KLG Systel, a leading software development and Organization Life Cycle Solutions Company is launching its retail operations jointly with Sage ACCPAC India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sage plc. They have announced their retail foray by offering a powerful, cost-effective ePOS solution for the Small and Medium Enterprise segment in India. Targeted at the SMB market it plans to deliver a feature rich application for fast paced, high volume, multi site retail operations. This solution will give retailers a complete view of their retail activities and inventory management. Priced at Rs 3.50 lakhs for a single store set up it has been made available across all major locations in India from June 15, 2006 and will prove useful to outlets in groceries, convenience, fashion accessories, food & beverage, speciality products and lots more.

Speaking on the eve of the launch, Thomas Abraham, MD, Sage Accpac India said, "Retailers in India are seeking standardized solutions that are comprehensive and integrated with an ERP. That is exactly what Sage ACCPAC ePOS and ERP have to offer. We believe Sage ACCPAC has the most comprehensive offering in the market which is vastly superior to competing international products. Our research has shown that the market is quite fragmented today and there is an opportunity for organized players to penetrate the market. Our focus will be functionality, cost of ownership and successful implementations.

"KLG has always been at the forefront to offer consumers innovative quality products at competitive prices. Our entry into the retail market is a decision to build our brand presence and offer consumers an exciting range of Sage products, which are very well received internationally. Also, given their limited budgets and in-house IT skills and resources, SMBs need more such products that are easy to adopt and maintain. “said Mr. Mukesh Arora, CEO, KLG Systel Ltd.

He further added, “KLG’s foray into the retail space is a logical extension of the company's internal reorganization into the small and medium enterprise segment as well. Today, small and medium businesses across India are set to spend US $ 7.7 billion on IT solutions in 2006. Estimates say that 29% have PCs and 20% have Internet access. These figures clearly indicate the growing need for PC based small enterprise solutions. We would like to be at the core of this revolution by catering to these needs by getting more such world class solutions to India.”

Sage’s Epos Solution can be deployed on a retailer’s existing PC’s, eliminating the need for and additional expense of obtaining and deploying POS-specific terminal hardware. The open architecture allows for easy modifications and customizations according to ones business requirements, and; a user-friendly HTML interface that provides simplified screen views, for faster data entry.

Some of the key benefits of this solution include,

• Connected Retail Stores: It supports multiple tills in the same store and links remote retail locations to the Head office via the internet. Likewise gives access to inventory across stores to check on availability of products

• Real Time visibility: Real time integration with the ERP enables updates to and from the centralized inventory and customer database. It also saves valuable time by eliminating month end reconciliation

• Manage Complex pricing: ePOS integrates with Sage Accpac inventory control and Accounts receivables modules to ensure accurate pricing

• Integrated order entry: ePOS can create quotations, order confirmations, invoices, credit notes, and receipts, thereby extending order entry functionality to the store front

• Customer Loyalty : ePOS tracks and accumulates purchase points per item or invoice value. These points can be redeemed for future purchases

• Promotional grouping : ePOS empowers sales staff at the register level to group products that can be sold in a promotion

• Gift certificate tracking: ePOS tracks and validates purchases made through gift certificates

• Security: ePOS provides user access security at a detailed POS function level. The ePOS server encrypts the data being transferred to ePOS, ensuring secured transmissions over the internet

• Sophisticated POS technology: ePOS integrates barcode readers, magnetic strip readers and other POS technologies

• Credit Card approval: ePOS accommodates credit card transactions

About KLG Systel

KLG Systel is a leading ‘Knowledge company’ in India providing IT-centric, organization-life-cycle software solutions, consultancy, support and training and services to organizations in the process, power, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

KLG’s business model is a blend of industry domain knowledge and core IT/IS technology from industry leading partners such as Oracle, Microsoft, Invensys (Wonderware), Primavera, Autodesk, COADE, Intermec and Z-Corp. This model addresses the needs of a very wide spectrum of customers that includes the Top 500 Indian companies (Government & Private Sector) and Indian arms of the Fortune 500 companies. http://www.klgsystel.com/

About Sage India

Operates in India under its subsidiary Accpac India (P) Ltd. Has over 400 customers in India for its CRM and ERP products across industries, namely, IT Services, ITES, Media, Hospitality, Logistics, Manufacturing, Travel and Exports. Sage follows a Partner model worldwide for selling and implementing its solutions and has over 20 Partners in India presently. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports 5 million customers worldwide. For more than 25 years, Sage Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software for accounting, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit, Retail and real estate industries.