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Supported Operating System(s):
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS, Web browser (OS agnostic), Windows 2000, Windows 8, Windows 10About ARMS Signature Series Software
Advanced Retail Management Systems (ARMS) provides business development and software technology for retail jewelers and wholesalers. ARMS features include repair tracker, a tool that tracks items throughout the repair process and measures the profitability. The layaway system helps users make business profits during peak sales season. The system is installed on-premise and is built on the Microsoft SQL Server database. The software offers point of sale (POS), CRM, inventory management and retail accounting applications on demand.
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ARMS iQ online reporting
Supported Operating System(s):
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS, Web browser (OS agnostic), Windows 2000, Windows 8, Windows 10Average User Ratings
Overall
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
4.0
Functionality
4.5
Likelihood to Recommend
Not likely
Very likely
December 2018
Burt from NALIS - National Library and Informations Systems Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Consumer Goods
Time Used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
4.0
Functionality
5.0
December 2018
Effective Retail Management Package
Generally very satisfactory
Pros
This package is very adaptable and modular, from inventory management to warehouse dispatching to point of sale modules. Impressive in the ability to customize each module ensuring that the solution is easily adaptable to the organization. Authentication login and assignment of privilege accesses ensures that the solution remains secured.
Cons
Can be a bit user unfriendly at first to the not so computer savy and will require training. Cost is based on server and user licenses which can be inhibiting for smaller companies. Support is excellent, but there is a cost attached and must be budgeted for.
June 2010
Steve from Brown Goldsmiths
Time Used: Free Trial
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Customer support
5.0
June 2010
Arms Review
My recommendation to anyone considering jewery software to run their business is to strongly consider the ARMS program. It's not just about the software. Training and philosophy are an integral part of the Arms software approach.
Pros
The Arms software was developed to reflect principles of productivity, specifically for jewelry stores. It was based on years of instore experience by the developers. That is why we originally bought Arms many years ago. We realized that we needed to have good data on the productivity of specific products as well as specific departments. Additionally, we needed to do a better job tracking the purchases of our customers. With the addtion of a POS a few years ago we are now capturing information every day about our customer's buying habits. We that information to send out mailings and make marketing intelligent decisions.
Cons
First it should be noted that, no matter what a software firm might tell you, no software is perfect. It is simply too complex to be perfect. The Arms software covers a lot of bases and like any complex product it is always being improved. Years ago I decided that the most productive relationship with a complex software company was one of being a "partner". So when I identified issues that needed improvement, I would carefully outline the needed changes and forward them to Arms. Over time the changes would be implimented. In the near future, I am looking forward to being able to export stock entry data into Quickbooks-this will be a great change and is a direct result of such a relationshiip. The other thing about a completx system is it can take a while to learn. That will always be the case for any good software. Thanks goodness for Arms' great customer service.
January 2017
Christopher from CMJ
Company Size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Time Used: Less than 6 months
Ease-of-use
1.0
Value for money
1.0
Customer support
1.0
Functionality
1.0
January 2017
Terrible for your pocket book, training was weak, they changed the software to gouge customers.
ARMS was initially sold to us as making our life easier. The software is over priced, hard to use, complicated, and I have not got to the worst parts yet. We paid a tech to come to our location for a week and train our employees. After training, we found out we had problems on the inventory side of the program. We were then told to do a whole different process after a week of onsite training. Complete change in how we were trained. Waste of time. On top of that they "updated" the system to only accept their proprietary labels which cost four times the market price for labels. You have to buy your supplies from them or they won't work. Absolutely terrible. I wish we would have never bought this system.
February 2019
Debbie from Futer Bros Jewelers
Company Size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Retail
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
5.0
February 2019
Arms
Love the technical support. Extremely helpful and knowledgeable! Very patient!
Pros
Very detailed and numerous reports to analyze my business. The Repair Tracker is fantastic to gather and store information about the customer and their repairs.
Cons
Tricky to make corrections. Only about 2 1/2 years into the software and it is still a bit overwhelming with all of the things it can do. Still learning!
February 2019
Ron from Nash Jewellers
Company Size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Retail
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
4.0
February 2019
ARMS SS
we have reduces aged stock by 80% and our stock takes are very easy to complete and the results amazing. We use all reports for analysis, incentive bonus's and trend tracking. We have eliminated non performing suppliers and have improved out product lines using SS.
Pros
excellent reporting and ability to save to excel or pdf
Cons
There are reports/changes We have been waiting for but were held up do to the pos re-write