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The retail business intelligence data warehouse (BI-DW) solution has been rolled outto all 32 Haggen stores across Washington and Oregon states in the United States. The solution is a joint offering from Manthan Systems and Teradata, exclusively forretailers, and comprises a retail-specific business intelligence solution and acomprehensive retail data model deployed on an enterprise-class, high performancedata warehouse.
Harrison Lewis, Chief Information Officer at Haggen said, Â The retail-specificcapabilities of ARC and the high performance of Teradata, have given our businessmanagers a powerful platform for retail analysis to aid their Category Management,Operations Performance, and Inventory Management decision making processes. Therapid deployment of this solution has helped us realize business value much fasterthan we would have with other generic options. In our highly competitive business,we have to respond to the market very quickly and cost effectively and this solutionhas made it possible for us to do just that.Â
Rob Berman, Retail Vice President at Teradata commented, Â This successful deploymentat Haggen has been a highlight of our focus on delivering greater value to mid-tierretailers seeking to improve competitive positioning through data-driven decisions. Through our partnership with Manthan Systems and with their ARC Integrated RetailBusiness Intelligence Suite, we can offer an enterprise-class solution at anattractive total cost of ownership and deploy it very rapidly. This offering enablesus to help smaller retailers keep pace with the dynamic market with anindustry-specific DW-BI solution tailored to their needs. Â
Anand Sri Ganesh, Director  Marketing at Manthan Systems said,  We are very happythat Haggen has utilized ARCÂ's capability to quickly implement a businessintelligence solution that drives strong value and competitive advantage. Thedeployment spans sales and store operations, merchandising, promotions, inventoryand vendor performance, and is being extended to include loss prevention andcustomer analysis. We owe this success to both Manthan and TeradataÂ's peerless focuson retail industry needs and ability to provide highly functional, industrialstrength DW-BI solutions with a dramatically lower TCO and has a dramatically fastertime to market.
About Haggen Inc.Haggen is a leading US food & grocery retailer, currently operating 32 supermarketsthroughout Washington and Oregon. Haggen operates two store formats, Haggen Food &Pharmacy and TOP Food & Drug The company is one of the 75 largest grocery chains inthe U.S., according to Supermarket News, and is the Northwest's largest independentgrocer. For more information about Haggen, Inc. please visit www.haggen.com.
About Manthan SystemsManthan Systems is a provider of specialized business intelligence solution to theretail and consumer goods industries. Manthan helps retailers capture and processdata that can be leveraged to improve planning, monitor results, anticipate changesand mine opportunities. Manthan understands retail business practices and theirtechnology underpinnings, having worked with a wide range of retailers and consumergoods companies, including Woolworths Germany, Game Stores Group, Castorama, EccoSko, and McDonalds. ManthanÂ's flagship product - ARC - is a retail data warehouseand integrated BI suite specifically architected for retail. Being a specializedproduct exclusively built for retail, ARC dramatically reduces the deploymentlifecycle and total cost of ownership by cutting down the time needed to customize abusiness intelligence platform to unique BI needs of the retailer. For more information about Manthan Systems, please visit www.manthansystems.com.
Abou t TeradataTeradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), is the global technology leaderin enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing services.Organizations around the world rely on the power of TeradataÂ's award-winningsolutions to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhancedecision-making, customer relationships and profitability. NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build strongerrelationships with their customers. NCR's Teradata data warehouses, ATMs, retailsystems, self-service solutions and IT services provide Relationship TechnologyÂthat maximizes the value of customer interactions and helps organizations create astronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR employs approximately28,900 people worldwide. For more information about Teradata, please visitwww.teradata.com.
