Business Objects, the world`s leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced a worldwide software reseller agreement with Richter Systems, Inc., a leading provider of global supply chain enterprise solutions. Richter will bundle Business Objects technology as the standard reporting solution in both its retail and manufacturing application systems, along with its new decision support system for supply chain management, Richter Business Intelligence.
Richter is bundling BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence as part of Richter BI Advisor, the production and ad hoc reporting module of Richter Business Intelligence. As the standard reporting solution in the Richter Supply Chain Cooperative Enterprise Solution Suite (Richter SUCCESS), Business Objects leading decision support technology will enable Richter manufacturing and retail customers to easily create and share production and ad hoc reports via both client/server and web-based networks.
"Supply chain management is becoming a critical area for data warehousing and decision support systems," said Dave Kellogg, vice president of worldwide corporate marketing at Business Objects. "We are pleased to work closely with Richter to leverage their supply chain management expertise and to increase our presence in this strategic market segment. The award-winning decision support software from Business Objects provides retailers with an easy-to-use reporting system that`s powerful enough to integrate multiple types of data located throughout the enterprise."
"Competition is driving retailers to get more out of their existing customers, deliver increased cost savings, and make better decisions," said Arnaud Kraaijvanger, director of corporate marketing at Richter Systems, Inc.
"By bundling the leading decision support software from Business Objects into our Business Intelligence system, we are giving our customers easy access to consumer buying, store traffic, and inventory management data, as well as an integrated DSS tool that could effectively scale to thousands of users across the enterprise.
By bundling Business Objects, we feel we are providing a much more valuable service to our more than 300 customers, some of which are the biggest household names in consumer goods retailing and softgoods manufacturing and distribution."
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