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BRUCE NAGLE, CEO 2011 has been an exciting year of growth and innovation at RW3, with several new clients, state-of-the-art Mobile platforms, and great interest in our DSR and advanced reporting / analytics solutions. Along with welcoming new clients Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, St. Joseph Health System, All-Clad Metalcrafters and Ferrero USA, Inc., one of our biggest ‘wins’ this year is related to Demand Signal Repository (DSR) platforms. Both new and long-standing clients are recognizing the immense productivity gains around DSR and have jumped on the bandwagon with RW3. Learn more in our DSR Feature. The fourth quarter kicked off with our annual Executive Peer Group (EPG) meeting in Austin. Participants from both client and non-client CPG companies got together to exchange best practices, learn about our latest advanced solutions and acquire fresh ideas. During EPG, our Audit and InStore teams introduced two new applications in our emerging suite of mobile solutions for iPad, iPhone and Android. RW3 Mobile InStore streamlines sales processes, while RW3 Mobile Audit is truly revolutionizing audits. For more specific information, click on the links in the right sidebar. Moving forward, we will continue to share our 20 years of industry expertise with both new and long-standing CPG clients to dramatically improve how they do business. We also plan to expand our expertise into the healthcare industry as these companies race to tackle the challenges of data capture & integration to meet new ‘meaningful use’ IT requirements under The American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act of 2009 (ARRA). We have many exciting growth opportunities ahead --I am looking forward to the New Year! Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season.
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Over the past few years, industry interest in Demand Signal Repositories (DSR) has gained momentum as early adopters begin to share their exciting results. Several RW3 clients are out ahead of the curve, looking to capture and leverage the immense productivity gains proven to result from DSR implementation.
Seeking our expertise, several long-standing clients and new clients have approached us about extending the utilization of POS data, initially used for facilitating and measuring impact at retail. In response, RW3 created and implemented a flexible and integrated DSR solution to improve demand forecasting, on-shelf availability, product life cycle management, promotion compliance and inventory management. All-Clad Metalcrafters, for example, has recently adopted an RW3 DSR platform integrating four separate streams of Retailer POS with an additional layer of integrated Reporting and Analytics, helping their team to achieve higher-level sales performance and optimize the quality of their performance in the retail outlet.
In five short months, RW3 built and implemented the All-Clad DSR with reporting/analytic solution. All-Clad immediately increased their sales team productivity by eliminating costly manual retailer data integration, and also gained fact-based intelligence with an accurate and more holistic view of consumer demand across all retailers. This allows them to better forecast, manage and track inventory and determine best placement and mix of their ‘A’ items in each store.
To learn more about All-Clad DSR success, click here.
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A Sweet Addition: Ferrero USA, Inc. RW3 welcomes new client, Ferrero USA, Inc., manufacturer of Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher® and Nutella® hazelnut spread. These key products and others are the result of unique and innovative ideas that become part of everyday traditions and, in most countries, are considered true icons. Ferrero is headquartered in Alba, Italy and remains a solid, family run business, currently the fourth largest confectionary company in the world. RW3 is working with Ferrero USA, Inc. to help them optimize and leverage multiple streams of data to achieve even more success at retail. Back to Top
Client Update: Timex Group USA RW3 has expanded our involvment with the Timex executive leadership team on multiple levels, to help them respond to their consumer much more rapidly and to improve revenue and margins in a limited growth category. To that end, Timex recently initiated a project with RW3 to incorporate new capabilities into their RW3 Merchandising system - with the goal to implement an automated payroll collection system to facilitate better tracking and use of merchandisers’ time in-store. The result is a fully automated, web-based solution that continues to pay dividends in improved efficiencies. Back to Top Employee Spotlight: Trey Epich
Trey Epich joined RW3 in 2010 as a member of our Customer Support team, focused on supporting Nestlé’s RW3 solution. Through his hard work and sales and customer service aptitude, Trey was recently promoted to Business Development Manager for the RW3 Sales team. In his leisure time, Trey serves as Sponsorship Chair on the Board of the Texas Exes Austin Chapter, a non-profit organization that’s sole purpose is to raise scholarship funds for Austin area high school students. He also continues to indulge his hobbies of hunting & fishing, competing at the state and local level in bass fishing tournaments and travelling all over the world to fish for fun. The youngest of 3 children, Trey looks forward to welcoming his folks to Texas as they move to Austin early next year. Back to Top RW3... Insights. Innovation. Real World Solutions. Upcoming
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