Sponsors

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest IT company, has an outstanding track record of helping customers manage and transform their technology environments to become Instant-On Enterprises, by leveraging its unique portfolio of hardware, software, services, global delivery capability and deep Manufacturing industry expertise.

Together with one of our most valued Partners, JDA Software, we apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with joint solutions, continuously improving the way our customers collaborate and work.

For more information, please visit www.hp.com/solutions/jdasoftware

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

The Fact Sheet (PDF) has latest revenue and headcount as well as general information about Accenture.

Red Dot Square Solutions (RDSS) connects suppliers, manufacturers and retailers at the product/shelf/aisle across the whole store, creating "Smart Interactive Retail Worlds in Virtual Reality". RDSS virtual reality brings to life merchandising ideas and concepts which are critical in providing shoppers with the best product mix, in the best position within the best environment to win at the point of purchase.

RDSS supports our partners with a comprehensive technology suite to design, test, research and visualise in the virtual world, delivering a single platform for teams to collaborate, review and present, including the marketing, design, category management, logistics, research, and sales teams.

RDSS was acquired (February 2009) by WPP Group plc, a FTSE 100 and NASDAQ listed company. WPP has given RDSS global size, reach and scale, enabling the deployment of the virtual reality suite to the four corners of the globe ensuring speed, quality and growth.

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working, the Collaborative Business Experience^TM. The Group relies on its global delivery model called Rightshore®, which aims to get the right balance of the best talent from multiple locations, working as one team to create and deliver the optimum solution for clients. Present in 40 countries, Capgemini reported 2010 global revenues of EUR 8.7 billion and employs around 110,000 people worldwide.

More information is available at www.capgemini.com.

Rightshore® is a trademark belonging to Capgemini

HCL Technologies is a leading global technology and IT services company, focusing on 'transformational outsourcing', underlined by innovation and value creation and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL, a $6 billion enterprise, leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 31 countries with over 80,000 employees to create real value for its customers.

HCL’s Retail, Consumer and Manufacturing practice combines years of domain knowledge and technical experience to provide solutions across the customer’s value chain from Supply and Demand Management, Merchandising, Fulfillment, Logistics, Store operations and Multi-Channel.

More information is available at www.hcltech.com.

Planalytics® Inc. is the singular global source of Business Weather Intelligence® – the actionable information companies need to understand and optimise the impact of weather on their business. Planalytics Business Weather Intelligence is essential to any company looking to effectively shape strategies, pinpoint opportunities and make more profitable decisions.

More information is available at www.planalytics.com.

Strategix – We deliver value to our customers by integrating best practice processes, People and IT. When you're looking to maximise your company's value, you need to team with the best.

Strategix is an expert company that delivers best in class solutions, world knowledge and best practices. We offer business understanding and proven experience with End-to-end solutions in the fields of Supply chain Management and Category Management.

Our customers range from different industry segments such as Retailers, Manufacturers, Mobile operators, Wholesalers and more.

Strategix is a recognised top channel partner of JDA Software with hundreds of projects across Europe.

Our offices are located in: Dusseldorf, Poznan, Kiev, Moscow and Tel-Aviv.

If you're looking for fast ROI solutions, best practice processes delivered by an experienced team in your local market – contact us @ Strategix.eu

Ágora Europe, the JDA South European Official Support Partner based in Spain, Italy and Portugal running projects in EMEA and LATAM.

The company, with more than 10 years in the market, is a Service Company focussed in applying JDA technology in the Supply Chain enabling clients to achieve efficient performance and cost savings.

Ágora Europe operates three business lines: Processes Technical Design and Management, Logistics assets and technologies design & implementation and Operations control. Our team of 30 experienced skilled professionals are able to deliver value from the first meeting.

Agora has important clients in CPG Markets, Retail, Metal Industries, Chilled Products, as well as Services Companies.

For more information about Agora Europe, please visit www.agora-europe.com

Athena Retail Consulting is a sales and implementation partner of JDA Software Group, with over a decade of experience in streamlining category management and supply chain management processes, and hundreds of projects completed, from Space Planning trainings to Intactix Knowledge Base and Planogram Generator implementations.

Athena Retail Consulting provides a wide range of services to supply chain companies, empowering them to increase and sustain productivity and returns in category management and replenishment processes from a business, functional and technical perspective, using state-of-the-art JDA solutions. It also develops software tools to suit needs and enhance productivity and efficiency of JDA solutions users.

For further information, visit us at www.athenaretail.com

ROCE Partners is a leading Supply Chain and Business Process Management consulting company. ROCE Partners’ mission is to maximize clients’ Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) by optimizing their business collaboration processes and supply chain performance. Over the years, ROCE Partners’ experienced consultants have helped international organizations in a large number of assignments to improve their processes, organizations and IT systems.

ROCE Partners services enable clients to better serve customers, while operating more profitably. The benefits of new business models, optimized business and supply chain processes, as well as innovative IT solutions are increased competitive advantage and improved business performance.

Please visit www.roce.com for more information.

SIMS, a division of The Smollan Group, proudly offers a portfolio of software solutions which include category management and space management services through its JDA-Intactix portfolio,offering both certified E-learning and classroom based training, on-site support, software implementation and consulting through certified consultants in both the business and the technology fields.

Sims offers a Bureau facility for organizations that require the support and input of a category management expert but do not wish to house the service within their structure.

Sims services cover all aspects of the ECR and Category Management practice and are ideal for:

• FMCG Manufacturers seeking optimal presentation of their products to consumers
• Retailers requiring expertise and support in store design, layout, product range and assortment
• Manufacturers and Retailers seeking leading edge category management software solutions
• Companies requiring the development of detailed and accurate planograms
• Organisations needing consulting services, software implementation and support that will benefit from shared global learning and best practice

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. A part of the Tata Group, TCS is a partner of choice to global organizations and has a proven track record of delivering real, measurable business benefits.

TCS' dedicated Supply Chain Center of Excellence brings together industry business and process knowledge, leading supply chain solutions from partners like JDA Software, coupled with a global pool of supply chain consultants to help clients stay ahead of the game. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of services and solutions including strategy, business process consulting, application architecture, integration and full cycle maintenance and support.

Our ability to deliver high-quality services and solutions is unmatched. We are the world's first organisation to achieve an enterprise-wide Maturity Level 5 on both CMMI® and P-CMM®, using SCAMPISM, the most rigorous assessment methodology.

For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com

TruEconomy Consulting, the Supply Chain Experts

TruEconomy Consulting, one of the top three supply chain management consulting services companies in Europe, has already more than a decade of successful history in designing, implementing, deploying and maintaining supply chain solutions for leading companies. Their consultants combine thought leadership with practice leadership. They help customers make lasting improvements to their supply chain performance, directly improving the customer's bottom line. This strong combination of ideas and experience makes TruEconomy the Supply Chain Experts. Their customer services cover management consulting services as well as the complete solution life cycle of design, development, implementation and support of ICT solutions. Based on customer requirements they can establish any service from a single study or advice to a complete turn-key implementation.

Founded in 1969, Oliver Wight has a 40 year track record of delivering business improvement to some of the world's best-known organisations. With a team of professionals offering a wealth of experience, Oliver Wight is the largest consultancy of its type, with offices throughout Europe, South Africa, North and South America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Our Class A standard, with its real-world performance measures documented in the Class A Checklist, is renowned as the industry definition of true business excellence.

Oliver Wight have extensive experience of complex business improvement implementations in a wide range of industries, and our global team of distinguished practitioners all have Class A credentials. Using the Oliver Wight Proven Path methodology and industry best practice, we help organisations on their journey to truly inspiring business performance.

Oliver Wight are the originators of MRPII and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP).