Business Intelligence (BI)

Duane Reade adds a workforce management application from Red Prairie. The system, which includes forecasting/scheduling and time and attendance models, aligns the drug store's customer traffic with employee scheduling.

Casual Male Retail Group implements a retail-specific Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing application from QuantiSense.

JDA Software Group Inc. announces the delivery of its latest version of JDA Enterprise Architecture v7.4 software on HP Integrity servers and HP StorageWorks enterprise disk arrays.

As the largest chain store in the United States with close to 5,500 franchised and company-operated stores, 7-Eleven Inc. faces similar pricing and product availability challenges as other retailers.

When LNK International, a private-label manufacturer of over the counter pharmaceuticals, wanted to improve its in-stock position with Rite Aid, the company turned to Prescient's Forecast Exchange solution, a web-based collaboration tool that helps retailers and suppliers to compare forecast information, manage to exceptions and adjust forecasts as required.

Planalytics Inc. adds two new Decision Tools to its Business Weather Intelligence Platform. Planalytics Planner with Planalytics Allocation and Planalytics WeatherAudit join a family of Decision Tools that helop to transform weather data into actionable information presented within specific business contexts.

Global athletic company New Balance recently announced that it achieved greater than 99.5 percent item-level accuracy after the successful implementation of an RFID solution that tracks footwear from the distribution center to the corporate factory store.

Fresh Express, the No. 1 producer of value-added salads in North America, forms an agreement with Market6 Inc. designed to improve the quality and accuracy of store orders.