1. Designate a user and have them get the POS database information
   ready before install.
2. Select your stores' POS system from our POS list on left.
   The appropriate POSuplink™ will download.
3. Click and open self-install instructions PDF from below.
   Follow 5 easy steps to set up connection (takes about 10 minutes).
4. No need to do anything after activating. Data is pulled
   in the background during business hours and does not affect
   your transactions.

AIMsi, Ascend, CAM, Edge Local self-install Instructions

Instructions for other POS Systems

dashboard reports by definition

GROSS PROFIT (GP $ and GM % by product family)Gross Profit = Retail sales minus wholesale cost.
Gross Margin = Gross Profit as a % of sales.

DAYS ON HAND (by duration or select items)If you were to stop ordering merchandise, how soon would you have empty shelves? Unit retail inventory divided by average daily sales units,
during recent 14 days.

STOCK OUTS (# of items and stock outs by product family)Demand for an item that cannot be fulfilled from the current inventory.
You have zero inventory on that date, and that item had sold once
in the prior 75 days.

TOTAL LOST SALES (potential lost sales, by product family)Money you could have made if you didn't have stock-outs. Based on number
of days an item was stocked out and average daily sales of that item.

GROSS MARGIN COMPARISON (Gross Margin Relative Performance)Compare your store’s Gross Margin to both the top stores for that product family,
and national average of all stores.

GROSS PROFIT COMPARISON (Gross Profit Relative Performance)Your store's Gross Profit performance compared to all stores in our dealer community nationally.

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• Optimized inventory, smarter planning
• Less “dead” inventory stock-outs,
  special orders, administrative time
  & costs, or lost sales opportunities
• More inventory turns
• Increased operational efficiency
  & GMROI
• 10-minute install... and that’s all!
• Free. And that really means free

What's in it for me?

• work smarter
• how-it-works
• increased profits
• data security

Improve your profitability by giving
your suppliers insight into the real-
time demand driving your business.
Get reps to help you with reducing
lost sales by minimizing stock-outs.
Get your suppliers to help with

smarter inventory planning and
speedier fulfillment, based on what
your customers buy. Get from your
suppliers the right products in the
right quantities at the right time.
Only with Vendor-Link Cycling.

Getting the right products in the right quantities
at the right time helps increase your profits.

• Improved supplier service results in less stock-outs, fewer lost sales,
  and increased customer loyalty.
• Regularly viewing simple analytics on the VLC Retailer Dashboard,
  assists in making a smarter merchandise and operational decisions.
• Carrying less inventory and having more turns
  increases profitability.

Our mission is to help retailers improve their business by getting more out of their suppliers through a smart information service.

Our commitment to retailers is that we will keep their data with
strict confidentiality and that the information will only be shared
with the store's suppliers. Moreover, a store's supplier can only view
such suppliers' product information. Information that is specific to your
business is never sold, transferred, or shared with anyone except your suppliers.
Every Supplier is required to agree to strict T&C and usage of sell-through data as
is every enrolled retailer before we are enabled to retrieve POS data.