Melbourne, 23 February 2009 - Pronto Software, an Australian developer of enterprise software solutions, has released a major new version of its flagship ERP solution, PRONTO-Xi that enables businesses to significantly improve business processes, boost productivity and achieve rapid ROI on their IT investment.
PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 is packed with practical innovation from the foundation level to the highly visible user experience and application suite. Quick to implement and easy to use, the new version responds to key market needs including cost control, business process efficiency, speed to market, corporate governance and improved decision making.
PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 sets a new standard for ease of use, integration, functionality, and greater interoperability with the web, mobile devices and external systems. Phase 6 also provides more flexibility for customers including the option of a Software as a Service model.
Pronto Software Managing Director David Jackman said, “PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 is by far our most significant release providing our customers with greater flexibility and personalisation capabilities. Our new Enterprise Intelligence suite empowers the user to use the technology the way they want and get the data they want, when they want – all without any programming skills. What this means is PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 has the potential to fundamentally simplify the way enterprise software is installed and used.
“Smart companies are building for the future now by adopting leaner operating models. PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 does this by integrating and streamlining business processes, and therefore enabling businesses to be in good shape for when the economy turns.”
Key features and enhancements of PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 include:
- Data intelligence capability which builds on the success of other PRONTO-Xi Enterprise Intelligence suit of products like Alert Intelligence and Task Intelligence. PRONTO-Xi Data Intelligence offers tools to facilitate the access, display and reporting of PRONTO-Xi data with no programming expertise necessary. With the help of a wizard, you can easily create a data grid, and export the data to a text file or spreadsheet.
- Pronto Message Bus , an exciting ‘applistructure' that enables data to be shared between databases or companies – PRONTO-Xi Message Bus enables fast and flexible data communication whilst reducing the operational cost of information technology. Following a "publish and subscribe" methodology, information can be synchronised in both directions or published to data subscribers. The PRONTO-Xi Message Bus protects the quality of transmitted information while sending incremental changes, eliminating the need for large scale file transfers.
- New web solution with customisable menus and layouts, in-built Content Management System, integrated payment gateways and compliance with Google Analytics.
Built with users' needs in mind, other key industry solutions and features include:
Manufacturing:
PRONTO-Xi Manufacturing has been extensively upgraded to improve operational efficiencies and optimise workflow for manufacturers.
- Enhanced Product Configurator: A tool that streamlines the manufacturing process by allowing different product requirements and components specified by a customer, such as product colour or type to be automatically configured, greatly simplifying order administration.
- Electronic Manufacturing Scheduler: Offers central visibility of workload versus available capacity, allowing users to systematically manage, sequence and optimise work.
Retail:
PRONTO-Xi Retail continues to help retailers to maximise operational efficiencies and withstand margin pressures. The key changes aim to provide improved scalability and more flexible implementations.
- Point of Sale Redundancy: Leverages the new PRONTO-Xi Message Bus, and provides a robust method of trading when the Head Office server is unavailable. This world-class redundancy system keeps remote stores “in sync” with head office incrementally and continuously throughout the day, eliminating the need for overnight updates.
- Price protection capability: Allows retailers to better manage margins by negotiating arrangements with suppliers for claiming cost price reduction for existing stock. Price protection automates and manages the process, providing visibility every step of the way.
Supply Chain:
PRONTO-Xi's Supply Chain capability has been strengthened to meet international compliance standards, providing an increasingly flexible and visible view of business processes within a supply chain.
- iSupplyGlobal: A GS1net certified Data Integrity and Synchronisation (DIS) module for sharing product information with trading partners that addresses compliance requirements by the major retailers and simplifies B2B transactions.
- Sales and Purchase Orders: Intuitive order entry screens that give users the capability to personalise their work environment.
Financials:
The Financials capability of PRONTO-Xi continues to offer users an adaptive and flexible environment with a focus on facilitating compliance of regulatory requirements.
- Multi-tier tax: An integrated single “one size fits all” consumer tax system for GST, VAT and Sales Tax. Addresses both local compliance and consumer tax requirements at an international level with added functionality such as a centralised location for all Tax Detail Transactions for easy and fast access, reviews and corrections.
- Audit: A core infrastructure feature to build an exceptional, proactive and real-time approach to audit management instead of the traditional paper-based methods. The Audit management menu allows authorised staff to define how audits are archived and viewed.
Facilities Management:
The Facilities Management feature has been enhanced to consolidate more information, making it easier for users to work faster and more efficiently.
- Service Scheduler: Dramatically increases customer service by improving engineer response times and optimises dispatcher efficiency with up-to-date call status and easy engineer allocation.
- Predictive Q&A: Engineered from the ground up, this new feature is designed to systematically collect data for the purposes of improving the quality of service provided to the customer and for monitoring trends.
PRONTO-Xi Phase 6 has a multi-platform capability, so customers can choose the most suitable hardware and operating system for their business. Phase 6 will be available from 25 March 2009. |
