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Winn-Dixie selects PeriScope Fresh Item Management (FIM) technology for Perpetual Inventory, Production Planning and Order Assist / June 2011
TORONTO, CANADA (June 1, 2011) – Invatron Systems Corp., a leading provider of integrated retail enterprise software solutions focusing on Fresh departments in grocery, is pleased to announce that Winn-Dixie Stores, a 485-store supermarket retailer with headquarters in Jacksonville, FL, has selected Periscope Fresh Item Management for Production Planning, Perpetual Inventory and Order Assist, building on the Shrink Tracking and Markdown Management module already implemented.
PeriScope FIM is a web-enabled, thin-client application suite, utilized for the complete management of all operational functions within the fresh food departments of retail grocery stores. Features include insight into Retail Shrink, Case Replenishment, Production Planning, Demand Forecasting and Backroom Inventory control.
Building on an existing relationship with Invatron that includes ePLUM Enterprise Scale Manager, Winn-Dixie is seeing increased inventory turns, reduced shrink and fresher product in the case as a result of enhanced production and ordering under PeriScope FIM’s influence. The system has been well received at both store and corporate levels.
Winn-Dixie is one of the largest food retailers in the nation and ranks 340 on the FORTUNE 500® list. The company operates stores across the Southeastern United States under the Winn-Dixie, Winn-Dixie Marketplace and SaveRite banners. For over 80 years, the Winn-Dixie name has stood for real quality and value.
In business since 1988, Invatron Systems Corp. is the leading provider of software solutions for fresh food departments, with over 12,000 grocery store installations in North, Central and South America, Europe and New Zealand. Invatron’s software solutions help retailers gain valuable insight into their fresh food operations by providing centralized control of all product information, and gathering critical in-store data on fresh food ordering and production trends. The software includes demand forecasting to optimize inventory, production planning and ordering of fresh food items, as well as centralized scale management. Invatron customers include Safeway, Kroger, AHOLD, A&P, Giant-Eagle, Wegmans, H-E-B Grocery Co., Sobeys, Whole Foods and Loblaws. For more information, please visit www.invatron.com.
Contact: Tom Barclay, Director of Sales, Invatron Systems Corp., at 1-888-867-PLUM (7586) ext. 224. or sales@invatron.com
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