The Chreos organisation has been delivering and enhancing the Chreos Software Suite to businesses who have grown and become more diverse and profitable over the years. One client who was there almost at the beginning as a small single store today has a network of 14 stores with 27 POS lanes, a wholesale orperation and a retail website all still successfully driven by Chreos.
Originally a DOS product, it has since been completely rewritten for Microsoft Windows and updated for each new Windows release. Today Chreos interacts with web sites and Apple products, is used in small stand-alone shops, and works between warehouses separated by thousands of kilometres.
Chreos first ventured outside New Zealand in Feb 2007 and since then has grown to be in use in 9 countries – all directly supported from Christchurch via the latest remote access to computers and voice systems.
Key days in Chreos history
1987 Jul Wild Software starts trading
1990 Jun The very first version of Chreos licenced
1996 Nov Design work starts on Chreos for Windows
1997 Apr First modules of Chreos for Windows released and in use
2000 May Major launch of the new modular Chreos for Windows
2002 Sept First release with some eCommerce functionality
2004 Nov Extensive rewrite to move Chreos the Firebird SQL database
2005 Nov First interface with a remote PDA device
2006 Nov First live interface retail website
2007 Feb Chreos is used outside of new Zealand for the first time
2008 Mar First multi-site installation
2010 Jan The release of the first trading website written inhouse and fulling interfacing with Chreos
2012 Feb First PayFire gift voucher issued
2012 Nov Our first Apple app. in use – Stock taking on an iPod Touch.
2014 Feb A complete rebuild of the Chreos website is released.