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Cardenas and Longos select ePLUM 2.5 and Scale Resource Manager from Invatron Systems Corp. / November 2006
TORONTO, CANADA (November 1st, 2006) – Invatron Systems Corp., a leading provider of integrated retail enterprise software solutions, is pleased to announce that Cardenas Markets in the U.S. and Longos Supermarkets in Canada are implementing ePLUM 2.5 with the Scale Resource Manager module to centrally manage their store installed weigh scale systems.
ePLUM v2.5 is a totally Web-enabled solution that provides centralized control of a retailers enterprise wide weigh scale sub-systems. Accessible from any computer running a Web Browser it allows support staff instantaneous access to any TCPIP or Serial scale device to enact corrective measures. Additionally, automated error alert messages can be delivered to any SMTP supported device thereby implementing a system to pro-actively alert staff of key issues like price changes not reaching the scales.
Scale Resource Manager (SRM) is an add-on module to ePLUM v2.5 which takes scale management to the next level. SRM provides the ability to send and receive scale label formats, graphics, fonts, speedkeys and other like configuration and support files. This can be done in a manual or scheduled way so that you can be sure the labels logos and graphics are delivered at the precise time your new marketing program is starting. This capability can save the retailer thousands of dollars each year, as this type of update currently requires onsite Scale Service Technicians to carry out this process.
Cardenas Markets is a family owned business providing a wide array of Latin American foods as well as an extensive meat department. The company was established in 1981 and has shown steady growth to its current store count of 24. Built on a solid reputation for quality and service established by Jesus and Luz Cardenas, the company now boasts over 1200 employees and is still operated by the original owners. Several immediate family members having also joined the business and continue the traditions upon which the company was built. To learn more about Cardenas, visit: www.cardenasmarkets.com.
Longos is also a family owned business that puts an emphasis on the quality, freshness and variety of their fresh departments and strive to make their stores a ‘one stop shopping experience’. The company was started by Tommy, Joe and Gus Longo in 1956 and has shown continued growth to its current store count of 15. To learn more about Longos, visit: www.longos.com.
In business since 1988, Invatron Systems Corp. is the leading provider of software solutions for Fresh Food departments with over 12,000 grocery store installations in North, Central, South America, Europe and New Zealand. Invatron’s software solutions help retailers gain valuable insight into their fresh food operations by providing centralized control of all product information and gathering critical in-store data on fresh food ordering and production trends. The software includes demand forecasting to optimize inventory and ordering of fresh food items as well as centralized scale management. Invatron customers include Safeway, Kroger, AHOLD, A&P, Giant-Eagle, Wegmans, H-E-B Grocery Co., Sobeys, Whole Foods and Loblaws. For more information, please visit: www.invatron.com.
Contact: Tom Barclay, Director of Sales, Invatron Systems Corp., at 1-888-867-PLUM (7586) ext. 224 or sales@invatron.com.
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