Eyeglass Business

Posted by Ibrahim Zubair on October 17, 2006, 8:11 am

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Is RMS suitable for Eyeglass business?

Thanks in Advance,
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Mr. Ibrahim Zubair

Posted by Bill P. on October 17, 2006, 11:29 am

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In a nutshell, yes it should work in the typical optometrist/ophthalmic
office.

However, your approach really depends on what kind of inventory you manage
and the services you provide. ie - if you purchase uncut lenses, do all the
cutting and edging yourself, and need to capture the whole process in POS,
then you need to use work orders; while if you only purchased pre-cuts and
frames you could assemble them as kits or just sell them as individual line
items.

I can't really see any part of the process that RMS can't handle - however
that's just my opinion, and I have been wrong before... ;)
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William Penberthy
Practice Manager
Scarpa Technology, Inc.

"Ibrahim Zubair" wrote:

> Is RMS suitable for Eyeglass business?

> Thanks in Advance,

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> Mr. Ibrahim Zubair

Posted by Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt on October 17, 2006, 12:08 pm

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There's a lot of specialized patient/customer data that an eyeglass shop
would need to store - like prescription and frame size.

RMS allows 5 custom strings, 5 custom numbers and 5 custom dates per
customer. These are PER CUSTOMER, there is no way to track their
changes over time.

It also allows, but does not force transaction and line item comments.

I don't think that RMS would work very well for this type of store,
unless there are other systems that are dealing with the specialized
data (and the entry of that data). From a perspective of just
maintaining inventory and recording sales, sure it can do that...

Glenn Adams
Tiber Creek Consulting
http://www.tibercreek.com
glenn@tibercreek.com
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Bill P. wrote:

> In a nutshell, yes it should work in the typical optometrist/ophthalmic

> office.

> However, your approach really depends on what kind of inventory you manage

> and the services you provide. ie - if you purchase uncut lenses, do all the

> cutting and edging yourself, and need to capture the whole process in POS,

> then you need to use work orders; while if you only purchased pre-cuts and

> frames you could assemble them as kits or just sell them as individual line

> items.

> I can't really see any part of the process that RMS can't handle - however

> that's just my opinion, and I have been wrong before... ;)

Posted by Afshin Alikhani on October 17, 2006, 12:15 pm

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There is an add-on for eye that gives the local optometrics the ability to
place the prescription info for eye glasses and lenses. For more info
contact me.

Afshin Alikhani - [ afshin@retailrealm.co.uk ]
CEO - Retail Realm
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> Is RMS suitable for Eyeglass business?

> Thanks in Advance,

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> Mr. Ibrahim Zubair

Posted by shiyaz on October 18, 2006, 7:17 am

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Dear Zubair,

I believe RMS would be a fit in smoothly in a Eyeglass business. RMS works
well in serial number tracking, customer reporting, gift card/voucher usage,
and also can extend to go for customer loyality programmes.
If you need any assistance, provide the details of your requirements and
contact details.

Regards,
shiyaz
www.equentas.com

> Is RMS suitable for Eyeglass business?

> Thanks in Advance,

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> Mr. Ibrahim Zubair