Planning Allocations That Match Demand
Weather disruptions, shifting consumer trends, and supply chain challenges have made accurate allocation planning more difficult to achieve. RPE understands this reality. As a trusted retail consulting partner, we help companies move beyond rigid processes through adaptive allocation and planning software solutions that respond in real time. This article explains how intelligent allocation planning works,
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Cloud and Hosting Services for Retailers
RPE delivers tailored cloud and hosting services for retail organizations across North America. Our solutions are built to support the evolving infrastructure needs of modern retailers—offering secure, scalable, and compliant environments designed to handle everything from merchandising systems to storing sensitive data. For IT leaders seeking dependable cloud hosting that aligns with retail-specific needs, RPE
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RPE Joins SAS® Partner Program to Deliver AI-Driven Planning and Customer Engagement for Retailers
Today, RPE announced its partnership with SAS®, a global leader in data and AI. Through this partnership, RPE will sell and service SAS solutions, combining extensive retail expertise with world-class analytics to help retailers modernize, optimize, and thrive in today’s rapidly changing market. Together, RPE and SAS deliver a powerful combination of technology and strategy
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Why Your Retail Business Needs Better Supply Chain Solutions
Retailers looking for faster, smarter, and more accurate ways to manage their operations need supply chain solutions that do more than just move goods. They need technology-driven systems that improve visibility, reduce risk, and support agility across every part of the process. This article explains how supply chains have evolved, what modern systems offer, and
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AI-Driven Planning and Engagement Built for Grocery
RPE and SAS Transforming Grocery Retail with AI-Driven Planning and Engagement Transforming Grocery Retail with RPE + SAS In today’s fast-paced grocery landscape, retailers are under pressure to deliver more—more accuracy in planning, more personalization in customer engagement, and more agility in responding to market shifts. That’s where RPE and SAS deliver. RPE is a trusted partner
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From Europe to North America: Retail Transformation Powered by advarics and RPE
From Europe to North America: Retail Transformation Powered by advarics and RPE Retail is evolving faster than ever and the tools you choose today will shape your success tomorrow. That’s why advarics and RPE have partnered to bring a proven, future-ready solution to the retail industry. advarics, a leading European retail software provider, serves over
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Optimize Planning and Allocation with a Health Check
Two of the most vital systems relied on by retail businesses when it comes to managing inventory, improving margins, and streamlining operations are planning and allocation. Every part of a retail business is affected by these systems—everything from getting products to the right place at the right time to reducing markdowns to improving forecasting
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Quick Win Solutions: High-Impact Consulting for Retailers Ready to Move
Do you find that your million-dollar planning software has become nothing more than a glorified Excel spreadsheet? Perhaps you are spending more time exporting to Excel than you are analyzing the results in the solution? My guess is your team may not be aware of certain functions and features available to them in the solution.
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Modernizing IBM i Environments With RPE’s Hosting Solutions
Why Companies Choose IBM i Hosting IBM i platforms remain the backbone for many businesses of all sizes and industries. Known for their uptime, transaction speed, and application stability, these systems continue to power essential operations across industries. But maintaining them introduces risks. Hardware failure, rising support costs, and staffing shortages can all increase downtime
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Inventory Optimization: Smarter Allocation Is a Retail Necessity in 2025
Inventory is one of retail’s largest expenses. In 2025, allocation is under more scrutiny than ever before. Rising costs, the uncertainty of tariffs and inventory outages have made it a pressure valve for performance. Why? Because forecasting can only look ahead. Allocation decides what happens in real life, store by store. When strategy gets disrupted,
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