S4 Enterprise

For multi-store supermarket operators, S4 Enterprise is the layer that keeps complex pricing consistent across the chain without forcing every store into the same mold.

S4 Enterprise sits above S4 Back Office and gives corporate teams powerful tools to manage cost and pricing across zones, while still letting individual stores carry their own exceptions where they matter. It answers the questions multi-zone supermarket operations actually face — and it does so on the same platform S4 has been running on for 15 years.

Unlimited zones, sensible defaults

• Unlimited pricing zones, with the ability for a store to belong to multiple zones
• Highly configurable zone structures — adapt the system to your zoning concept, not the other way around
• Grouping features that minimize effort across like items in different zones
• “Associations” go beyond like-item pricing to surface relationships between zone records automatically
• Zone pricing for all stores displayed on one screen with filtering by single zone, groups, or all

Cost, price, and promotional control

• Maintenance of normal, current, and last cost
• Complex promotional schemes unique to each POS system
• Store-level statuses for multiple POS types — multiple POS types in the same zone
• Full support for ALL available POS Status flags
• Frequent shopper pricing and electronic couponing
• Full support for ICL Standard and Advanced promotions
• Pricing calculator that automates pricing off of cost via selected formulas
• Look-ahead feature in promotions — see future retail and cost at promo activation; graphical view available
• Item-level calculator triggers suggested new retail when cost changes
• National-brand-to-private-label price management by formula
• Retail spread calculator for triggering new retail on private label when name brand changes
• Item-level rounding rules
• Allowance pass-through formulas — applied to promos, electronic coupons, frequent-shopper promos, or all

Batch automation

• Rule-based activation/deactivation of cost and retail batches — handles the most complicated nested and overlapping pricing schedules
• Graphical views of batch interaction
• Automated out-boxing with days-prior options
• Automated activation and deactivation
• Automated batch removal of expired batches with days-to-keep options
• User-level security for database administrators — control which functions are available individually or by group

Working with batches

• Easy-to-use batch explorer with sort and filter by start date, end date, status, type, zone, or any field for a given batch type
• Sort on gross margin to spot errors quickly, especially on host imports
• Copy/paste for new batches off existing ones or to move items between batches
• Copy/paste between zones with options for preserving or recalculating retails per target zone’s calc methods and rounding factors
• Multiple paste routines saveable for reuse
• Extensive mass batch create and mass change capabilities
• Individual editing and re-sending of batch records to affected stores
• Detailed mail status by store
• Configurable batch grids for viewing and printing, saved by batch type
• User-definable batch exporting

Signage and exceptions

• Native support for shelf tag and sign printing by store with S4 Shelf Image at corporate — sets organized by store with savings-amount printing for promotions
• Category maintenance, printing, and out-boxing from corporate
• Vendor maintenance, printing, and out-boxing from corporate with user-definable authorized item views
• Comprehensive support for store-level data elements
• Exception maintenance — correct errors at the local DB or automatically outbox corrections to stores
• Permanent exceptions per store preserve uniqueness on store-maintained fields

Platform compatibility

• 14-digit PLU and Terminal Services compliant
• Multiple category links including user-definable links at all DB levels
• Cost and pricing history per item
• Interfaces to corporate scale management systems
• Exception reporting based on store-to-host and store-to-store comparisons when combined with S4TA
• Supports major wholesaler import/export formats with multiple target zones and automatic price recalculation
• Data mapping tool for building import/export formats
• Supports Flexible Spending Accounts
• Supports ISS45 General Batching System for item maintenance and promotions

Talk to S4 about Enterprise

This is the deepest module in the suite. The best way to evaluate it is a walkthrough with your zone structure on the table.

Email: sales@s4.com Phone: (844) 747-4400

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