Macys.com selects SAS for financial analytics and merchandising   4th December 2006 Macys.com, a division of Federated Department Stores Inc will deploy SAS Financial Management (SAS FM) software to enhance its financial reporting activities and Martketmax planning software to help the retailer customise its merchandising processes. Kent Anderson, president of Macys.com, said they considered many competing software companies but chose SAS because it better matched the company's overall needs. "SAS has a significant amount of experience in the retail industry," he adds. "One of the things we liked most about SAS is its ability to combine merchandising and assortment modules with financial modules. Being able to do that allows us to consolidate our processes." "Macys.com stocks warehouses, not stores," says Anderson . "We need to be able to customise our reporting and assortment planning. There's a lot of useful data within Federated, and we needed a suite of tools to model the data differently to fit the unique Macys.com business model." "Federated Department Stores is a successful, long-time SAS user," says Lori Schafer, vice president, global retail practice at SAS. "And we're pleased to add another one of Federated's divisions into the SAS community. Marketmax is integrating with legacy systems at Macys.com, and we believe our involvement will help the company gain efficiencies and help them grow." Macys.com bought Marketmax Financial Planning, Marketmax Performance Analysis, Marketmax Assortment Planning, SAS Financial Management and SAS Enterprise BI Server. "We expect to see results within the first year after implementation," Anderson says. "Success will mean increased productivity for my team and for individual SKUs." Related FSN articles FSN Product Review SAS® SPM - Strategic Performance Management FSN product review SAS® Activity-Based Management FSN Product review SAS Financial Management (FM)
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