Furniture Warehouse Chooses GERS and Agilysys for Jump from Manual to Automated Systems

Furniture World Magazine

GERS Retail Systems, the leading provider of real-time, closed-loop retail management solutions, announced that Furniture Warehouse will implement GERS' Merchandising, Inventory, and Sales Channel Management solutions running on IBM hardware provided by Agilysys. The Dallas-based home furnishings chain took advantage of GERS' JumpStart Program to immediately improve business performance and position themselves for long-term growth. The Jumpstart Program is a package of software, hardware, services, and maintenance support developed by GERS and Agilysys that incorporates best practices specific to the home furnishings industry. "We had reached the limits of our paper-based system, and needed to automate our procedures to ensure the future success of our business," said Robert Garrett, COO of Furniture Warehouse. "The GERS/IBM solution set will allow our employees to manage inventory much more easily while providing a stable yet flexible platform for growth." GERS' Merchandising and Inventory solutions provide real time, detailed information on every inventory transaction to facilitate critical merchandising decisions that maximize sales and GMROI and minimize stock-outs and markdowns. GERS' Sales Channel Management solution delivers transaction data from all sales channels in real time across the enterprise to facilitate employee productivity and improve customer service. "Automating their operations with GERS solutions provides Furniture Warehouse with immediate performance and financial benefits and enables them to easily accommodate growth in the years to come," said Phil 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. GERS solutions manage the merchandising life cycle, multi-channel selling, planning, business intelligence, and supply chain synchronization to create a great customer experience. For more information, please visit www.gers.com