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BRUCE NAGLE, CEO I hope you have had a chance to enjoy some down time before summer moves into the fall season. “Hot” topics in the CG industry this year are revolving around integration and optimization – both as a means for becoming more streamlined as a company, and for leading to an improved value proposition. These are areas in which RW3 specializes and has garnered wide industry recognition. Our recent series of thought leadership articles are aimed at helping manufacturers assess the value of current In-Store retail practices while recognizing opportunities where improvements can be made. (see sidebar) As noted recently by Joe Skorupa, Group Editor-in-Chief of RIS News, “merchandising is the hottest category for immediate investment, along with the urgency of leveraging customer analytics.” RW3’s Agile Development process accelerates rapid delivery of uniquely effective, technology supported solutions that optimize merchandising processes AND utilize analytics to their highest potential. Coupled with a business approach that aligns development with customer needs and company goals, we enable an integrated, automated, end-to-end workforce system which allows data to flow easily where and when it is needed. On the mobile front, we reviewed the iPad last quarter, and have focused attention on Smartphone technology and its enterprise usage for business applications in this newsletter. Many companies are considering moving to mobile applications for their retail sales force, and we are happy to provide a sounding board as you explore your options.
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The most important criteria for developing and maintaining an evolving and dynamic enterprise application is support for the software developer. This article evaluates the four major Smartphone platforms for use in enterprise application development, including a look at Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, Android, iPhone and Blackberry. All provide some degree of developer support, but due to the strong support for consumer (non-enterprise) applications by the first three and the consequent broad software development communities that have grown up around them – as well as the distinct lack of the same support for Blackberry – Blackberry is currently the least attractive platform for an enterprise developer. Additionally, Blackberry continues to lose market share to Android and iPhone, likely due in part to innovations from those two that increase an individual consumer’s productivity, such as superior mobile web browsers and multi-touch functionality. While Blackberry is addressing ... Read more
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RW3 is proud to be a Gold sponsor of ConAgra's annual charity golf tournament, this year benefitting SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise). This |
Route Optimization to Improve ROI How can you ensure your retail teams are calling on the right stores at the right time with the right products? We can help you create and implement a Store Routing Optimization and Coverage Analysis and subsequently measure distribution and volume results. One of our customers, Jennie-O Turkey Store, is taking advantage of this opportunity. Stay tuned for a highlight of their Routing Optimization results in our next Newsletter. Back to Top _________________________________________________________________________
Employee Spotlight: Brian Seelig Brian Seelig has been part of the RW3 Team since 2007, when he was hired into Tier 3 Support. There, he worked on several customer systems and on a proof-of-concept project for a GPS mapping application for handheld devices. Later that year, Brian transitioned to the Development Team, where he is currently Senior Software Architect. His first big projects involved design and implementation of NROC’s new backend to support check writing for trade spends and sales surveys, and a redesign of NROC’s offline Library application. He has since worked on other customer systems including large projects for ConAgra Wal-Mart, Nestlé EMD, National Tobacco and Kellogg USA, as well as projects that were outsourced to teams in Russia. ... Read more Back to Top
Movin' On Up at RW3 CONGRATULATIONS to Matt Gilstrap, who was recently promoted to the position of Systems Analyst! Matt joined RW3 in early 2002 as Night Support while pursuing his education at Texas State. Although Matt studied Psychology and Business Administration in college, his true passion became evident through his love for building and programming computers. Once Matt progressed to a full time position with RW3, he quickly moved through the Company doing stints in Customer Support and Tier 2 Support, before landing in our IT department as Systems Administrator. For the last 2 years, he has been RW3’s Database Administrator before earning the position as Systems Analyst. .... Read more Back to Top A busy Spring saw RW3 representation as judges at many SIFE Regional competitions, as well as at the National Competition in Minneapolis. Our level of participation has grown to well over half of our employees having had the opportunity to be involved in SIFE events and become more familiar with the program. RW3 was also represented at NACDS and the FMI Show, where Directors and Managers interfaced with clients and prospective customers, helping to understand their business needs and goals for improved in-store execution. In addition, several customer meetings were held in our Austin office with many more taking place “on the road.” Back to Top RW3... Insights. Innovation. Real World Solutions. Upcoming
Events GMA Executive Conference – Colorado Springs, CO (August 28-31, 2010) NEW! Join us on |