Still using many software solutions to manage the various processes in your retail enterprise?
LS Central is a complete all-in-one retail software that extends Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft’s #1 ERP solution globally.
LS Central brings together in one single platform financials (the Microsoft ERP), Point of Sale (POS), store operations, supply chain management, inventory, eCommerce, and customer loyalty.
This means you can use just one software – we call it a unified commerce software – that does everything you need, instead of many separate ones that only do a part of the job.
The LS Central POS runs on your favorite computer, tablet or mobile device, so wherever you are, you can:
Patchy internet connection? No problem. While most cloud-based retail POS don’t work without an internet connection, leaving you unable to process sales if the internet goes down, with LS Central the POS also work in offline mode. This means you can always be operational, and go on with your business selling products and serving customers even when there is no connectivity.
By running the POS in clienteling mode, you can empower store employees with access to your entire catalog. The highly engaging visuals provide assisted selling, sparking interest and conversations. With the clienteling view, which is available in every version of LS Central, you can:
Whatever your loyalty strategy, with LS Central you can design a program that helps you achieve your goals and grow customer engagement.
One of the greatest values of a loyalty program is the ability to understand better your customers’ preferences and predict their behavior.
Whether your customers shop in your physical stores or on the eCommerce, you can track their spending and preferences, and send personalized offers and meaningful communications.
Stock replenishment is a vital process in retail. An effective inventory replenishment software can help you purchase the right amount of stock and distribute it optimally, ensuring customer satisfaction and long-term profitability. LS Central for retail includes a sophisticated suite of replenishment and supply chain management tools. Free up capital by purchasing the correct amounts of stock for each item group and variant, optimize availability with intelligent item allocation across your chain and reduce the risk of out-of-stock and overstock situations.
Purchase items in the right quantities and distribute them to the stores where they are needed, with no effort – it’s all automated. LS Central uses sophisticated calculations that account for sales history and sales velocity to:
Easily allocate stock across your stores in a plan-driven way. You decide the strategy behind how items should be pushed to the stores at the start of the season, and recalled at the end of season. The system then helps you allocate the stock, calculating the most optimal distribution across your chain based on two rules:
Move items from stores experiencing lower sales to store locations with stronger demand. Balance the stock available in your supply chain network, maximize sales and grow margins. The store stock redistribution functionality is especially useful:
The best way to run your eCommerce platform is with the same software solution you already use to manage the rest of your retail business. With LS Central for retail, you can simplify your life as an omni-channel retailer, and at the same time give your customers the freedom to choose when, where and how to browse and shop your products.
On your eCommerce website, customers can check real-time stock availability, buy items to pick up in-store or get delivered, and see personalized recommendations, special offers and promotions. Whatever your omni-channel strategy, you can easily deliver it when you use one software solution that unifies all sales channels.
With a unified commerce system, all your business information (from prices, to items, to inventory availability) is maintained in one place, the ERP. All the touchpoints, including your eCommerce portal, communicate with it, and pull up information in real time. You don’t need to click anywhere, or import any data: the system does it, automatically. With zero effort, the information you show on your website is always consistent and up to date. So you won’t risk disappointing customers by selling them an item that is already out of stock.
We have partnered with some of the best-known global eCommerce platform providers to offer you out-of-the box integrations to Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Shopify.
We have already done the hard lifting – you can just enjoy the seamless communication between channels and the single, clear view of your customers and products.
Zero effort, no costly integrations, no time wasted. It’s on us.
Let your customers decide how, where and when they want to order and receive their purchases. With LS Central, all your channels are in sync, and you can manage them as one – exactly what your customers expect from you. Easily offer:
Build loyalty, predict the behavior of competitors and markets, and design promotions that drive returns, thanks to reliable and timely insights into your business performance.
LS Central gives you a meaningful, actionable view of your enterprise, exactly when you need it. The unified commerce system collects all data in a consistent form in one place. This means you can have the insights and reporting you need whenever you want it.
The system also offer advanced data analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) through its LS Insight functionality. In the graphical dashboards you can see at a glance what products and locations are driving revenue, evaluate where you should spend, and understand how to prevent losses. The built-in intelligence helps you predict what consumers will want tomorrow, and how you should act to stay ahead.
Focus your investments where they’ll have the highest impact. Personalize the dashboards to visualize the data that matters to you in your preferred graphical way, and track your success easily, without having to compare lines of data.
LS Central includes LS Insight, a cloud-based Business Intelligence suite powered by Microsoft Power BI and available as software as a service (SaaS). It’s part of the package, free of charge. This means you get to enjoy all the capabilities and opportunities of AI-powered business analytics without the traditional capital or time investment.
Support remote workers by giving them access to the business data and insights they need in real time. LS Insight runs in the cloud, so everyone can be on the same page, whether they are in the office or working remotely.
Retail workforce management software facilitates team communication and empowers store and franchise managers to manage their resources within the budget.
In the LS Central Staff Management functionality, you can plan and distribute staff rosters, oversee and approve work hours, handle absences like vacations or sick days easily, and gain a clear overview of timetabling and costs, and how they compare to budget.
Access time registration, budgeting and planning information in one central place.
LS Central Staff Management includes an employee portal, a communication and planning tool where staff can:
The system immediately alerts managers of any requests that need addressing.
Plan the optimal number of employees in each role per day, location and shift. You can also let the system help you plan for special occasions or events. The system can
Make data-driven decisions, improve collaboration, boost productivity, and make your retail business run smoother.
LS Central extends Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, a robust ERP hosted in the highly dependable and secure Microsoft cloud.
Eliminate legacy systems or complicated integrations. With LS Central you get all the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP with additional advanced retail functionalities (like POS, loyalty, eCommerce and more) all in one unified software solution.
LS Central and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central work as a single software.
You get a single, consistent environment, with the same user experience. Information is collected in one database and flows seamlessly, and automatically, between Business Central and LS Central and back.
No need to click buttons: close a sale, or process a return, and it’s instantly recorded in the General Ledger. Change a price or item quantity, and all POS are automatically updated.
Business Central is built to be expandable, to cater for your needs today and tomorrow.
Business Central runs in the cloud. It is an ideal choice for fast-growing and agile retailers, for international chains, and for enterprises that need real-time access to their data to empower their employees across roles, locations, and languages.