Technology/Services

Circle K Managing Goods With Manugistics

Deal represents supply chain solutions firm's entry into c-store sector

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Circle K Stores Inc. has selected Manugistics Group Inc.'s Manugistics Retail Solutions to help ensure it has the right product, at the right store, at the right time in its Arizona Regional Division stores. The Circle K contract also marks synchronized supply chain and revenue management solutions provider Manugistics' entry into the convenience retail sector.

With approximately 4,900 convenience stores in its global network serving 25 million customers every week, Circle K parent Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Laval, Quebec, wanted [image-nocss] to improve its forecasting systems.

The very nature of our business is ease and convenience, said Circle K Bryant Santini, Senior Director, Information Services. That means having a selection of food, beverages and merchandise available at our customers' fingertips the moment they stop into our stores. Manugistics brings the breadth and depth of viable, innovative solutions we require to help us manage our goods so they are customer-ready, fresh and available.

Couche-Tard said it selected Manugistics' Store Level Forecasting solutions because of its full-demand management capabilities that integrate demand forecasting and replenishment in an easy-to-use client interface.

Rockville, Md.-based Manugistics clients include Boeing, Canadian Tire, Cingular, Circuit City, Coca-Cola Bottling, Coty International, DHL, Diageo, DSG International plc, DuPont, Eurostar Group Ltd., Georgia-Pacific, Great North Eastern Railway, Harley-Davidson, Harrah's Entertainment, H.J. Heinz, Limited Brands, Kraft Foods, Marriott, McCormick, Nestle, RadioShack, The Scotts Co., Sears Holdings Corp., Sinotrans, Unilever and Wickes Building Supplies.

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