Manhattan has implemented its warehouse management system at Unipart’s Magna Park site in just six weeks to support Pets at Home as it tests the water for selling its products online.
Pets at Home commercial director Catriona Marshall said: “With our main retail store business doing so well and growth for the full range of our products online as yet unproven, we were looking for a low-risk way to assess the potential of the online offering.”
She continued: “We’re confident that it has the capacity to expand seamlessly as our volumes grow and that it will enhance our customers’ service experience.”
Wincor adds value at the point of sale
Wincor Nixdorf used the show to display its cash recycling technology that is being integrated into its self-checkout systems.
Within the single unit of the Tower Line 150, notes and coins used for payment are checked, sorted and stored, then reused for change.
Wincor, alongside partner Irisys, also demonstrated how people counting data could be used to shape sales campaigns. Promotions can be created centrally and automatically distributed to PoS systems, then monitored and withdrawn. Wincor Nixdorf showed how the campaigns are delivered to an integrated retail environment with tills, scanners, self-checkout and payment systems.
Weak IT restricts supply chains, say UK retailers
A lack of flexibility, management information, effective forecasting tools, product tracking technology and systems for effective people management all contribute towards imperfect supply chains, according to supply chain staff at some of the UK’s leading retailers and manufacturers.
This was revealed by research from Unipart and Manhattan Associates conducted by White Space Insight on lean working practices in supply chains.
The research showed that larger retailers make do with long-standing legacy systems rather than expose themselves to the risk of major change.
It suggested that retailers could benefit from programmes that bring in changes incrementally to ensure that continuous improvement takes place.
Oracle upgrades system
Oracle used Retail Solutions as a platform to shout about the latest release of its suite of retail software.
The vendor said Oracle Retail Release 13 was designed so that retailers in key vertical segments – including fashion, grocery and hardlines – could build more profitable customer relationships.
Enhancements to the modules include multiple sets of books functionality and stock ledger VAT enhancements for retailers that are expanding internationally. Another module comprises a tool for regular price optimisation.
The suite is designed to be more joined up, with users having a single sign-on, access to a dashboard and reporting capabilities across the whole suite. Security has been enhanced with user activity logging to help secure customer data.
Oracle Retail vic.e-president for product strategy Dave Boyce said: “We dedicated considerable resources to identify the greatest opportunities for retailers across grocery, fashion, hardlines and emerging markets to deliver near-term value to their business.
“Oracle Retail Release 13 provides the means to enable insight-driven retailing and fulfils our promise to deliver the industry’s most complete, integrated retail application suite.”
European loyalty system comes to the UK market
Databac demonstrated a new loyalty system that it said is making waves in Continental Europe.
Loyca has been successfully rolled out to retailers including US grocer Delhaize and lets retailers respond in real time to marketing information.
Transaction details, such as loyalty points or percentage values on purchases, are recorded on a terminal using a card. This is sent to the front-end server, which checks for data integrity, creates a uniform data structure and sends it on to the back-end server for processing.
The logic behind the loyalty scheme can be changed quickly and easily, to incorporate on-the-spot changes for events like Mother’s Day, end-of-stock Sales or special promotions.
Oracle used Retail Solutions as a platform to shout about the latest release of its suite of retail software.
The vendor said Oracle Retail Release 13 was designed so that retailers in key vertical segments – including fashion, grocery and hardlines – could build more profitable customer relationships.
Enhancements to the modules include multiple sets of books functionality and stock ledger VAT enhancements for retailers that are expanding internationally. Another module comprises a tool for regular price optimisation.
The suite is designed to be more joined up, with users having a single sign-on, access to a dashboard and reporting capabilities across the whole suite. Security has been enhanced with user activity logging to help secure customer data.
Oracle Retail vic.e-president for product strategy Dave Boyce said: “We dedicated considerable resources to identify the greatest opportunities for retailers across grocery, fashion, hardlines and emerging markets to deliver near-term value to their business.
“Oracle Retail Release 13 provides the means to enable insight-driven retailing and fulfils our promise to deliver the industry’s most complete, integrated retail application suite.”
European loyalty system comes to the UK market
Databac demonstrated a new loyalty system that it said is making waves in Continental Europe.
Loyca has been successfully rolled out to retailers including US grocer Delhaize and lets retailers respond in real time to marketing information.
Transaction details, such as loyalty points or percentage values on purchases, are recorded on a terminal using a card. This is sent to the front-end server, which checks for data integrity, creates a uniform data structure and sends it on to the back-end server for processing.
The logic behind the loyalty scheme can be changed quickly and easily, to incorporate on-the-spot changes for events like Mother’s Day, end-of-stock Sales or special promotions.
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