ATLANTA -- RedPrairie Corp., a global supply chain and retail technology provider, recently created a "Center of Optimization Excellence" in Montreal. The Center of Excellence will serve as a technology lab devoted to advanced analytics and optimization science relative to supply chain, workforce and all-channel retail technologies.
The Center of Excellence was formed through RedPrairie's acquisition of Planora Inc., an organization founded by optimization research scientists Louis-Martin Rousseau Ph.D. and Alexandre Le Bouthillier Ph.D., and industry veteran Jean-Francois Gagne.
Based in Montreal, Rousseau and Le Bouthillier are internationally recognized for their optimization research, as well as for developing algorithms that drive robust optimization software. Through their decades of experience, Rousseau, Le Bouthillier and Gagne have partnered with the brightest minds in academia and industry who will now serve as the brain trust of the Center of Excellence.
"Creating a Center of Excellence speaks to the old adage, 'Knowledge is Power,'" said RedPrairie chief technology officer John Kopcke. "As our customers face shifting market challenges in the form of Big Data, corporate globalization and the consumerization of technology, the Center of Excellence will allow RedPrairie customers to benefit from advanced optimization best practices that keep commerce in motion, no matter what complexities arise."
The scientific team at the Center of Excellence will work in conjunction with RedPrairie's research and development and product strategy groups to support continuous innovation, thought leadership and integration around all existing and emerging RedPrairie solutions.
"RedPrairie has succeeded in its industry for more than 35 years by realizing the importance of innovation," said Planora executive chairman Pierre Donaldson. "We are excited about a partnership that will take the very best of optimization research, Big Data challenges and opportunities, and RedPrairie's solution footprint to create the most robust software technologies. The Center of Excellence is another initiative that prepares RedPrairie customers to handle the toughest business challenges of today, and tomorrow."
In other company news, Inbound Logistics recently named RedPrairie a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2012. RedPrairie was chosen for its proven solutions that solve transportation, logistics and supply chain challenges as well as having customer successes that are well-documented. RedPrairie was selected from a pool of more than 300 companies.
"When choosing this year's Top 100 Logistics IT Providers, Inbound Logistics editors looked for technology providers that solved specific logistics challenges, but also acted as change agents by helping to transform overall business operations," said Felecia Stratton, editor, Inbound Logistics. "Selections were based on how transformative logistics IT solutions impact all business activities and drive integration across internal processes as well as external processes for vendors and customers. RedPrairie was selected because its solutions work tactically to master supply chain transactions, as well as strategically to act as a change agent to drive the enterprise to more closely match demand to supply. Inbound Logistics is proud to honor RedPrairie for innovative solutions empowering logistics and supply chain excellence."
"The logistics industry has seen significant advancements in the past year and RedPrairie is committed to helping our customers compete and grow," said Mike Mayoras, RedPrairie CEO. "We are honored to be recognized as a leader in our space by one of the industry's premier publications."
For more than 35 years, Atlanta-based RedPrairie's supply-chain, workforce and all-channel retail solutions have helped companies worldwide. Installed in more than 60,000 customer sites across more than 50 countries, RedPrairie solutions help ensure visibility and collaboration between manufacturers, distributors, retailers and consumers.
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