Ashley HomeStore DFW/El Paso Calls on GERS to Support Rapid Growth

Furniture World Magazine

GERS Retail Systems, the leading provider of real-time, closed-loop retail management solutions for the retail industry, announced independently owned and operated Ashley Furniture HomeStore, of Dallas-Ft. Worth and El Paso, Texas, has taken advantage of their Jumpstart Program, developed in conjunction with hardware reseller and GERS business partner Agilysys, to acquire a package consisting of GERS solutions and IBM hardware. Solutions to be implemented in Ashley’s Dallas-Fort Worth and El Paso stores are: Sales Channel Management, Merchandising, Inventory, Financials, along with FurnishNet, an Internet-based solution for electronic document exchange. “The Windows-based software system that we founded our company with has now become a limiting factor in accommodating our future growth plans,” said Shelley Levitz, Co-Owner and CFO of Ashley Furniture HomeStore DFW/EL Paso. “GERS’ solutions meet the rigorous needs of high-volume POS as well as our critical requirements for a robust and comprehensive back-end system.” Key to meeting their individual Ashley Furniture HomeStore needs is GERS Sales Channel Management, which processes complex sales orders and connects customers, orders and inventory to powerful POS applications in real-time. An easily learned, easy-to-use GUI sales application will enable their Ashley Furniture HomeStore’s sales associates to more quickly answer customers’ questions about product availability, options, and delivery, and provide faster, more efficient checkout. Other benefits provided by GERS solutions include advanced inventory control to facilitate higher turns, greater control of picking and receiving for increased warehouse productivity, real-time delivery scheduling that will increase customer satisfaction, extensive customization and automation capabilities, as well as high-level security and auditing functionality. “Strengthening the Levitz’ Ashley Furniture HomeStore operations with GERS solutions will enable them to create a greater customer experience and achieve their goals for growth,” said Phillip Kenney, Vice President of Marketing for GERS Retail Systems. About GERS Retail Systems GERS Retail Systems is a leading supplier of software solutions that empower decision makers to make the right decisions right now. By facilitating the real-time flow of transactions and information across the entire retail organization, our solutions enable retailers to consistently anticipate, understand, and fulfill their customers’ expectations for products that are priced, located, and timed to meet consumer demands in every selling season. For more information, please visit www.gers.com.