Pronto Software and Nike

Nike Australia partner Retail Prodigy Group has signed a deal to deploy Pronto Software’s latest enterprise resource planning and business intelligence solution, Pronto Xi Dimensions. Retail Prodigy Group holds a master franchise agreement with Nike in Australia, establishing three Nike only stores since July 2011.

To help drive its aggressive growth strategy, Retail Prodigy Group needed an integrated solution that offers business intelligence (BI) functionality and swift implementation.

Retail Prodigy Group has implemented a range of Pronto Xi Dimensions tools including financials, distribution, point-of-sale, CRM and IBM Cognos 10. The solution went live in Retail Prodigy Group’s Melbourne Central, Charlestown and Penrith stores in late 2011. It will also be deployed in additional stores scheduled to open in Queensland and New South Wales in the next three months.

Retail Prodigy Group’s General Manager Andrew McDonald said having a solution that brings together ERP transactions and BI Analytics in the one product is a key benefit.

“In retail, we need to be able to access and analyse good quality information for better decision making. Having had prior experience with Cognos, I knew it was a strong analytics tool that would deliver us this insight,” McDonald said.

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The Sound of Big Data

From Epicor's Connected Enterprise blog:
McKinsey & Company’s report on Big Data puts it in sharp context:

“The ability to store, aggregate, and combine data and then use the results to perform deep analyses has become ever more accessible as trends such as Moore’s Law in computing, its equivalent in digital storage, and cloud computing continue to lower costs and other technology barriers. For less than $600, an individual can purchase a disk drive with the capacity to store all of the world’s music. The means to extract insight from data are also markedly improving as software available to apply increasingly sophisticated techniques combines with growing computing horsepower. Further, the ability to generate, communicate, share, and access data has been revolutionized by the increasing number of people, devices, and sensors that are now connected by digital networks.”

Many data management solutions exist, and organizations should weigh their specific needs and budget requirements when selecting one. According to the report, several key technology groups deserve special consideration due to their strong correlation with the performance benefits of speed, satisfaction, and scale.

The study shows that organizations with the highest level of data integration were much more likely to adopt the following technologies than their peers:

• Business intelligence platforms
• Data quality tools
• Data enrichment tools
• Master data management systems

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Providing Enterprise Collaboration Tools Employees Will Use

From CIO:

"Businesses are under pressure to enable collaboration beyond the corporate firewall as workers increasingly need to connect with remote colleagues as well as business partners, suppliers and consultants.

The challenge to IT departments is that many employees are turning to email and consumer-grade file-sharing services to get their work done and exposing the enterprise to risk in the process."

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Customer Relationship Management: What Will The Next Five Years Bring?

From the Epicor blog...
"A while back, I read an interesting post from Lauren Carlson of Software Advice who interviewed several experts in the realm of CRM to compile the top 5 trends to watch in the realm of customer relationship management over the next 5 years.
They were as follows:

1. The Rise of Content Services
2. The Realization of Real-time Customer Intelligence
3. TV as Customer Engagement Channel
4. Continued Adoption of Unified Communications
5. Gamification in the Business Realm.

This got me thinking – how many of these concepts could not only be applied to CRM, but to ERP and business as a whole?"

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Advanced Distribution Software: 4 Keys to Order Management Efficiency

Living in a digital age where information, goods and services can all be acquired at a moment’s notice has changed the expectations placed on every industry, but especially distributors.  Being able to deliver upon immediate requests puts the pressure on distributors to accelerate and automate order management.


According to supply chain industry specialist, Michael Hugos, “because of supply chain complexity and changing market demands, order management is a process that is evolving rapidly.”  In order to keep up with that evolution, he lays out four basic principles to help distributors adapt their order management:   Read more...

Epicor White Paper: ERP in Wholesale and Distribution

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has long been a key enabler for manufacturers to effectively run their businesses. Still, the efficiencies that come with a well implemented ERP strategy can be gained in many other types of organizations. Wholesalers and distributors, organizations that are often aligned with the goals of manufacturers, have a particular need for ERP. This sector Insight examines the ways in which leading wholesalers and distributors are integrating ERP into their daily operations. Download the material here.

Acumatica Named One of 2012’s Coolest Cloud Vendors

Acumatica, a provider of Cloud ERP software, recently announced it was named one of CRN’s Top 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors of 2012 as well as one of CRN’s Top 20 Coolest Cloud Software Vendors in 2012. The CRN list highlights the most cutting-edge and exciting cloud products to hit the channel over the past year. Each winning vendor offers a cool new product that delivers benefits to both solution providers and end-customers. The full news release can be read here.