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Mackays Stores Selects CIBER UK to Implement Merchandising Planning Solution Based on Board MIT SoftwarePAISLEY, SCOTLAND – Nov.1, 2006 – CIBER UK has been selected by Mackays Stores Limited to implement a new Retail Merchandise Planning solution to improve the efficiency of their planning process and better manage both margin and revenue growth. CIBER is using the Board Management Intelligence Toolkit (MIT) software to build a fully integrated planning process tailored to the Mackays needs. Richard Betts, Director, CIBER UK explains “Retail packages have dominated Merchandise Planning but never seem to give retailers exactly what they need. It has been very difficult for them to respond quickly enough to changing needs, or to integrate with other operational and performance management systems. The Board MI Toolkit is a significant advance, offering customers solutions that are built to meet their individual needs combined with the opportunity to become self sufficient. They also have the option to go further and build a complete and fully integrated performance management solution”. The Board MIT solution at Mackays will allow both top down and bottom up planning covering all elements of the planning process from the initial financial plans through to detailed analysis and reports for buyers & merchandisers. The solution provides exceptional flexibility. Nigel Bennett, Merchandising Director of Mackays explains, “After a thorough review of the market, we discovered that by using CIBER to develop our solution with Board MIT we could get exactly what we needed plus the flexibility to change and enhance the solution in–house for future developments. CIBER, have clearly demonstrated the benefit this approach offers and we plan to exploit it to the full.” Established in 1834 Mackays is now one of the largest privately-owned fashion retailers in the UK. Mackays has been selling quality clothing for more than 50 years. With an ever-expanding retail portfolio, during 2006 the entire nationwide chain of more than 260 stores is being re-branded to M&Co. The M&Co. format has been a success from the outset, and the re-branded, re-modelled stores reflect a commitment to offering customers a contemporary shopping environment with quality, fashion-focused products. Mackays have enjoyed an extensive period of sales and profit growth recently announcing an Operating profit increase of 20%. They aim to exploit the new technology to improve customer service and business performance and view an enhanced planning process as critical to further growth. www.mackays.co.uk About CIBER UK CIBER UK is wholly owned by CIBER Inc. a pure-play international solutions and system integration consultancy which operates in 18 countries, with 8,000 employees and annual revenue of nearly $1 billion. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Colorado, USA the company now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 20 European offices and four offices in Asia. The CIBER UK Performance Management team delivering this solution are part of CIBER’s Global Enterprise Integration practice which has been recognised by leading Industry analyst Gartner in their Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Implementation Services. CIBER UK also offers services in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments across a range of technology platforms. www.ciber.com/uk About Board M.I.T. Founded in 1994 Board Management Intelligence Technologies is the provider of the industry’s only programming-free Toolkit for rapid and cost-effective development of Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications. Board MIT provides one accurate corporate view of company information, fully integrated with BI & CPM processes and therefore uniquely linking performance to strategic vision at all levels. Board’s unique programming-free ‘Toolkit’ can dramatically reduce the time taken by traditional software solutions to build, deliver, manage and extend core BI & CPM processes. These include Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Modelling, Analysis, Reporting Monitoring, Dashboards, KPIs, Scorecards, and Consolidation. Headquartered in Switzerland, Board has a global network of offices and over 1800 customers. www.board.com Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements |
News & EventsIndustry ExpertiseContact Information For more information, contact: CIBER UK No 2 Watling Drive Sketchley Meadows Business Park Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 3EY Tel: +44 (0) 870 000 0204 Fax: +44 (0) 870 000 0205 Email: enquiry@ciber-uk.com Enquiry Form |
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