3rd March 2008; Galashiels – Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society have rolled out the Intellistore automatic order generation module to all of their branches, with great success.

Despite trepidation from branch managers who were highly suspicious of technology, the pilot stores proved the success of the system, reducing overstocks and increasing turnover due to stock availability. Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-op are now looking forward to using more of the functionality to further improve sales, by optimising which products are stocked instore.

3rd August 2007; Galashiels – A radio frequency HHT rollout using Nordic ID RF601 terminals has been completed at all Lothian, Borders and Angus Co-op food stores. The Radio Frequency (RF) provides a live link between the Back Office PC and the hand-held terminal used in the store. The HHT has a variety of useful functions, including ordering, stock control, wastage, price-checking and labelling.

20th July 2007; Galashiels – IntelliStore Head Office Branch Charging module has been installed and is currently being trialled at Lothian, Borders and Angus Co-op’s Head Office in Galashiels. The Branch Charging module provides a pivotal link between IntelliStore Back Office used in the stores, and the external financial software used at Head Office.

18th June 2007 – Lothian Borders and Angus Co-op have started using VME Retail’s new managed polling service to send banking and order information from its stores to the Head Office in Galashiels.

22nd February 2007; Galashiels – After undergoing a successful trial period at their Gala Park store, Lothian Borders and Angus Co-op have given the go-ahead to roll out the IntelliStore automatic order generation module (also known as SBO) into their 52 remaining food stores.

27th February 2006; Galashiels – Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society (LBACS) has announced completion of a major roll out of 220 point of sale terminals at 48 stores throughout Scotland. For their new point of sale solution LBACS chose IntelliStore software from VME Retail, running at head-office, back-office and point of sale. LBACS has been a client of VME Retail’s for almost twenty years and looks forward to continued success using IntelliStore.