Executive Summary

Retail Navigator has developed a revolutionary new web 2.0 Collaborative Dashboard  that connects the Demand Chain to the Supply Chain in real-time. The solutions solve an age-old, trading-partner-data-synchronization problem that has plagued the supply chain for decades.

The Collaborative Dashboard provide 360 degree visibility throughout the entire demand chain cycle while also enabling Process Re-Engineering that converges many tedious tasks into one step optimized functions.

Supplier-to-Retailer Interoperability first eliminates the high cost, lag-time, complexity and associated errors of manual data entry, then provides error correcting EDI processes and next enables real-time Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) strategies for all-size retailers and suppliers.

Retailers effortlessly sync product files with supplier systems, view “real time” supplier availability and supplier demand allowing quick discovery of missed best-sellers. Now one click adds best sellers resulting in optimized retailer plans.

Suppliers eliminate the errors and manual corrections associated with EDI when trading partner systems are out-of-sync. This system also eradicates the manual-order entry by replacing faxed orders with error-corrected EDI orders. The peer-to-peer trading platform also provides monitoring, alerts and enables quick response to the consumer's constantly changing demand.

The technologies are easily adopted and do not require integration or replacement of existing legacy systems thereby avoiding a lengthy and expensive deployment.

A consumer-centric model is achieved that brings the value chain closer to demand by leveraging consumer-marketing applications that interface with the network thereby providing local inventory availability for the consumer and demand visibility for the supplier.

The solutions reduce overhead, eliminate redundant manual data entry, optimizes inventory, increase sales, moves products more efficiently and has a 3 to 6 month ROI.