Published on the 22/03/2012 | Written by Newsdesk
A deal has been signed to bring cloud-based ERP and BI solutions to Nike Australia franchise, as the company focuses on integration and analytics to power aggressive growth…
Nike Australia master franchise owner, Retail Prodigy Group, has signed a deal to deploy Pronto Software’s ERP and BI solution, Pronto Xi Dimensions. Retail Prodigy Group holds a master franchise agreement with Nike in Australia, establishing three Nike-only stores since July 2011.
Retail Prodigy Group’s general manager Andrew McDonald said having a solution that brings together ERP transactions and BI Analytics in one product is a key benefit that will help drive its aggressive growth strategy.
“In retail, we need to be able to access and analyse good quality information for better decision making. Having had prior experience with Cognos, I knew it was a strong analytics tool that would deliver us this insight,” McDonald said.
As part of the implementation of Pronto Xi Dimensions, Retail Prodigy Group has also chosen to deploy a SaaS model via Pronto Hosted Services (PHS), which will enable solutions to be managed, monitored and maintained offsite.
“Being a lean operation that has minimal IT infrastructures or resources, we wanted a fully hosted solution that could be managed offsite with a level of assuredness that our data was secure. It also saved us a substantial upfront IT investment and will assist us in keeping ongoing costs down,” McDonald said.
“Having a tight turnaround on implementation was crucial to the success of our Melbourne flagship store. This then laid a strong foundation for growth across following stores.”
