Manthan holds learning forum

MANILA, Philippines - Manthan Systems, the leading software provider of retail-specific business analytics solutions, successfully held its first-ever retail-focused learning forum in the Philippines. The event was attended by more than 200 top retail executives from more than 40 of the top retail organizations in the Philippines including the Shoemart group, Robinsons group, Puregold, S&R, Abenson, Metro Gaisano, Shopwise, and Wilcon, among others. Entitled “Pit Stops in the Aisles – The New Velocity in Retail”, the forum shared the latest trends and best practices in retail, both locally and globally. Speakers included Atul Jalan (Manthan CEO), Peter Charness (Manthan president for the Americas), Vikas Gupta (Manthan chief technology officer) and Malik Ali (chief information officer of the largest local retail conglomerate in Malaysia, Mydin Retail). The software firm showcased to the attendees its cutting-edge roadmap of solutions that global retailers are quickly adopting to gain business advantage in an already ultra-competitive industry. Some of the latest concepts and technologies presented were predictive & guided analytics, supplier portal, financial analytics, HR analytics, property leasing analytics and store operational analytics. The latter, in particular, picked up strong interest from the attendees as the solution merges core analytical capabilities in merchandise, financial and HR to obtain a broad understanding on the efficiency and profitability of a retailer’s operations.