With Microsoft brand, you can be confident that the is a team of dedicated professionals looking after the product roadmap. In addition there is a comprehensive echo system of partners who build and market add-on functionality around this core/foundational product. You can connect/integrate your other business information/processes with RMS. There is a large number of solutions , available out of the box , that come pre integrated with RMS, thus enabling you to leverage your current IT investments. Below is the list of some of the widely used applications that you can add to Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System:

1- Microsoft Great Plains (A financials and advanced supply chain management system by Microsoft)

Improve your business operations and financial management using Microsoft Dynamics GP, a full-featured financial and business management solution, and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS), that helps retailers to better track inventory and key customer service metrics. Together, these two products can provide an end-to-end integrated solution that feeds customer, inventory, sales, and supplier data from multiple stores into your back-end business management system. In this way, Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics RMS can help businesses such as yours:

• Speed data flow throughout the operation.
• Eliminate double entry and manual processes.
• Enhance financial management by tracking supplier invoices/payments, inventory receipts, and sales transactions.

For more details on the product please view the link http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/gp/default.mspx

2- NitroSell ecommerce (Integrated Web store by NitroSell)

NitroSell eCommerce is all that you need to manage a feature-rich Web Store. It has been designed to offer complete flexibility with your very own WebStore. Not only does NitroSell   eCommerce manage the look and feel of your store, it also ensures that your stock and pricing information is updated as often as you need, giving your customers a superior shopping  experience. It is fully integrated with your already running Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS).

For more details on the product please view the link  http://www.nitrosell.com/solutions/software-explained

3- Buyer's tool box (A retail planning software by Ant USA)

Buyer's tool box is a leading retail planning software.  It aids in Merchandise Planning, Assortment Planning, and Open To Buy  and is fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS). This caters to the needs of a growing retailer like you by providing a strategic and systematic approach, aimed at maximizing return on investment, through planning and monitoring sales, margins and inventory in order to increase profitability.

For more details on the product please view the link   http://www.antusa.com

4- The Retail Analytics and Merchandise Planning (RAMP)

RAMP is designed to help retailers manage their business by delivering analytical reporting on how the business is performing as well as minimize inventory stock while maximizing inventory availability. Many retail organizations wish to improve control of their merchandise planning, but due to prohibitive costs usually associated with Open To Buy systems, often lack the information, timeliness and control required to effectively manage their merchandise planning.

For more details on the product please view the link
http://www.pa.com.au/microsoft/products_by_name_retail_ramp.htm
     
 In addition to these there are other applications like:

• EVTRetail eMail Marketing ( http://www.evtretail.com/dynamics/)
• TRC Customer loyalty  ( http://www.trcepos.com/pages/CustomerLoyalty.pdf)
• Loss prevention ( http://www.newestech.com/POS/RMS/LossPrevention/LossPrevention.htm )
• Mobile Suite ( http://www.newestech.com/POS/RMS/Mobility/MobileSuite4.htm )