Dear Amber, We are in the process of implementing Retail Pro for our museum shop. It has advanced inventory control; point of sale; and merchandising capabilities. It also has extensive reporting. We had to customize the system for ticketing. I do not believe it handles tour reservations - but you may be able to customize it for that too.
We purchased the system from IMS (International Micro Systems Inc., www.ims-pro.com). The company also sells software entitled STADIS that integrates ticketing, concessions, and merchandise. So far, it seems to be powerful enough for our operations. I have not compared it to VISTA - but it can collect customer data and zip codes that is useful in targeted mailings. I will be able to let you know if it works as we hope it to work in a few months when we are fully operational with the system. Sincerely, Janet ----- Janet M. Strohl-Morgan Manager of Information Technology Princeton University Art Museum 609-258-7839 http://www.princetonartmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lloyd Swartz Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 6:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of mcn-l Subject: RE: Ticketing Software Question I've been told Retail Pro has been used at ski resorts for selling lift tickets and it is a very powerful POS. Retail Pro doesn't have the ability to collect marketing information that VISTA does and obviously the POS doesn't do scheduling. We find that we need the ability to modify scheduled groups because the number of individuals often changes from the initial reservation. Lloyd M. Swartz UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures The Museum [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amber Combs Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 3:01 PM To: Multiple recipients of mcn-l Subject: Ticketing Software Question We currently use VISTA for our ticketing and tour reservations and a custom POS system for our retail operations. Does anyone know of or use a system that handles both retail sales and ticketing? Or does anyone use VISTA back office for tour reservations and a different system for retail and ticketing? I'd really appreciate any advice or information anyone might have about combining ticketing and store sales. Thanks! Sincerely, Amber Combs Amber Combs Coordinator of Museum Operations Hagley Museum and Library Phone: 302-658-2400 ext. 260 Fax: 302-658-2230 www.hagley.org You are currently subscribed to MCN-L, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (www.mcn.edu). To post messages to this list, send emails to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with any message. If you are receiving messages as they are posted and wish to change to daily digest format, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l DIGEST" in the BODY of the message. If you are receiving messages in the daily digest format and wish to recieve them as they are posted, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l MAIL" You are currently subscribed to MCN-L, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (www.mcn.edu). To post messages to this list, send emails to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with any message. If you are receiving messages as they are posted and wish to change to daily digest format, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l DIGEST" in the BODY of the message. If you are receiving messages in the daily digest format and wish to recieve them as they are posted, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l MAIL" You are currently subscribed to MCN-L, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (www.mcn.edu). To post messages to this list, send emails to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with any message. If you are receiving messages as they are posted and wish to change to daily digest format, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l DIGEST" in the BODY of the message. If you are receiving messages in the daily digest format and wish to recieve them as they are posted, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l MAIL"
