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The Createch Group implements SAP Retail at Tristan
With the robust retail solution from SAP, Tristan is able to support its future growth and keep pace with change
Montréal, Canada – July 8th, 2008 – The Createch team recently joined Tristan employees to kick off the go-live of phase 1 of SAP Retail implementation at Tristan. A major North American importer, manufacturer and retailer of ready to wear collections for men and women, Tristan has over 100 stores in North America operating under the Tristan, West Coast and L’Officiel banners.
Implemented by Createch, the SAP solution equips Tristan with a tool that is perfectly adapted to this industry and provides it with the essential functions required by retail. "This implementation will result in a better capacity for planning, increased visibility of unexpected events and a greater ability to quickly adjust to the unexpected while improving company performance on a number of levels, particularly as regards to on-time deliveries to stores", says Michel Desaulniers, IT manager at Tristan. "We will also benefit from having a single source of coherent data at our disposal, which will allow us to make more enlightened decisions".
Given the demanding maintenance and the uncertainty of the existing legacy systems, Tristan management was very much aware of the urgency of the situation; their future growth depended on it. Multiple factors convinced Tristan that their best option was to select SAP Retail and the experts at The Createch Group. Tristan was impressed by the upgradeable flexibility of SAP Retail, its high level of integration and its considerable capacity for supporting vertical integration in the company.
"Companies involved in retail sales have a very different reality" states Éric Fluet, Vice President, Sales – Business Solutions from The Createch Group’s SAP business unit. "They are in constant interaction with a rapidly changing world and must be able to react very quickly to new trends."
The choice of the SAP solution was based on many criteria such as availability of local resources, the capacity to support the company’s vertical integration (from design to store shelves, from overseas sourcing to manufacturing), and the level of integration of processes and information. However, in the eyes of senior management, the main reason resided in the fact that SAP represented a tool that would allow the company to evolve and react efficiently to the constant changes in the marketplace.
As a result, Tristan has a solution that satisfies their requirements for running their business, provides them with agility and gives them the access to real time data that they require to make informed decisions to continue to grow and prosper in a competitive retail arena.
About The Createch Group
The Createch Group is a Canadian leader in supply chain optimization and in IT integration solutions. Since 1993, this consulting firm offers services in improving manufacturing performance and logistics, in transforming processes, in managing change and in implementing technological solutions. The company integrates proven solutions and makes use of the best business practices in the industry. To date, The Createch Group has implemented over 2,000 projects and helped over 1,000 businesses improve performance and increase profitability. For more information, please visit www.thecreatechgroup.com.
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Sébastien Gauthier
Senior Communications Prime
The Createch Group
514 937-1188, ext. 629
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