Infor will showcase why it offers “The smart move for retail” at NRF 2021: Retail’s Big Show – Chapter 1, a virtual event scheduled for Jan. 12-14, 19 and 21-22.
During the virtual event, Infor retail experts and customers will demonstrate how the company’s “smart” solutions, powered by innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) functionality, help retail companies make the right decisions for their business, inventory and customers.
Further, they will discuss how Infor retail solutions are designed to optimally “move” goods through the supply chain, from source to end-customer, and help create the optimized movement of people.
“We help customers obtain greater visibility, both within and outside the enterprise, to ensure that the ideal goal is achieved: the right product, at the right place, at the right time, and at the right price,” said John Gularson, Infor SVP of retail. “We also aim to arm businesses and their employees with the intuitive workforce solutions that help get the right people, in the right place, at the right time.”
Infor’s conference sessions, and related announcements, include:
- Infor Big Ideas session, Tuesday, Jan. 19, at noon Eastern Time, featuring Rachel Grogan-Cook, senior director of global supply chain at Burton Snowboards, one of the world’s leading snowboard and outerwear companies, and Ryan Bezenek, vice president of IT at Ariat International, a leading footwear, apparel and accessories brand for equestrian sports, work industries and other outdoor activities.
Grogan-Cook and Bezenek will discuss how Infor solutions enabled their companies to become more agile and resilient by automating business processes and providing better visibility and access to real-time data. The ability to make faster and more-informed decisions has helped Burton Snowboards and Ariat International navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and better serve the ever-changing needs of their retail customers.
The report describes Infor’s Demand Management planning platform as enabling “organizations to seamlessly perform demand forecasting, replenishment, and assortment planning with its infused data science and machine learning capabilities” and “allows various vendors to simultaneously access and work collaboratively on the platform.”
Infor provides retailers with a full portfolio of strategic, back-end solutions that address forecasting consumer demand, supply chain planning and collaboration, warehouse operations, the modern digital workforce, corporate control and finance, and more.
