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Helping a Retail Company Synchronize Its Supply Chain Data Warehouse Initiative

Overview The customer is one of the largest sports good retailer and manufacturer in the world selling athletic footwear, apparel and equipment. The client wanted to synchronize its "Sell", "Plan-Buy", "Make" and "Deliver" processes and systems with its factories, suppliers, service providers and retailers. For the success of this initiative, the client decided to implement a supply chain data warehousing solution. The solution developed by Wipro has helped client to reduce Inventories without sacrificing on stock-outs, plan the product distribution, marketing efforts and promotions and track the sales team's performance.

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Publisher	Wipro	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2004
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Supply Chain Management, Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing

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