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Manthan Systems Unveils ARC 5.8

Published: July 22, 2008

ARC 5.8 is expected to transform the way retailers use analytics for competitive advantage.

Manthan Systems, a provider of retail analytics and decision–making solutions, recently unveiled the latest edition of its retail performance management solution – ARC 5.8. Positioned to deliver the latest in advanced retail decision-making capability, ARC 5.8 is expected to transform the way retailers use analytics for competitive advantage.

Manthan's CEO Mr. Atul Jalan said, "I'm confident in saying that today there is no solution more comprehensive in its capabilities for retail decision-making than ARC 5.8. With this version, we have definitively stepped into a leadership position in the retail business intelligence space. The superior product is an outcome of Manthan's mission to be the 'Chief Analytics Officer' of retail and consumer good organizations."

With capabilities to expand the decision making realm beyond the enterprise, ARC 5.8 features external market and competition data integration to a retailer’s own data sources. With this, merchandise planners can benchmark their product performance with that of other markets and regions, in addition to profiling their store-specific assortments better.

With a large set of role-based analytics applications built-in, ARC 5.8 enables decision-making for every role in the organization. Applications like assortment planning, customer analytics, market basket analytics, category lifecycle analysis, store productivity and benchmarking, loss prevention, planning & budgeting extends the capabilities of retail decision makers in merchandising, marketing or store operations to take not just a decision, but the "optimal decision."