solutions. Unlike traditional in-store solutions, JDA's Web-based portals enhance the functionality of your traditional POS systems by increasing the speed of completing merchandising tasks, such as shipment inquiries, transfers, and requisitions, resulting in increased associate productivity. In turn, portals enable your store-level requests to be responded to in real-time. The end result is increased sales through improved inventory management, ensured product availability and enhanced customer service.

By extending the life of your current POS infrastructure, Store Portal is a cost-effective alternative for streamlining your store€™s back office functions plus adds several value-add features to greatly improve your operations and drive sales. With real-time access to key information, JDA Store Portal enables your associates to execute such tasks as:

• View merchandise details including vendor information, case pack specs, current/upcoming prices, inventory levels and stock movement summaries.
• Process store orders/merchandise requests.
• Submit purchase orders for vendor-to-store direct deliveries.
• View inventory across your chain and request product transfers from a warehouse or another store.
• Receive merchandise directly from vendors.
• Process RTVs directly to vendors.
• Access store performance reports such as store sales dollars, unit sales, year-to-year comparisons and gross margin percent.
• Manage pricing at a localized level to respond to such factors as competitor pricing.
• Adjust inventory for occurrences such as breakage, store use, etc.

The JDA Customer Value Program

The Customer Value Program is JDA's worldwide corporate initiative to deliver the utmost in the quality and consistency of our customers experience with our company, from pre-sale to post implementation. As part of our Customer Value Program, we established the Investment Protection Program (IPP) to protect our customer™ investment in JDA Portfolio and confirm its enduring value as we migrate to new technology platforms. What's more, the IPP streamlines implementation of any significant enhancements available, thereby maximizing the return on software investment.