Mexican retailer selects Manthan solution for data visualization

BANGALORE, INDIA: Manthan Systems, the business intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions provider for retailers, announced that its ARC Solution Suite has been selected by Mexican Retailer Grupo Elektra SAB de CV for the delivery of real-time retail analytics and mobile solutions.

Grupo Elektra operates more than 1,800 consumer electronics and furniture stores in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Peru.

The solution includes the deployment of ARC Merchandise Analytics and ARC Mobility for the Apple iPad and other tablet devices in Grupo Elektra's multiple store formats including Elektra, MegaElektra and Salinas and Rocha for several levels of business stakeholders.

These various stakeholders, from store managers and district supervisors through corporate executives in IT, HR, Merchandising and Operations, can leverage real-time data delivered by the ARC solution to analyze key performance metrics (KPIs) through the use of dashboards and visualizations that are easy to understand and use.

Carlos Morales, director of Products and Stores at Grupo Elektra, said, "The ARC solution will provide our users the ability to review and investigate business performance with interactive dashboards and analytical views that support data aggregation, drill-down, drill-through and slice-and-dice. As a result, our team will have the ability to quickly identify root causes of multi-dimensional factors influencing sales, margin, assortments, pricing and inventory availability."

"We are excited to partner with Grupo Elektra to provide real-time retail insights," said Kevin J. Walker, SVP and GM, Manthan Systems. "The ability to access critical data via a mobile device during store walk-throughs will provide Grupo Elektra's management the ability to investigate and respond to developing business trends in an agile fashion."