JVC Americas has chosen RevCast LLC’s Integrated Merchandising System (IMS) to manage its products at more than 3,000 Wal-Mart and 800 Best Buy locations across the US.
IMS allows consistent views of both sets of data, even though Wal-Mart’s data comes from RetailLink and Best Buy’s data is EDI. IMS extracts and translates both sets of data to a common format that allows easy analysis.
IMS not only reduces the time it takes to retrieve data, but also provides analytical tools and historical data. IMS allows analysts to focus on analysis rather than repetitive data gathering and formatting chores. In addition, it should provides trending and analysis to pro-actively manage overstocks and out of stocks, leading to significant cost savings over time.
About JVC
JVC Company of America is a division of JVC Americas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan, Limited. JVC is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated audio and video products that use superior technologies to deliver high quality sound and images. For 80 years the JVC brand name has been associated with the very best in audio and video entertainment.
About RevCast LLC
RevCast, a joint venture between RevCast Inc. and APP Design, was founded by a team of retail information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.
Nestlé Waters North America has chosen APP Design’s partner RevCast and it’s Integrated Merchandising System (IMS) to manage it’s stock levels for more than 3,000 Wal-Mart locations across the US.
Wal-Mart has RetailLink to distribute POS data, but, even with this interface, the job of analyzing and managing stock throughout Wal-Mart’s US operations is a full-time job for two CPFR analysts. The problem, however, is not the analysis but the time it takes to retrieve the vast amounts of data and transform it into a format suitable for analysis.
IMS not only reduces the time it takes to retrieve data from RetailLink, but also provides analytical tools and historical data – which RetailLink lacks. IMS allows analysts to focus on analysis rather than repetitive data gathering and formatting chores. In addition, it should provides trending and analysis to pro-actively manage overstocks and out of stocks, leading to significant cost savings over time.
The primary reasons behind the decision to go with IMS was that the software was simple and intuitive, and provided ample data transport and analytical tools.
Nestlé Waters North America
Nestlé Waters North America is the nation’s largest bottled water company, with many leading domestic and imported brands sold in the United States and Canada. Nestlé Waters North America has been in business since 1976.
About RevCast LLC
RevCast, a joint venture between RevCast Inc. and APP Design, was founded by a team of retail information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.
Victor Products, a leading provider of automotive after market accessories, uses APP Design’s partner RevCast LLC, for retail management and inventory control.
“RevCast took extra time to thoroughly consider all aspects of Victor’s issues and the result is a system that is targeted precisely to our needs.”, said Ed Carpenter, VP of Operations. “Your software will not only help us to significantly reduce inventory levels and improve our service but it will also eliminate many hours of manual analysis. The tedious process of forecasting inventory for retail customers, previously considered a “black art” is now a matter of a few key strokes.”
Mr. Carpenter continued, “All of our major concerns were acknowledged and addressed during the course of the project. The results from this effort exceeded my expectations in many ways.”
About RevCast LLC
RevCast, a joint venture between RevCast Inc. and APP Design, was founded by a team of retail and information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.
APP Design and RevCast have formed RevCast, LLC to jointly develop and support RevCast’s Integrated Merchandising System (IMS) retail data analysis product.
RevCast IMS provides a comprehensive suite of tools to manage forecasting, replenishment, promotions, analysis, and reporting. This includes:
- Sales Analysis
- Inventory Analysis
- Geographic Analysis
- Demographic Analysis
- Merchandising Plans
- Marketing Plans
- Promotional Plans
- Store Level Forecasting
- Ad-hoc Reporting
All of these functions are tightly integrated and monitored by a real time exception alert system that flags potential problems before they occur, providing time to anticipate and mitigate adverse events.
About RevCast Inc.
RevCast was founded by a team of retail information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.
About APP Design Inc.
APP Design Inc. builds reliable, scalable, and cost-effective enterprise-class software. We provide the “heavy-lifting”, secure, robust solutions that consistently deliver millions of transactions. Using our proven, scalable, APP Anvil™ Application Server, our depth of knowledge, and our practical experience, we create high quality solutions for today’s rapidly changing business environment.