GERS Retail Systems Announces Strategic Alliance with SymphonyRPM Symphony real-time Performance Management solutions to leverage GERS’ Retail Data Warehouse for Improved Business Performance

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GERS Retail Systems, a leading provider of business solutions for the retail industry, announced a strategic alliance with SymphonyRPM, a leading business performance management platform and solutions provider, with the intent to deliver the next generation of business performance management solutions. GERS customers will be able to harness SymphonyRPM’s real-time, closed-loop analytic technology to leverage the information in their Merchandising, Planning, and Transaction Management Systems to perform predictive modeling, thereby driving smarter, proactive decisions based upon future needs rather than just past history. “SymphonyRPM’s real-time performance management framework will add sophisticated science to our solutions,” said John Sailer, GERS’ Vice President of Strategy and Solutions, “giving our customers an even greater advantage in the retail marketplace to make the right decisions, right now.” “GERS’ Planning and Transactional solutions along with the SymphonyRPM technology provides real value to retailers, enabling them to make the right decisions to support their critical business processes,” said Jim Clayton, Vice President of Operations for SymphonyRPM. About SymphonyRPM: SymphonyRPM provides the leading business performance management platform and solutions to organizations worldwide. SymphonyRPM’s real-time, closed-loop analytic platform combines business intelligence, analytics, workflow, and data integration, enabling solutions that deliver business performance management by connecting planning to execution across the enterprise. SymphonyRPM solutions consume data from myriad enterprise applications and data sources, allowing for cross-functional planning, analysis and execution. These solutions include sales and operations planning, revenue management, promotional planning, and supplier and spend management. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., SymphonyRPM is a privately held company, with primary funding from Symphony Technology Group. About GERS Retail Systems: With 30 years of experience and 300 installations worldwide, GERS Retail Systems is a leading supplier of software solutions for the retail marketplace. GERS’ Electronic Retail Enterprise includes transaction management applications for multi-channel retailing, and is capable of integrating the entire enterprise, from the consumer through the supply chain. Additionally, GERS provides fully integrated corporate office applications for merchandise replenishment and allocation, distribution center management, and financial control. For more information, please visit www.gers.com.