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USI Selects Manage Metrix for Proactive Business Performance Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Multichannel Retailer USI Inc. Chooses Manage Metrix – Co-Developed By Taurus Software and F. Curtis Barry & Company – For Proactive Business Performance Management
Redwood City, CA. and Richmond, VA; June 24, 2010 – Taurus Software and F. Curtis Barry & Company, announced back on February 22, 2010 that USI Inc., a leading supplier [...]
Natural Solutions’ 2009 Summary
As there has been so much negativity in the press about the economy and business failures in 2009, F. Curtis Barry & Company would like to focus on some of the positive aspects of last year. This is the first in a series of blogs that will highlight clients and vendors in the multi-channel retail [...]
Manage Metrix: Inventory & Merchandising Modules Announcement
Since third quarter 2008, we have been engaged with Taurus Software to develop best in class business intelligence and KPI/dashboard application – the first specifically for multi channel businesses and covering all areas of the business. In conjunction with the application, we have developed a set of services to assist companies utilize the application to [...]
Now You Have Access to Your Data, Now What Do You Do With It?
I recently read a study by the Aberdeen Group regarding how users of BI, KPI and dashboard application benefit compared to their counterparts. This study validated several of the aspects that we have seen and gave us some new insight as well. I have added some summary points from the report, however the full document [...]
Analyzing Your Company’s Marketing ROI – 5 Problems Revealed
Recently a few of us at our firm set out to develop a sophisticated marketing business intelligence module with our partner company Taurus Software. In order to do this we decided we would meet with as many multi channel companies from $10 million in sales to $100 million in sales as possible, as well as [...]
10 Principles to Sound Business Intelligence and KPI Application Development
Companies these days are looking for every advantage to compete in this economy, and more and more are turning towards unlocking the secrets hidden in all their data. With so many different applications and databases used in multi channel businesses these days, the task can seem daunting. Developing sophisticated KPI and business intelligence applications are [...]
Merchandising and cost of backorders
The other day we worked with a mid-sized gift marketer to have them analyze their Spring book and web campaigns from a price range perspective. They had never done this and were surprised to find that 39% of their SKU’s were $25 and under – the average price point in this group was actually $11.15. [...]
Inventory turns and age of inventory
In working with a client the other day, we were analyzing several inventory KPI’s. Their goal was to turn the inventory at least 4 times annually, up from the 3.15 turns they are doing today. We then talked about how long they carried inventory before they deemed it to be “aged” or beginning to get [...]
BI systems across the enterprise
The most serious business information problem companies face is finding a “single version of the truth.” Many companies are installing best-of-breed systems for order management, fulfillment, call center, marketing, product information, inventory, finance and e-commerce.
Yet no one vendor in the marketplace today can provide more than two of the best-of-breed components needed. Even most ERP [...]
ACCM Tidbits and Opinions
ACCM Attendance: The show had about 500-700 attendees from what I could tell. Like many of the shows we have attended this year the number of attendance looked to be down 50% to 80% from prior years. Penton took a bath on both NCOF and ACCM this year. There is a question in my [...]
