CitiXsys iVend Loyalty - SAP® Business One Add-on

Product Features:

The iVend Loyalty Server 3.0 solution offers a multitude of feature and functionality as listed below:

Hassle Free Installation

Intuitive Installation: The installer is designed to detect all prerequisites before starting with the actual installation process. In the absence of a prerequisite, the installer automatically installs the required components first.

Minimum User Input: Except for critical information such as database, SMTP and administration credentials, the installer performs most of the setup tasks on its own. The user is shielded from making errors.

Smooth Un-installation: The uninstall process is as trivial as the installation process. In most cases server restarts are not required.

Out of the Box Configuration

Default Setup: The Loyalty Server ships with a default configuration that is suitable for most retail enterprises. The merchant can choose to keep the default configuration pertaining to award and redeem of points and quickly go live.

Merchandising Options for Unique Web Presence: The Loyalty Web Interface offers a mechanism for the merchant to create its branding by attaching its logo, banners and selecting a theme which is close to the look and feel of its existing website. Once configured, the logos and themes are applied to all inner pages of the Loyalty website thereby providing uniqueness to the hosted application

Customer Home Page: Merchants using the iVend Loyalty application have the option to create an online account on the Loyalty web server so that their end customers can login and view the rewards summary online. The merchants get to view intuitive reports pertaining to their individual loyalty program. Apart from despatching email notifications to the registered loyalty users, the application also creates a login for its customers who can then go online and browser through their Points Journal.

Usability & Design

Wizard Based Setup: Most of the application configuration related to setup of Loyalty Cards, Users, Redemption and Award of Points and Loyalty Plans are completely wizard driven. The features are classified based on logical modules and present stepwise screens for setting up of features and functionalities. This guided mechanism eases the pains of an end user and minimizes possibilities of errors. Moreover, the default settings are preconfigured which are generally suitable for most customers.

Intuitive User Interface: Each control provides detailed feedback through tooltips and most grid based columns on all screens are sort-able. Quick Search feature along with user defined reports gets you to the most relevant data instantaneously. Combined with simple navigation and context based screens, the application is simple and easy to use.

Exception Management and User Help: The application handles most of the foreseeable error gracefully and navigates to the exact field that has generated the error when the error information is double clicked. An option to click on the error reporting hyperlink is provided that allows the end user to directly log on to the CitiXsys Support Center and generate a support ticket. Context sensitive help is provided on each screen which can be collapsed and expanded when the "F1" key is pressed.

Key Features & Functionalities

Dual Operation Modes: The Loyalty Server can be configured to operate either in an offline mode or in a completely online mode. While offline mode works with some restrictions, in an online mode the application can interact with geographically distributed stores in a real time fashion.

Multiple Registration Modes: Registration of Loyalty Points can be configured in three modes. I can be either attached to a:

• Customer ID:

• Loyalty Card or:

• Loyalty Card Attached to a Customer ID:

Flexible Card Number Management and Allocation: Card Number generation is possible using either:

• Pre-Printed Loyalty Cards or

• System Generated Card Numbers: Creation of custom number schemes and generation of bulk numbers for distribution is offline mode is also provided in this mode

• Allocation of card numbers and number series to different stores is based on the mode of operation. When in online mode, the numbers are issued in real time to the requesting POS while when in offline mode the distribution can be configured based on a combination of Store Codes and Store Group Codes

User Defined Loyalty Schemes: This feature allows definition of many combinations of criteria and user defined rules to configure and running multiple Loyalty Schemes. The heart of the application has the following features:

• Many Criterion combinations such as Customer Group, Item Group, Item, Promotion Scheme, Layaway Plan etc.

• Definition of Loyalty Points based on Quantity and Value with the ability to mark certain selections as exempt from the scheme

• Ability to include all possible criteria combinations using an "All" option

• Comprehensive Exclusion Rules that exclude items with Discount Overrides or Items marked as Promotional or items on Layaway etc.

• Possibility of running multiple schemes at any given point in time with the ability of Versioning each scheme

• Award of Loyalty Points based on Conflict Resolution rules and Hierarchal Fallback of Criteria Groups

• Detailed Audit Trails for all Scheme modifications within the system and much more.

Slab Based Redemption of Points: All registered Loyalty Customers fall in one of the many user defined slabs that is the basis for redemption of Loyalty Points. Some useful features of Slab based Redemption are:

• User Defined Slabs e.g. Silver, Gold and Bronze

• Different Points-to-Currency conversion ratio for each Slab

• Different redemption percentage against an invoiced amount for each slab

• Different threshold limits and rules for upgrade to the next slab or downgrade to a slab below

• Slab versioning rules

Current Slab and Fallback based redemption methods where the first allows for redemption of points by calculating points based on the current slab of the user while the latter begins with the current slab and iterates the next lower slab definitions when the threshold limit is exhausted

Points Management: This feature allows the functional administrator to manage the Loyalty Points in an effective manner. This module provides the features such as:

• Points Journal that displays the minutest of details pertaining to award and redemption of points by a customer

• Loyalty Point Aging provides a time framed based aging of earned points either on the Customer Group, Customer ID or a Loyalty Card Number

• Loyalty Customer Status provides a flexible mechanism of upgrading or downgrading the status of a customer either in an automatically configured or a Manually Batch Process based manner.

Documentation:

CitiXsys iVend Loyalty Data Sheet (.PDF)