Alcampo, SOS Group and Others Deploy Inventory Optimization Solution

Alcampo, SOS Group, a Coca-Cola bottler and a flatware company are new editions to the ToolsGroup client roster. Alcampo, a chain of hypermarkets in Spain and a subsidiary of Auchan, is well-known for maintaining low prices 3/4 a reputation that depends on inventory optimization. To this end, the company will employ Service Optimizer 99+ (SO 99+), ToolsGroup's inventory optimization solution. Another new ToolsGroup customer is SOS Group, a $2-billion food company based in Spain. At SOS Group, ToolsGroup's SO 99+ solution will work jointly with SAP R/3 and SAP APO, injecting inventory objectives for each item in the logistics network. The SOS Group will leverage ToolsGroup's technology across all four of its divisions: vegetable oils, rice, crackers/biscuits and diversified products. ToolsGroup also recently entered into agreements with two other consumer goods companies 3/4 a Coca-Cola bottler and a flatware company. Details of these partnerships were not released.