Implementations can be challenging. The volume of tasks is often substantial and complex. Assembling and managing a project team is demanding.

This requires extraordinary experience, foresight, management skills and depth in retail practices. Superior skills in analysis, planning, issues management and reporting are also critical. RPE possess these skills and has been highly successful at implementations.

RPE's Approach
RPE makes substantial investments in senior talent acquisition. Our consultants have the depth and knowledge and have made careers in retail projects. Our people manage to appropriate levels of detail.

There are substantial benefits to utilizing an external project management source, independent of both vendor and internal resources. While RPE will work in harmony with both internal and vendor resources, we are not dependent on a single vendor. We work with multiple vendors if needed, unlike many software application developers. This places us in a unique position to deliver the final and desired results.

RPE is about relationships and developing viable long-term partnerships with clients. RPE understands that a customer purchases goods or services, while a client establishes a relationship and represents an ongoing concern. RPE seeks not one-time or one-up projects, but rather a long-term relationship.

Essential elements of the implementation include:

• Project planning
• Functions and gap analysis
• Business process improvements
• System setup and configuration
• Data and history conversion
• Interfaces and integration points
• Training and support
• Documentation and project history
• Quality control
• Implementation considerations - tasks that prepare the system to go live
• Basic reporting and inquiries - paper-based or on-line queries and standard reports
• Business intelligence -data warehouse and/or data marts
• Evaluation and improvements for next projects

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