Windward Software

Windward System Five

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What is Windward System Five?

Windward System Five is a fully integrated point-of-sale solution that helps you manage all your retail operations across the store and your entire business - from the POS to accounting, inventory to purchasing management, financial reporting to customer marketing and management - what's more, it does all these things well!

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Awards & Recognition

Windward System Five won the following awards in the Retail POS category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

16 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

Windward System Five Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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94 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

92 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Windward System Five?

0% Negative

8% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Analytics and Reporting

Sales Transactions

Customer Account Management

Employee Management

Employee Mobile

Cash Register Point of Purchase Devices

Pricing Promotions

Inventory Control

Loyalty Program

PCI and EMV Compatible

Online Integrations Web Store

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

100

Ease of Implementation

100

Ease of IT Administration

100

Quality of Features

100

Vendor Support

100

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Windward System Five Reviews

Michael S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Great Software and Exceptional Staff and Support

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Windward System Five from other similar products?

The entire Windward team are some of best people I have ever worked with in my career. As an architect, I do not accept deception or lack of integrity. Throughout my career, I have sat across the table with McDonalds, Marriott, Wal-Mart and even worked for QuikTrip before I left to come run the family Lumber Business. Economy Lumber is driven to be the best in our industries and Windward matches our business values. Once we got established and worked out the learning curve, we now considered Windward as part of our team. Good company – Good people. The software produces the results, the people make it happen.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

POS sales and purchasing history of all my customers. The simplicity to look up reports with just a few clicks for the detail information on each customer and vendor. Ease of reports for A/R and A/P to run my monthly numbers for the business. Unlimited training and learning video's to support our staff on every product they sell to the end user. Unlimited resources - problems are resolved.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Honestly I have not found anything in the past 4 years that Windward does not have availably to meet my the needs of my business. They offer more services than we use. Their product is a machine and just keeps rolling. I do not have issues.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make a list of what you want for your company and use that list to compare software. Windward was by far the most comprehensive software for the dollar value. I had a list of 5 items I wanted out of the software and the small versions from the big lumber industries could not meet it. Windward checked of my list of needs for my business. I had a budget to bring in a POS system and Windward come in under the budget. Price and Customer Service.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: Operations
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

A businessman's software. The best!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Samira G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Trustworthy
Caring
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

Windward System Five

What is Windward System Five?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Windward System Five Ratings

94 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

92 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Windward System Five?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Sales Transactions Includes an item, quantity, payment, statement of charges/receipt, sales management, refund, exchanges, special order processing and foreign currency/exchange.

Customer Account Management Enables customers to charge purchases to an internally regulated in-store charge/credit account, gift cards/certificates.

Employee Management Includes employee commission levels, split commission, employee productivity performance, discount limits, workforce rostering & scheduling.

Employee Mobile Mobile devices can be used to check inventory, check customer history, and process SALES/RETURN transactions & invoicing.

Cash Register Point of Purchase Devices Includes cash drawer, POS terminal, customer display, bar code scanner, card reader, receipt printer that can operate with or without network connectivity.

Pricing Promotions Includes a price, label, an intrinsic value, markdowns, promotional scheduling, bundling, discounting and activation rules engine, customer specific pricing.

Inventory Control Includes open-to-buy, unit/SKU availability, tracking, purchasing, automatic replenishment, backorder status, stock counts, receipt planning, product history.

Loyalty Program Provides or integrates with loyalty, reward and relationship management programs for customer marketing, demographics, targeted up/cross-sell, coupons & points.

PCI and EMV Compatible Includes system monitoring, remote access control, security alarms, and sensors.

Online Integrations Web Store The solution provides or integrates with and supports online sales channels/webstore and marketplaces (i.e. Amazon) and unified inventory.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Windward System Five Reviews

Michael S.

Great Software and Exceptional Staff and Support

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

A businessman's software. The best!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Samira G.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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2
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Sales Transactions

Customer Account Management

Employee Management

Employee Mobile

Cash Register Point of Purchase Devices

Pricing Promotions

Inventory Control

Loyalty Program

PCI and EMV Compatible

Online Integrations Web Store

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness