Saturday, 26 April 2014

Loyalty Management -Configuration Step in LS Retail 6.2 R2

1      Introduction

The purpose of this User Manual document is to give an overview of the LS Retail Loyalty Management.

This document is intended for  IT, Marketing and Operation Team, who need to know the system and be able to configure and use the Loyalty system at  Outlets.

The User manual script consists of three columns

What to DO- Step by Step:     Instructions for the user what to do
Explanation:                          Explanation for the user of what he is doing.
Sometimes screenshots are put in to give the user better description of the function
Talking Points:                      Further information for the user about the functions. In this column the configuration and the advanced possibilities are sometimes discussed.





2      Loyalty Management Setup

Most of the procedures in this user Manual are based on the LS Retail’s Loyalty Management Module so by default it is assumed the user has selected this module.



2.1      Creating a Loyalty Scheme

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Select Loyalty Scheme Card
New Scheme creation or editing the existing Scheme is done here
Click on the F3 button
The first thing to do is to create an entry for a new loyalty Scheme. When the loyalty scheme  has been created, loyalty point for the schemes  can be created

For the General Tab enter data for the following fields:
Code: PNPDIAMOND
Description: PNP DIAMOND
Starting Card No: 1
Card No. Length:13
Card Registration: Link to Contact
Expiration Calculation:3Y
Display Message on pos: Yes
Loyalty Tender Type : 11
Show Point on receipt: Point Summary
Loyalty Tender Type Setup
Ref Annexure
4.1 Tender Type Setup

For the Point Calculation
For point Issue
Type: Tender
Qty/Amount Limit: 100
Base Calculation on: Amount
Points..: 0.10
For Point Redeem
Type: Tender
Qty/Amount Limit: 0.00
Base Calculation on: Amount
Points..: -1.00
Ref. PNP-008 in FRD
Loyalty Point calculation       
Minimum Bill value above which loyalty points issued:
INR 100/-
Loyalty Points Issue:
10 point = Rs. 100/-
Loyalty point Redeem:
10point= Rs.0.70/-

Loyalty Point Redemption Setup
Go to Retail Currency
Select LOY Currency
Select LOY currency

Set Redemption Rate
Select LOY currency and Click Exchange Rate to set redeem Rate


Exchange Rate Amount = 1 Point
Retalitional Exchange rate Amount = 0.07 paise
I.e 10 Point = 0.7 Paise
Redemption rate is same for all the Loyalty Scheme



2.2      Creating a Loyalty Contact

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Select loyalty Contact
Loyalty Contact is created first to register the customer to Loyalty Scheme
Click on the F3 button

The Contact No. code is automatically filled out. This number is from a number series which is set up in marketing Setup.
Ref Annexure 4.2 No. Series Setup
Fill out information for the other fields in the Communication Tab

Attaching the Loyalty Card to Contact
Loyalty Contact Cardà Loyalty à MSR Card

Click on Loyalty and select MSR Card

Enter the Loyalty NO
Select the Loyalty Scheme and select As Card Tender in loyalty Tender


Create more contacts as you want
Close the window


Create the Contact as Customer

Loyalty contact Card à Function à Create as Customer




Click Create as Customer
Click yes on the message that pops up to select the Customer Template

Select the Customer template.

Customer template is same as loyalty Scheme 

The Scheme Card shows how many Accounts and Contacts belong to the selected Scheme


Select the respective Template based on the Loyalty card and Click Ok to create the customer
Scheme
Customer template
PNPDIAMOND
DIAMOND
PNPGOLD
GOLD
PNPSILVER
SILVER
Customer Contact: we use the Customer Template table to make a template with the information you need to be able to create a customer based on a contact,

3      POS Functions

3.1      Points Generated by POS Sale

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Be ready in the POS client
Logon with user ID & password


   
For more information about the POS client read the POS Demo Script LS Retail NAV.
Press on the Member Card button
When a loyalty member comes to the store to buy some goods the cashier must ask him for his card and register it to the sale.
It does not matter when the member card number is registered to the sale, it can be in the beginning, at the end or somewhere between.
Enter the loyalty card Number
Press Enter

The Loyalty card number can be entered by:
·         Using Loyalty Card Button and keying in the Member Card Number
·         Keying in the Member Card number and then pressing the loyalty Card button
·         Using the barcode reader to input the Loyalty Card number
Note : our loyalty card no is barcode
Look at the information part
Loyalty Scheme type is confirmed
Click close to Contunie
Confirm the Customer by pressing yes
Card and customer is registered for sales


Sell the item

Finish the sale, for example with tender type Cash
Look at the receipt for the sale
The receipt displays information about the Loyalty member, Issued points and more for this Member Account depending on the setup

This receipt prints information about Issued Points, Used Points and Point Balance. This can be changed in the setup for the club



3.2      Points Used as Payment in the POS Sale

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Be ready in the POS
Loyalty Points can be used to pay with in the POS
For this to work the setup has to be prepared correctly
This has to be set up:
·         Loyalty Points have to be set up as a Tender Type in the store 
·         The loyalty scheme has to set up the correct Tender type for the field Loyalty  Tender Type
·         The POS has to have a button for this Tender Type
·         The POS command has to connect with currency for this use. For Example use LOY which then has to be set up with the exchange rate for the Points
Enter  loyalty Card No. into the Input Panel
Press the Loyalty Card button

Sell a few items:


Press the Total button

Press the Member Points button

Loyalty Redemption
When Member Points button is pressed this is displayed:
The amount is the sales amount equal to the LOY Amount
LOY is the currency used with loyalty  Points
Points are rounded to Nearest 0.25
The receipt is printed
The sale is finished
Remaining Point is shown on the Bill

                       


4      Annexure

4.1      Tender Type Setup

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Create the Loyalty Tender type
LS Retail-POSà Setupà Generalà Tender Types

Attach Loyalty Tender Type to store
LS Retail-POS àSetupà Store Cardà Store à Tender types

Tender Type General TAB

Amount Tab
Rounding is set to nearest and rounding to is set 0,25

Posting TAB
Loyalty GL and difference is mapped in our case loyalty and difference GL is one and the same
Loyalty Tender configuration in POS
Ls retail-POSàProfileà Menu Profileà Demoà Payment




4.2      No. Series Setup

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Create the Number series for Contact and customer
LS Retail-back officeà Setupà Numberingà No. Series
Default No is checked – Auto No.
Dist location is checked – Means store number will append the system generated No.
Attach contact No. Series in Marketing setup
Sales & marketingàSetupàMarketing Setup

Attach customer No. Series in Sales & Receivables Setup





4.3      Data Replication job

What to Do – Step by Step
Explanations
Talking Points
Loyalty setup and configuration pushing JOB.
LS Retail – Scheduler àScheduler JOB
All the data is scheduled and pull from HO.

This JOB will push all the setup related to Loyalty.

This should be used when new loyalty scheme or point is changed for existing loyalty schemes.
Loyalty Data Pull From JP NAGAR

Loyalty Data Pull From HRBS Store

Loyalty data Push to JP Nagar
Loyalty Data of HRBS store will be pushed to JP Nagar and vice Versa