The document outlines a presentation by Jerry Inman, CMO of 7thonline, focusing on improving retail management by transitioning away from Excel and utilizing a more integrated approach. Key topics include enhancing sales and inventory management, adapting to consumer-centric retailing, and leveraging cloud-based enterprise solutions. The presentation emphasizes the benefits of adopting 7thonline's platform, which supports better decision-making through advanced analytics and operational efficiency.

1. Sponsored by

2. Today’s Presenter
Jerry Inman
Chief Marketing Officer
7thonline

3. What You Will Learn Today
I. How to get off Excel
II. How to have more intelligent information at
your fingertips
III. How to get a Monday morning aggregated
sales/inventory/profit report
IV. Where does your organization fit on the
Merchandise Maturity Model

4. Industry Market Drivers
Increase Revenue
• Increase Sales
• Improve Margins
Improve Inventory Management
• Increase Channel Visibility
• Earlier Demand Visibility
• Reduce Markdowns
• Reduce Out-of-Stocks
• Improve Inventory Turns
Reduce Operational Costs
• Decrease Error Rates
• Improve Personnel Productivity
• Minimize Cost of IT
Radically Reduce Excel Spreadsheets

5. Consumer Centric Retailing
Cross Channel Merchandise & Assortment Management

6. Merchandise Planning Maturity Model
HIGH Think Locally, Think Globally, Think Globally, Think Globally, LOW
Act Locally. Act Locally. Act Collectively. Act Globally.
Risk
Consumer Centric Cross Channel Merchandising
Merchandise Planning & Forecasting Integrated with
ERP, PLM, POS, CRM
Business Intelligence & Analytics
Point Solutions
Process Improvement
(Financial, Planning, Pricing, Purchasing, Inventory)
Data Export to Common Repository
Data Feed into Excel
Common Excel Template
Excel
LOW HIGH
REACTIVE PROACTIVE ALIGNED GOVERNED
People, Policies, Technology Adoption

7. 7thOnline Consumer Centric Retailing
Escape
Excel
from

8. Industry Acknowledges Market Leadership…

9. Enterprise Class Platform and Cloud Infrastructure
• Standards Based • Extensible
• J2EE, Oracle, MS SQL Server, • Web services
browser based • Integration services
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Industrial strength security • Cloud
• Elastic scalability and resource
• Scalable allocation
• Horizontal clustering • Dynamic provisioning
• Service multi-threading • Fine-grained control of computing
• Database optimizations resources
• Network compression • Enterprise class interoperability and
access
• Global • Security, privacy, integrity and SLA’s
• Multi - language • Extreme- transaction-processing
• Multi - currency (XTP) grade performance
• Multi - division enabled • Multitenant
configuration, customization and
• Global deployment
version control

10. The 7thOnline Difference
Key Differentiators
• Retail Industry DNA
• Only Solution Provider with Cross Channel Strategy
• Advanced Proprietary Algorithms
• Consumer Demand Centric Solution
• User-Driven Embedded Business Intelligence & Analytics (No IT Required for Reporting)
• Familiar “Excel-like” GUI
• Scalable, Enterprise Class & Cloud Infrastructure
• Fastest Time to Value – Rapid Implementation Approach
• Proven ROI
• Proven Track Record with Leading Retailers, eCommerce and Vendors in
Apparel, Footwear & Accessories

11. Thank you
Questions?
Please contact me at jinman@7thonline.com
or call 212.997.1717 ext 327