webMethods Partners With Blue Agave Software To Transform Real-Time Customer Demand Into Actionable Information
January 17 2006 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Greatly Enhances Demand-Driven Initiatives for Retailers and
Consumer Packaged Goods Companies NEW YORK, NRF 95th Annual
Convention & EXPO, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- webMethods, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization
software company, and Blue Agave Software, a provider of software
solutions for improving replenishment, demand management and
fulfillment execution, today announced a new partnership to help
enterprises become more demand-driven. The partnership brings
together the S&OP (sales and operations planning) monitoring
capabilities of the webMethods for the Demand Driven Enterprise
solutions with Blue Agave's Retail Channel Execution(TM) suite of
demand-driven business applications. By combining webMethods'
ability to provide real-time enterprise-wide access to store sales
information with the timely interpretation of store/SKU-level POS
(point-of-sale) data from Blue Agave, retailers and consumer
packaged goods (CPG) companies can elevate their speed and ability
to sense and respond to changes in demand. This enables customers
to more effectively resolve store-level stock outs, excess
inventory and forecasting issues. "Throughout the retail industry
value chain, companies are under tremendous pressures ranging from
shrinking margins to fierce competition to capturing and keeping a
customer's loyalty," said Arnold Huffman, vice president, global
strategic business solutions, webMethods, Inc. "These enterprises
are looking to be more responsive to changes in demand; however,
continuous access to meaningful sales data has been a key inhibitor
until this point. Our partnership with Blue Agave allows us to
jointly deliver an integrated solution that provides these
companies with the ability to better sense customer demand, and
then transform those demand signals into actionable data,
ultimately putting these organizations one step further down the
road to becoming fully demand-driven enterprises." While the need
for continuous access to POS data is clear, most retailers and CPG
companies lack 24x7 visibility into sales data information as
updates become available. Beyond that, these enterprises are
challenged with the age- old need to convert data into information,
and information into knowledge that can be used in an actionable
manner to guide decision-making. The partnership between webMethods
and Blue Agave enables business users to rapidly convert customer
demand signals into actionable data. As such, the partnership
provides a granular view into demand, including the ability to
identify and predict business exceptions at the store and product
level, such as an impending out-of stock-situation. In order to
speed and simplify decision-making for line-of-business, results
are presented via an intuitive dashboard that provides
comprehensive access to key performance indicators along with the
ability to drill-down on specific areas of interest. As a result,
users can more readily address numerous demand-based challenges,
enabling them to more effectively: -- Gain access to actionable POS
information -- Enable more rapid organizational response to avoid
out-of-stock and overstock situations -- Maintain targeted in-stock
levels at stores, warehouses and distribution -- Maximize promotion
effectiveness -- Expose incorrect retailer settings used to
calculate sales forecast -- Divert inventory to most appropriate
locations -- Identify and manage the impact of canceled orders
"We're thrilled with the possibilities presented by partnering with
an industry leader like webMethods," said Jim Morganstern, vice
president, Blue Agave Software. "The combination of webMethods'
expertise in business process integration with our superior
business execution and monitoring software provides what is truly
the most complete package on the market today for actionable POS
intelligence." Contact webMethods and Blue Agave for pricing
information. About Blue Agave Software Blue Agave Software enables
consumer products companies to improve replenishment, demand
management, and fulfillment execution with their retail customers.
Its Retail Channel Execution(TM) suite of integrated applications
delivers real-time, store/SKU-level insight into demand-driven
operating issues. These applications anticipate problems, present
the issues in an intuitive visual environment, and guide timely,
informed resolution. Blue Agave's customers have fewer stock-outs,
less excess, better forecasts, more successful promotions, and a
more satisfied & profitable retail channel. Blue Agave
applications are quickly deployed, delivering measurable benefits
within 8-10 weeks. Blue Agave is a privately held company
headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. and can be reached at
http://www.blueagavesoft.com/ or (617) 621-3400. About webMethods,
Inc. webMethods (NASDAQ:WEBM) provides business integration
software to integrate, assemble and optimize available IT assets to
drive business process productivity. webMethods delivers an
innovative, enterprise-class business integration platform that
incorporates proven integration technology with next generation
capabilities into one interoperable set of tools that delivers a
unique combination of efficiency, agility and control. webMethods
combines industry leadership with a zealous commitment to customers
to deliver tangible business value to more than 1,300 global
customers. webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with
offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan. More
information about the company can be found at
http://www.webmethods.com/. The webMethods name and logo are
registered trademarks of, and webMethods Fabric is a trademark of,
webMethods, Inc. All other marks mentioned are trademarks or
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FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE: webMethods, Inc. CONTACT: John Conley,
+1-703-460-5996, or , or Brianna Boyle, +1-703-460-6034, or , both
of webMethods, Inc. Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/
http://www.blueagavesoft.com/
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