Our Retail Technology Consulting Services R.J. Calio Consulting is a full-service retailing consultant specializing the in selection, implementation and application of the most effective POS technologies for retail chains.

• Evaluation of Point of Sale systems
• Assessment of internal processes and procedures
• Develop and systems Needs Analysis and Requests for Proposals
• Provide a system demo script for vendors and evaluation score sheet
• Participate in selecting the vendors that best meets your stores needs
• Design Customer loyalty Programs
• System utilization strategies
• How to integrate Social Media into your marketing mix
• Integration of 3rd. party technologies: Digital Signage, Business Intelligence

Evaluation Evaluation of Point of Sale Systems is an attempt to find the system that best matches a store's current needs, anticipated growth within a their budget.
Assessment of Internal Procedures This is the first step in developing the "System Needs" documents. This phase of the project is to understand all the internal processes and reports that are used as support documents. Recommendations are made on how to make the internal processes more efficient.
Needs Analysis This document details all features that are required in a new system. The needs are broken down by function such a point of sale, purchasing, receiving and labeling, report and accounting. It also gives the specifics for the vendor to provide a preliminary quotation. The vendor's responses are graded and this determines which vendors will be invited to present a live demo of their system to the store's management team.
Demo Script A demo outline is provided to the vendors invited to present their system and it ensures that each system demo covers that same requirements. It is also used to score each vendors presentation.
System Utilization Strategies A new system is a significant investment for a store so it