Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Tally Enhances Product Line with Shoper Release

Tally India Pvt. Ltd. has strengthened its presence in the retail sector by offering a portfolio of retail solutions for small, medium and large retailers, ‘Shoper’. Tally claims that it has the largest selling retail software in India.

With the new addition, the company said that it has capitalized on a 3 lakh customers base across India by offering specialized solutions for retailers looking to automate specific business processes like point-of-sale, warehouse management and distribution.

With the acquisition of Bangalore-based Vedha Automation, the developers of the Shoper Retail Management system, Tally Solutions has leveraged on its acquisitions and has over 16 years of experience. 

The retail team at Tally Solutions is about 65 people strong with consultants, developers, implementers and round-the-clock support with a help desk. The company has rolled out specific products for different retail segments which cater to various retail store management needs.

The new Shoper 7.2, that currently comes in the POS and head office editions will perform store level functions like billing, cash accounting, item classification, merchandising and inventory management, bar coding and sales promotions.

Tally claimed that Shoper HO (head office) would complement this function in a chain store by providing data consolidation, MIS, reporting, budgeting and planning and catalogue management features.

The company said that a successful pilot project on bringing RFID to their retail products is underway and is currently working on bringing the technology at the doorsteps of lots of retail outlets.

The Tally Enterprise edition will have a clear retail focus by capturing critical elements of a typical retail enterprise.

Shoaib Ahmed, VP - Sales, Tally Solutions added, “Tally Solutions is in a strong position to offer a complete portfolio of retail products. Currently, our presence is intensified on business accounting software, ERP and education services.”

“With the addition of retail technology solutions we are now able to offer complimentary and comprehensive solutions for all our retail customers,” claimed Ahmed.

Shoper 7.2 is a retailing and distribution automation solution matching needs for the apparel and footwear segments, besides books, toys, gifts, white goods and novelty item stores. The end-to-end solution caters to every aspect of a retail business; right from billing, inventory, merchandising and pricing to barcode generation, stock transfer, taxation and customer database.

Some of Tally’s clients nationwide include: Adidas, Allen Solly, Arrow, Raymonds, Soles, Nike, Van Heusen, and Reebok.

On Tally 8.1 platform, products like TallyChemist for medical shops will soon be launched and subsequently solutions for different retail segments like grocery and restaurants are expected to follow.

Publication : CXO Today online
Edition : Mumbai

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Tally, Delhi University form vocational education alliance

Tally (India) has announced a tie-up with Delhi University to give a boost to employment opportunities for the Delhi University students. This MoU is a significant step towards integrating vocational training with mainstream education. This is a path breaking private-public partnership and a first for Delhi University in the field of accounts and finance.

This initiative has been taken jointly by Tally and Delhi University to create an environment for vocational training in financial & accounting domain and benefit all those who want a career in accounting. The key driver for this alliance is the increasing requirement for a ‘trained’ candidate and to cater to the challenges of the industry in today’s market scenario.

On this occasion Gopi. M.G., GM - Sales, Education and Training Business, Tally (India) Pvt. Ltd., said, “Today, in the school leaving segment in India, only 3 per cent in the rural and 6 per cent in the urban areas receive vocational training. The demand for trained manpower and the dearth of vocational courses especially in the arts and commerce domain has led to a gap in the market. Tally has thus started partnering with academia across the country to meet this requirement and the partnership with Delhi University is a major initiative in this direction. Initiatives like these will ensure that formal education is supplemented by industry required vocational skills,”

Prof. Shirin Rathore, Dean of Colleges, University of Delhi, said, “The task at hand lies in imparting job ready skills in an easy to learn methodology. We are proud to announce our collaboration with Tally to introduce training on the most popular accounting software for our undergraduate students across 57 colleges. In the present scenario where the employment opportunities are limited, our students will actually benefit from vocational programs like these that enhance their skill-set and empower them for a better tomorrow”.

“For this tie-up we have designed a curriculum for students to acquire Tally skills and we are investing close to Rs 5 million in this initiative. Tally will be offering this course to the students at a subsidized fee and the financial accounting software will be offered to the colleges free of cost”, added Gopi.

Since vocational courses in our country are still to get some foothold, this initiative taken by Delhi University and Dean will help popularize the concept and create a favourable platform. These courses will be conducted after or before the regular classes without disturbing their formal education and at the same time students will be able to learn and develop various other skill sets.

Publication : The Indian Catholic.com
Edition : Online