Saarbrücken, Germany — July 19th, 2016 —
retailsolutions AG today announced that the RELEX Integration 1.0 solution has achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform. The solution allows customers to integrate RELEX demand forecasting, inventory optimization and automated replenishment systems into their SAP® solution landscape via SAP NetWeaver. The integration enables the RELEX software to utilize master data and inventory transactions from the SAP ERP application to calculate demand forecasts and order proposals and optimize inventory parameters.
“With the RELEX Integration 1.0 from retailsolutions, RELEX software can be easily connected to a retail system running SAP software. The integration is based on the interface definition by RELEX, so that RELEX is provided with all data needed to run properly,” said Frank Theobald, Managing Partner and Competence Center Lead for Supply Chain Management at retailsolutions.
The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that RELEX Integration 1.0 is powered by SAP NetWeaver.
“We are delighted that our RELEX Integration 1.0 has achieved this certification,” said Dr. Michael Anderer, CEO at retailsolutions. “The ability of RELEX Integration 1.0 to run on SAP NetWeaver and interoperate with other SAP NetWeaver-based solutions will prove highly beneficial to our current and future customers.”
Through in-memory computing, deep industry expertise, and the space and assortment optimization offering of its subsidiary Galleria RTS, RELEX solutions help retailers cut inventory and wastage costs, boost availability, and increase sales and margins. The certified integration of RELEX Integration 1.0 by retailsolutions facilitates even easier access to RELEX’s solutions portfolio for customers running SAP software.
Solutions that are powered by SAP NetWeaver can be more quickly and easily integrated into SAP solution environments. Customers benefit from improved interoperability with SAP applications and with the large ecosystem of solutions that run on SAP NetWeaver. Choosing an SAP-certified solution can also help reduce overall IT investment costs and risks.
About retailsolutions AG
retailsolutions is one of the leading retail consulting companies in the German-speaking world. With over 100 consultants, we support both national and international clients from the retail sector in implementing their IT projects. Our portfolio includes solutions covering the entire value chain.
We owe our exceptional expertise to our close partnership with SAP in Switzerland. Our company originated through a SAP management buyout 15 years ago and acquired aan overall of 450 years of expertise in SAP retail solutions, clearly speaking for our technological and business competence.
About RELEX Solutions
RELEX Solutions is Europe’s fastest-growing provider of integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions.
Founded in 2005 to solve the toughest challenges in demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and replenishment automation through technology, RELEX’s proprietary In-Memory database delivers results over 100 times faster than traditional alternatives.
Following its 2016 acquisition of Galleria RTS, RELEX also offers consumer-focused automated category optimization, space and assortment planning solutions. Leading retailers and suppliers around the world use RELEX systems to cut inventory and wastage costs, boost availability, and increase sales and margins.
RELEX Solutions employs around 230 people globally.
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Contact retailsolutions GmbH: Martina Püschel, Marketing & Business Development, +49 681 959 2872, martina.pueschel@retailsolutions.de
Contact RELEX Solutions: Alexandra Sevelius, Head of Marketing and Communications, +358 45 674 4949, alexandra.sevelius@relexsolutions.com