The Tradewind® Point of Sale System designed by Datavantage, Inc. and in use by many Tier 2 retailers is the most comprehensive, totally integrated software solution available. With over 5,000 installations worldwide, Tradewind® is intuitively designed and easy to use, speeding sales associates through point-of-sale transactions and maximizing store managers’ productivity with extensive back room tools.

Tradewind was designed to answer the demands of the Independent Retailer:

• State-of-the-art technology.
• Integrated POS and store management functionality.
• Easy connection of associates to corporate office.
• Simplified selling processes, automated the back-office and improved inventory control.
• Full utilization of the power of “open” computing through vendor partnerships and industry standards compliance.
• Assistance in managing customer relationships.
• Fast and easy to use.

Tradewind® raises the bar for in-store systems by combining extensive POS and store management functionality with exceptional ease of use.

Underscoring Datavantage’s commitment to specialty retailing, Tradewind earned Microsoft’s® RAD Award for three successive years. Quite simply, this in-store system is without equal in today’s Independent specialty retail marketplace.

Customer Service Orientation
Customer service helps you -- the specialty retailer -- differentiate yourself in your niche. Market experience has shown that retail chains pursuing high levels of service will employ advanced store automation tools to help bring their customer service philosophy to life on the sales floor.

Tradewind was designed to capitalize on this need for high customer services; it supports exceptional service levels with its customer portfolio, special order and send sale transactions, inventory locator and many other customer oriented functions.

Ease of use is at the forefront of The JDS Solutions Corporation's approach to application software. Consequently, significant research was done to make certain that Tradewind, the front-end component of WinRetail, was the most simple to use store system available on the market, starting with the user interface.

User Interface
No icons. No mouse. Just clear, clean, concise screens that guide even the most novice sales associate easily through transactions.

Security Issues
Easy to use does not mean insecure. Tradewind® arms your store operations with a hierarchy of security levels.

• Security can be established for register groups (i.e. cash/wrap vs. return desk), employee groups (i.e. clerks vs. managers) and individual employees.
• Within each grouping, security may be managed by either menu level (wider scope) or individual function key (specific).
• You control "who does what". By group and by activity, there is a list of assignable security levels. Everything from unrestricted access to password required to no access.

Tremendously flexible, Tradewind® security can be as simple or complex as you like. You, not the software, set the limitations.

Accurate and Auditable
To your corporate staff, security is more than just limitations to access. The retail environment is full of potential risk. Tradewind® protects your business by enforcing business rules, maintaining accuracy, and fully recording all interactions.

• Every action performed during a transaction, even if it does not appear on the final receipt, is recorded and is uploaded to the host system for analysis.
• Till Management is fully configurable, optionally allowing floating cashier, shift balancing and blind store closing. There is even a till calculator to help eliminate errors during drawer counts.
• Associates can be required to clock in/out on the registers and payrol hours, sick, vaction and personal time can be quickly recorded.