Media & Analyst Coverage
Product reviews, customer stories & analyst research around Manthan Systems & our solutions.
Pervasive BI – Now a Reality in Grocery Retail (May 2012)
Peter Charness, President, Manthan Systems, Americas, points to the growing need among supermarkets and grocery retailers for superior Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to keep them ahead of competition. He highlights how Manthan’s solution offers analytical insights at a frequency and level of detail required in the grocery segment and empowers users across the business with “self-service” BI and guided analytics.
With business intelligence and predictive analytics at their finger tips, grocers are better prepared to serve shoppers (Feb 2012)
Read how ‘business intelligence and predictive analysis' help grocers be well informed in advance to serve customers better. Grocery headquarters a leading news source for the grocery retail industry throws light on the tech segment for the grocery retail industry.
IT Helps Foodland Cope With Challenging Geography (January 2012)
The Hawaii-based Foodland chain, with 31 supermarkets spread across four islands, faces numerous logistical challenges to keep its shelves stocked. Read how Manthan’s analytical application helps the retailer analyze item and category movement and gives it the much-needed visibility into how an item is performing at stores.
Channel Islands Co-op Society improves BI (Jan 2012)
Retail Systems, a leading technology title for the UK retail sector has featured ARC as Channel Island Co-op society (CICS) goes live with ARC following its strategy to grow market share. CICS now has increased visibility across its store-wide operations using BI tools from Manthan Systems.
Business Analytics: Roadmap to Actionable Insights (Dec 2011)
Business Intelligence (BI) is moving away from being the exclusive domain of high-level business users to increasingly support tactical and operational decision-making across different levels in the business. This is resulting in widespread deployment of BI across more people in the organization, including in stores and among vendors out there.
Manthan’s cutting-edge solution for grocers (Oct 2011)
Grocery retail is a dynamic environment that requires astute analytical decision-making based on relevant, current and complete information. Manthan offers specific insights to grocery businesses with a view to move them in the right direction leveraging intelligence necessary for all collaborative decision-makers and business processes in the enterprise.
More data and bigger internal audiences raise the BI stakes for retailers (Aug 2011)
Retailers, wanting to understand changing shopper behaviour, need BI solutions that cater to social media retail and omni-channel environments. These advanced BI solutions also help them sift out business critical information from the data deluge.
Multichannel Gaming Retailer leverages Scalable BI for Improved Efficiency (Aug 2011)
The computer gaming software and video games retailer was set back by multiple data sources and basic reporting systems. ARC’s retail specific BI architecture and enterprise-wide data warehouse offered much needed cross-functional analytics across key performance measures, helping Game improve efficiency and performance.
Making decisions in an unbelievable blizzard of data (July 2011)
Between web analytics, behavioral tracking and location-aware mobile apps, companies are inundated with an unbelievable blizzard of data. Watson-like technologies can help them recognize patterns across databases and provide answers, almost like a number-crunching whiz.
The Right Approach to Supplier Collaboration (July 2011)
A departmentalised approach to supplier collaboration can result in lack of data integration, process automation and decision support. For retail supply chains the future lies in a single supplier collaboration platform, that will automate processes, assist in new product campaigns, and deliver actionable information, predicts Manthan.
Mobile Commerce: Is Analytics up to the Challenge? (July 2011)
With the growth of m-commerce, retailers have to focus on the right strategies to leverage the full potential of mobile devices. Retailers can use these mobile devices to offer consumers 'smart and convenient shopping' while equipping their own staff with 'information on the go'.
Transforming transactions into information without letting go of Legacy Systems (July 2011)
In a tough economy, is a 'rip and replace' strategy for your legacy systems, the only route to a better understanding of your business? Explore new tools and approaches to gain the broadest and deepest possible insight using your existing platforms.
Integrated Business Intelligence (BI) lengthens the life of your legacy applications (June 2011)
The latest BI solutions allow organizations to gain the deepest possible insight from their existing legacy systems which serve as a vast and rich source of enterprise data.
Make Merchandising Customer Aware (June 2011)
Detailed, granular customer data should inform merchandising decisions across all channels. Read this RIS 'Retail Solutions Brief' to learn how new data sources can be accessed, analyzed and integrated to build product assortments that will engage shoppers in more meaningful ways.
Building Integrated Multi-Channel Operations in Retail (June 2011)
Today, multi-channel retailing encompasses the latest in social networking and mobile applications. Learn the tools retailers need to engage with customers on their own turf in new and innovative ways.
Retailers' Growing Appetite for Business Analytics (May 2011)
Read RIS Magazine’s Vendor Landscape featuring Manthan Systems among the Business Analytics vendors.
Total Transparency (May 2011)
Read how ‘Retail-centric collaborative portals’ provide retailers and their supplier partners the insight they need to make win-win decisions for each.
Was Watson's Win a Victory for Retail? (May 2011)
Read how IBM Supercomputer Watson's famous win at the game-show Jeopardy has triggered a debate on ways in which analytics technologies are evolving. Experts anticipate that future 'Watsons' will enable merchants to have answers to business situations and help towards more accurate decision making.
RFM Model And Business Analytics: Scrutinize Your Customers, Know Who Will Spend More (May 2011)
Read how retailers use RFM analysis scores as a basis to run effective loyalty programs and promotions ensuring improved responses from customers and enhanced ROI on marketing dollars spent.
Product Affinity, Market Basket Analysis And Business Analytics: Turning The Kaleidoscope Of Data To Discover Value (May 2011)
Learn how retail BI tools apply principles of Product Affinity and Market Basket Analysis to point-of-sale data to reveal concealed relationships between products and recurring patterns in customer behavior.
Is Social Media and Mobile Commerce (SMMC) in Retail Working? (April 2011)
Read how an analytical framework of 3Ts ‘Thinking, Talking and Transacting’ can be influenced, measured and fine-tuned for the success of your SMMC program.
Business Intelligence Development Carries Human Touch (April 2011)
Business intelligence programs and search that operates like the futuristic computers of Hollywood blockbusters? It's not that far out of reach, according to a new vendor-backed report.
ECCO Implements Analytics Solution in 119 Stores (March 2011)
ECCO has deployed Manthan Systems' ARC Merchandise Analytics in 119 stores across Europe. The footwear retailer and wholesaler has implemented the business intelligence suite to streamline decision-making and enhance operational efficiency.
ECCO Deploys Manthan Systems' ARC Merchandise Analytics (March 2011)
ECCO, one of the world's major retailers and wholesalers of stylish comfort footwear for men, women and children, has gone live with Manthan's flagship product, ARC Merchandise Analytics, to enhance its operational efficiency. ECCO has deployed the business intelligence suite in 119 ECCO Owned & Operated Stores across Europe.
ECCO Implements ARC Merchandise Analytics (March 2011)
Manthan Systems Inc., the leader and innovator in the retail business intelligence (BI) and analytics space announced that ECCO, a retailer and wholesaler of stylish comfort footwear for men, women and children, has gone live with Manthan's flagship product, ARC Merchandise Analytics.
Robinsons Deploys Portal to Strengthen Retailer-Vendor Relationships (February 2011)
Robinsons Supermarkets has selected Manthan Systems to help it to work more closely with suppliers. Robinsons Retail Group, one of the largest retailers in the Philippines, is implementing Manthan’s retail analytics product, ARC Supplier Portal & Analytics, to achieve this goal.
Philippines grocer to enhance business analytics with new solution (February 2011)
Robinsons Retail Group, one of the largest retailers in the Philippines, plans to deploy a retail analytics solution for its Robinsons Supermarket chain that would improve business analytics, speed up transactional processes, and enhance retailer-vendor partnerships. The grocer will use Manthan Systems’ ARC Supplier Portal & Analytics for the solution.
Social Media: Driving the New Avatar of Retail Business Intelligence (January 2011)
Social media is opening up new possibilities for retailers. Whether its customer engagement or market research, influencing buying behavior or better promotions, things are not going to be the same. What does all of this new information mean for business intelligence? Read more as we discuss the potential and possibilities of social media in retail.
Ripley Chile selects Manthan Systems merchandising system (June 2010)
Chicago Business intelligence and analytics solution-provider Manthan Systems said Friday that Ripley Chile has selected its performance management system ARC Merchandise Analytics.
BI Tackles Information Overload (April 2010)
Retailers are dealing with a veritable flood of data, both structured (such as customer information and transaction records) and unstructured (such as the "chatter" about a retailer's brand that can be gleaned from social networks). Leading-edge retailers are realizing that the intersection point where "traditional" data meets these newer information sources could be where they discover the next big thing for their business.
Gamestation deploys ARC business intelligence system from Manthan (July 2009)
The leading UK retail magazine Retail Week features ARC as Gamestation gets set to go live with ARC following its operating and distribution platforms integration with Game Group. The group will soon begin using ARC to produce combined management information reports.
ARC Dashboards focus on the intersection of business function and level of user (June 2009)
says Mr. Vikas Gupta, CTO at Manthan Systems in One-on-One with Dashboard Insights. Read how ARCs role-based dashboards enable retailers to perform a holistic and in-depth analysis of the business performance by linking strategy to execution in a closed-loop analytic framework.
ARC spurs a BI revolution among leading retailers (June 2009)
Retail Asia magazine recently featured Manthan Systems in a story focusing on the transformational changes our ARC Retail Business Intelligence products are shaping in leading Asian retailers. Read how SM and Robinsons leverage the power of actionable intelligence for superior business performance.
Robinsons Boosts Growth with Better, Faster and Smarter Decision-Making (May 2009)
ARC Product review by CIO and BI Manager of Robinsons Group featured in Information Management. The Robinsons Retail Group is one of the largest retailers in the Philippines, operating more than 300 stores nationwide across eight retail formats, including department stores, supermarkets, hardware and home solutions, appliances, fashion specialty, toys, convenience stores and single price stores.
Analysis trumps assumptions (November 2008)
Says AMR’s research director Janet Suleski in this article that focuses on putting business needs at the heart of a business intelligence strategy. Read how a leading food retailer has used information and insights to impact positive business outcomes.
ARC featured in RIS magazine’s BI Scorecard (August 2008)
Read RIS magazine’s annual BI scorecard featuring the leading BI platforms in the retail industry.
BI must drive decision making (July 2008)
Says Atul Jalan, CEO at Manthan Systems in this MediaPlanet supplement to Washington Post. Read how BI for the masses, democratization of data and decision centric BI are complementary trends that will bring about transformational change in retail decision making.
No more day old bread (May 2008)
Read how Haggen, a supermarket retailer in Northwestern US replaced a slow reporting system with an enterprise business intelligence and data warehouse system to unlock the power of their data.
Game Group drives decision making with ARC (February 2008)
Featured in DMReview, this product review focuses on Game’s experience with ARC Retail Performance Management suite. Game is a specialty retailer operating over 1300 stores selling gaming software and video games across UK‚ Ireland‚ Sweden‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Spain‚ Portugal and Australia.
ARC drives business performance initiatives in Woolworth (February 2007)
A product review featured in DM Review, from the CIO at Deutsche Woolworth GmbH & Co.,
Hartwig (Hardy) Hopfenzitz. Deutsche Woolworth is a Frankfurt based mass merchandise discount retailer operating over 330 stores across Germany.
