The Importance of High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Retail IT
In today’s digital retail environment, ensuring business continuity through high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies is essential. Retailers face growing risks from cyberattacks, ransomware, natural disasters, and system failures—all of which can result in costly downtime, loss of customer trust, and disruptions to supply chain and sales. Without robust HA and DR systems,
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Why Retail Planning & Allocation Is Crucial for Business Success
In today’s ever-evolving retail industry, having an effective retail planning and allocation strategy is crucial for driving profitability, managing inventory, and meeting customer expectations. Retailers face the challenge of balancing inventory across multiple channels, from online stores to brick-and-mortar locations. Without the right tools, they risk overstocking, stockouts, and lost sales opportunities. This is where
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RPE and Maxava Work Together to Enhance IBM i High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Retail Sector
Maxava, a global provider of innovative high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and monitoring solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Retail Process Engineering (RPE). The partnership will enable RPE to sell and service Maxava’s solutions for the IBM i platform. As a Maxava partner, RPE, a leading retail consulting, data center and managed
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Top 5 Retail Supply Chain Challenges and How to Overcome Them
The retail supply chain is complex and dynamic. Constant innovation is required to meet customers’ ever-changing needs. As a result, today’s retail supply chain is constantly experiencing disruptions. At Retail Process Engineering, we specialize in helping retailers overcome these challenges by providing strategic consulting services, advanced technology, and customized supply chain solutions. In this article,
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RPE Joins Capstone Offering a Wider Services Suite
RPE joins Capstone offering a wider services suite We’re excited to share this press release announcing that RPE, a leading retail supply chain IT consulting firm, has joined forces with Capstone Integrated Solutions, a full-service software and technology services company. Together on the IT Services Platform created by Conanicut Capital, we can provide a broader
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Planning and Allocation Health Check to Improve Functionality
Planning and Allocation Health Check to Improve Functionality Retailers often invest significant resources into Planning and Allocation solutions, but these tools are not a “set it and forget it” investment. In many cases, only a portion of the functionality is used at go-live, with plans to expand usage over time. An initial installation is often
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Maximize ROI with a Planning and Allocation Health Check
Maximize ROI with a Planning and Allocation Health Check In the dynamic world of retail, effective Planning and Allocation solutions are essential for optimizing inventory, reducing markdowns, and maintaining in-stock positions. When properly implemented, these solutions can produce significant ROI by saving labor costs and improving overall efficiency. However, real-world challenges such as staff turnover
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The RPE difference: Benefits to working with a boutique retail consulting firm
The RPE difference: Benefits to working with a boutique retail consulting firm Gone are the days of forward buying software solutions, combined with multi-year deployments delivering value over an extended time frame. Today, retailers demand increased time to value on projects. Furthermore, in today’s SaaS environment, retailers have the power to cancel subscriptions and switch
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Celebrating a Quarter Century of Service
As RPE commemorates our 25th anniversary, we wish to express our thanks and sincere appreciation to our clients, business partners, associates and colleagues. This milestone could not have been reached without the loyalty and hard work of those who support RPE. Since the company was founded in 1999, we have seen more changes in retail
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Why it’s important to work with a SOC audited Data Center
In today’s world of continued cyber hacking it is critical that companies are confident sensitive data is being properly safeguarded. SOC audits are an important piece of the process. Before working with any Data Center or Hosting provider, you should clearly understand if they are following the proper procedures when overseeing your data, if they participate
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