Episys creates an immediate impact with hosted signage solution
Episys, a global information technology services company, has launched ‘Immediate Impact’, a solution aimed at retailers who need to produce professional signage, without the overhead of an IT infrastructure, by launching a hosted signage solution. All users need is a computer with a web browser and a printer.
Peter Lewis, Marketing Director at Episys, said, “There couldn’t be a better time to launch an effective, low cost signage solution. With the planned VAT increase in the New Year, this system will be a massive help to retailers that don’t have a signage solution in place, as it will remove a great deal of the labour and expense of replacing signage to reflect the price change. It means that retailers without an IT department, designers or a sophisticated IT package can produce professional looking signage, crucial for communicating a clear, joined up proposition to customers.”
Based on the Episys Retail Enterprise Suite, Immediate Impact provides retailers with a user friendly solution that’s easy to learn and easy to use. Users can create and print professional signage within minutes, and investment in the system is kept to a minimum, with a ‘pay per use’ mechanism that only charges for the signage printed.
Episys hosts the Immediate Impact solution, and provides access via the Internet, accessed by retailers through an online user interface. The user can search for a product for which a sign is required. The sign is them previewed, and printed, or further products can be selected with all the signs printed together, depending on the stationary type. A product information template is downloaded to enter the store’s product data. Once this had been dome and update, the retailer is then able to create and print signs as and when required.
The solution has the capability to print shelf edge labels, promotional signs, wall signs, etc, all within one system.” Lewis continued. “Retailers can instantly and easily log on at any time, using the web browser to print signs, so that when new signage is required, or missing or damaged signs need replacing, or they need to react to competition or other market conditions, it can be done immediately. The bottom line is that Immediate Impact provides the opportunity to improve efficiency, reduce cost and ultimately uplift sales by making it easier for the customer to make a buying decision at the point of purchase.”